"The Elvis Presley Story," final chapter, part one.

"When I heard a radio station announce the broadcast of a 12-hour documentary about Elvis Presley, I ran out and bought a package of blank cassettes. The broadcast began early on a Sunday morning, I was ready to record The Elvis Presley Story all day long. The documentary was the work of author Jerry Hopkins and Watermark, Inc., producer Ron Jacobs. Although many Elvis songs were included, dozens of interviews were the heart of the program. Hopkins culled these excerpts from two years of research for his Presley biography to be published in 1972. Listening to The Elvis Presley Story for the first time was a revelation to me. Suddenly, heretofore shadowy figures in Presley’s career came to life as I heard their voices on the radio—Bob Neal, Sam Phillips, Scotty Moore, Marion Keisker, George Klein, D.J. Fontana, Gordon Stoker, Ray Walker, Alan Fortas, Otis Blackwell, Bones Howe, Marty Lacker, and many others. Wink Martindale, a Memphis DJ and TV host with ties to Elvis in the fifties, enthusiastically narrated the documentary." Allen Hanson.