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The Slickness and Slyness of Colonel Tom Parker

Neale Dirling | Norman, OK | 07/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tracey Pendarvis was the THIRD Elvis "soundalike." The FIRST was Conway Twitty with the song "Lonely Blue Boy",and the SECOND was Charlie Rich with "Lonely Weekends." The tracks of both Twitty and Rich sounded amazingly like The King...but with more of a "country" twang, so Elvis's management wasn't overly concerned, but when they heard Tracey Pendarvis, ("It Don't Pay") Colonel Parker immediately paid a GIGANTIC sum of money to Pendarvis...to NOT record anymore! It was a great strategy on the part of Parker, but it stifled the career of Pendarvis. It did, however, make Pendarvis a wealthy man! Call it conjecture or call it rumor, but this was the "scuttlebutt" going around in the late 50s.



Now as to this album by Tracey Pendarvis: this album is what made it onto the music market BEFORE Colonel Parker made the deal with Pendarvis...therefore it is a "MUST HAVE!" Be smart...buy this puppy while it's still available!"