Happy Birthday, King

One of the music labeling stereotypes that I fall victim to is the "Beatles Person" vs. "Elvis Person" school of thought. While I know several people who comfortably sit in both camps (shout out to Jared Smith), I've always leaned far far into the Beatles category.

Of all the songs on my iPod, I only have about 5 Elvis tracks. (South Park made me love "In the Ghetto"). While I may not respond to his music, I certainly respect the King as a cultural icon.

So in honor of Elvis' big 75th birthday, let me share a few of my favorite E-influenced moments:

Velvet Elvis

Buy your own velvet Elvi here

"Elvis is Alive" Rumors

The Lexicon of "Fat Elvis"

• Both as Sandwich
• And as . . . whatever this is

Elvis Impersonators

photo by Chris Bail

Tiny Elvis

I wanted to end this post with the SNL video of Tiny Elvis, (Tiny E, if you please), but despite my hour long internet search, I came up dry. If you know of a link, please shoot it my way. The above pic is really all I could find. It's like they're trying to erase Tiny Elvis from our memories. Maybe Alive Elvis is behind it. (New conspiracy theory.)

"Look at this salt shaker, man. It's huuuuge."

Happy Birthday, (Tiny) King.