Comments by "Neil Forbes" (@neilforbes416) on "Is Elvis Alive? Why These Fans Think So" video.

  1. A terrible lot of Americans just cannot face reality. As to Elvis being "King Of Rock & Roll", that title rightly belonged to Aussie, Johnny O'Keefe. O'Keefe controlled his OWN career while Presley allowed himself, wittingly or unwittingly, likely the latter, to be exploited by that illegal Dutch Alien that called himself Colonel Tom Parker. O'Keefe's manager, Lee Gordon, played only a minimal role in O'Keefe's career, managing O'Keefe's finances was the extent of Gordon's involvement. When Lee Gordon died, O'Keefe's new manager, if there was one, had the same role as Lee Gordon. O'Keefe chose all his own material for live shows and records, planned his own tours, concerts and TV appearances. Johnny O'Keefe sadly died in October, 1978, the very day after his last TV appearance on the "Steve Raymond Show" that went out from Station TEN-Sydney on Friday Night(can't remember the date). Johnny O'Keefe is sadly missed by his Aussie fans but we have faced reality and do NOT try to pretend he's still alive. We remember him fondly as we listen to his back-catalogue of hits issued by Festival Records, his enduring legacy. Johnny O'Keefe did not start Festival, he joined Festival in 1956 but he is the reason why the record company thrived after Mainguard Ltd. (the company that first established Festival in 1952 as one of its subsidiaries) went belly-up after several other unsuccessful ventures.
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