For Ian Bailye, from Leicester, 1956 was again the year of discovery before he met his idol in 1972, also appearing alongside him in a photo by the Official Elvis Presley Fan Club of Great Britain.

There to meet him was Kay Wheeler, the virginal 17-year-old president of the first national Elvis Presley fan club. Kay was in something of a teenage haze. A year earlier, she hadn’t even been ...

“Seeing Elvis Presley at Robinson Auditorium was a thrill ... out of the audience and introduced her as President of Elvis Fan Club. Then he kissed her. Her name was Priscilla, strange huh?

the television cameras almost always include a few shots of the same Bills fan dressed as Elvis Presley rooting on the team. The guitar-waving “Bills Elvis” has been an indelible image at ...