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Hodge was often regarded as the sweetest, kindest and most genuine member of the Memphis Mafia, with Presley's best interests at heart. Hodge was with Presley to the very end and was with the guarded escort to bring Presley and his mother Gladys's remains back to Graceland for reburial.
The Memphis Mafia was the nickname given by the media to a group of Elvis Presley's friends, associates, employees and cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect, and serve Presley from the beginning of his career in 1954 until his death in 1977. Several members filled practical roles; for instance, they were employed to work for ...
Delbert Bryant West Jr. (July 5, 1938 [1] [2] – May 24, 2017), known professionally as Sonny West, was a friend and bodyguard of the singer Elvis Presley along with his cousin Red West for sixteen years, as part of the Elvis entourage at Elvis' Memphis home Graceland, which became known as "The Memphis Mafia". [citation needed]
Elvis Presley's longtime friend and Memphis Mafia member Jerry Schilling is opening up about what it was like to live at the late rock 'n' roll legend's famed Graceland mansion.. Schilling, 82 ...
Another song from these sessions, "You'll Be Gone", written by Presley and West, this time with fellow "Memphis Mafia" cohort Charlie Hodge, would appear as the b-side to "Do the Clam". [11] The song "Steppin' Out of Line" is an unused track from the sessions for Blue Hawaii. [12]
West died on July 18, 2017, aged 81, from an aortic aneurysm, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in his native Memphis. [13] His death occurred less than two months after the death of his cousin, actor Sonny West, in May 2017. [5] His funeral and burial at Memorial Park Cemetery was held on July 24 in Memphis. [25]
Plenty of acts were crucial in the development of Memphis rap, from DJ Spanish Fly to DJ Squeeky to Tommy Wright III, but two acts loom largest. ... 8Ball & MJG would follow Three 6 Mafia into the ...
Its B-side – an unused track called "You'll Be Gone", written by Presley with "Memphis Mafia" entourage members Red West and Charlie Hodge [9] – was derived from the March 18, 1962 sessions for Pot Luck with Elvis.