Elvis Presley met Wanda Jackson in 1955 when they went on tour together. Wanda, who was just 18-years-old at the time, was a country singer and had built a powerful music career for herself. But when she met Elvis, everything changed.
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Priscilla Tolkien, the youngest child of The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien, was Vice President of The Tolkien Society.Priscilla Tolkien was born in Oxford, England, where her father was a professor at the university. Her childhood teddy bear was named Bingo, and in early drafts of The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R.
Tolkien originally named his hobbit hero “Bingo Baggins” after his daughter’s bear, before eventually changing the name to “Frodo.” As a teenager, Priscilla helped her father by typing some of his early LOTR chapters while he was writing in longhand.She studied English at Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall college before pursuing a long career in social work. Upon her death, Lady Margaret Hall honored her as “one of the generation of women who, after the Second World War, pioneered the entry of women into the professions.”Following her father’s death, Priscilla acted as a representative for the family during public occasions. She became a trustee of the Tolkien Estate and the Tolkien Trust, and vice president of the Tolkien Society.
Together with her brother John, she produced an intimate biographical photo book, The Tolkien Family Album, that was published in 1992. “From my earliest years I recall my father telling me stories at bedtime, and ini the darkened room as I was falling asleep I have a vivid memory of him retelling the story of Rapunzel and of how her prince sang to her at the foot of the tower where she was imprisoned, telling her to let down her golden hair. This was brought back to my mind when reading the Tale of Beren and Lúthien.” —from a 1977 talkThis is a very sad day indeed.
Elvis Presley met Wanda Jackson in 1955 when they went on tour together. Wanda, who was just 18-years-old at the time, was a country singer and had built a powerful music career for herself. But when she met Elvis, everything changed.
Elvis Presley was still an up-and-coming artist, went on tour with country singer Wanda Jackson across the USA. The two young stars got on extremely well, and before long, romance blossomed between them.
Elvis Presley was building his popularity. The singer was slowly but surely growing a passionate fanbase that would catapult him into stardom in the years to follow, but at the time, he was a humble Mississippi boy on the road with his guitar. On one tour he teamed up with country singer Wanda Jackson, and Elvis became besotted with her.
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Elvis Presley was just coming up in popularity. The singer was slowly but surely building a fanbase that would catapult him into stardom in the years to come, but at the time, he was a humble Mississippi boy on the road with his guitar. On one tour he teamed up with country singer Wanda Jackson, and Elvis became besotted with her.
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