, was friends with Elvis, swapped coats with Jimi Hendrix, and played golf with Sammy Davis Jr. He’s a living link to a long gone age of show business, and he still has the sideburns to prove it.
How old were you when you realised you had that gift of a voice, this thing that could be your livelihood? I haven’t seen him in about 40-odd years. I don’t know what it is. He just doesn’t want to talk to me. I’d be happy to talk to him, I don’t bear malice about anything. No matter what he says about me or whatever he calls me, I still think he’s one of the greatest singers the world has ever seen. And I pray to God he stays healthy and well..