Despite the faithful re-creation of some events of Elvis Presley's life, others are partially or totally inaccurate: the conversation in the fairground inside the mirror hall and on the Ferris wheel between Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis never happened, in the same way that Elvis never fired Parker during a live concert in the International Hotel after Elvis discovered Parker's debts and dirty business. Elvis: The Comeback Special (1968) was a success, giving Elvis new popularity with younger generations of fans. His long-time friendship with Bluesman B.B. King is confirmed to be true, in the same way that his interest in music played by Afro-American musicians in the 1940s and 1950s was true, as he spent his childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi until he was 13 when he moved to a neighborhood mostly Afro-American, where he liked to assist at a gospel church. Elvis' appearance in The Steve Allen Show (1950) is also historically accurate: as Allen wasn't a fan of Rock 'n' Roll, he had the idea and then Elvis sung with a basset hound dog dressed as the Monopoly guy at his side on the show. Other accurate events include Vernon Presley and his troubles with the law, the death of Elvis' mother Gladys Presley during his military training, the "I love Elvis" and "I hate Elvis" buttons created by Parker to capitalize on Elvis' fame, and his attempt to take the role of John Norman Howard in È nata una stella (1976), which finally was played by Kris Kristofferson.
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