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King of Rock n Roll Chu!
Mi tam tak chuan ‘King of Rock n Roll’ tia chhàl Elvis Presley kha Tupelo, Mississippi-a piang a ni tih kan hre fur àwm e. Kum 13 mi a nihin Memphis, Tennessee-ah an pém a; kum 1954-ah rimawi luh chilhin Sun Records a bèl. Recordings eng emaw zât a ti. African-American music lamin bul a tan a; a hnuah country music leh rhythm and blues lam a háwl leh. RCA Victor nèn contract ziak zuiin a thih ni thlenga a manager Colonel Tom Parker nèn an inchhar zui. Sawi tam ngai loin 1956-a a tih chhuah, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ a làrpuizia leh a hit hmasa berte zínga mi a nih dàn te, a hnua ‘Blue Suede Shoes’, ‘I Forgot to Remember to Forget’,‘Jailhouse Rock’ te leh ‘Love Me Tender’ leh hla dang dang a làrpuizia pawh sawi tam a ngai lo ang.
Kum 1956-ah film lam luh chilh a; a film hmasa ber hming chu a hla hit ‘Love Me Tender’ tih a ni—a hit hle. A hnuah, ‘Loving You’ (1957), ‘Jailhouse Rock’ (1957), ‘King Creole’ (1958), ‘G.I. Blues’ (1960) te a chang chho zêl a; film ringawt pawh 32 lai a chang hman.
Kan sawi tum ber/Elvis-a chhas
Hei hi kan sawi tum ber a la ni lo. Tûn hnaia boral ta, Priscilla Beauliu Wagner nèna an fa neih chhun Lisa Marie Presley lo pian theih nána Elvis Presley leh Priscilla Anne Beaulieu inngaihzàwn dàn lam zâwk a ni sawi kan tum chu.
A nih, ‘Priscilla hi Elvis-a first love a ni em?’ tih hi zawhna awm fo a ni. A chhànna chu, ‘Ni lo e’ tih a ni tlawng mai!
A hmangaih hmasak ber chu, kum 15 mi Locke Emmons a ni. Ani Elvis hi Humes atanga a graduate hnu, Sun Records lama hun a hman lai khan a ni. Khatia a’n làr chhoh khán June Juanico pawh a kawp a. He nu hi Elvis-a nu’n a bialnute zínga a ‘pawmpui’ awm chhun niin an sawi hial. Mahse, Juanico chuan, ‘Elvis nèn hian kan che sual miah lo, rai ka hlau tlat a!’ tiin a sawi.
Kum 1954—1956 inkár chhoa a’n rawn lãr chho tak tak kha chu, Elvis kha hmeichhia zawng zawng âtchilh a ni chho a; chûng zíngah chuan Hollywood mi lian pawh an bãng lo—Natalie Wood, Judy Tyler, Shelley Fabares te leh Connie Stevens te pawh an rawn inlár nawk mai.
October 9, 1973-a Priscilla nèna an inthen hnuah pawh mi lãr tak tak Anita Wood, Linda Thompson leh a thih laia a kawppui, Graceland bathroom-a a ruang chhartu, 1977-a nupui atana a sàwm hial, Ginger Alden te chu Elvis-a kawppui leh te an ni.
Sipaia tan hlawh
A làr vànglai tak, March 24, 1958-ah Elvis Presley chu US Army-a tang tùra tih a ni ve. A training-na tùr hmun a thleng chiah chu … pui tak a ni! Mahse, thla li hnu, August thla tìrah, amah hringtu, ani paw’n a hmangaih êm êm, a nu chu hepatitis natna avàngin a na hle tih hriattír a ni. Emergency leave pêk niin Memphis-ah a nu hmu tùra hàw phalna an pe a; mahse, August 12 chuan kum 46 mi niin a kalsan ta!
October 1, 1958-ah Elvis Presley chu Germany-ah tirh a ni a. Hetah hian alãwm, a fanu duat Lisa Marie Presley hrinsaktu, a hmangaih Priscilla Anne Beaulieu nèn chuan an inchhar tâk ni!
Elvis a hriat tan tirh hian Priscilla hi kum 11 mi chauh a la ni. A pa a boral tawh a, pa-hrawn leh a nute nèna khawsaho an ni a. ‘Hound Dog’ star Elvis hi TV-a a zai a hmuh hmasak berin a ngai sáng nghâl êm êm mai ni loin a ngai záwng nghâl êm êm mai a. Mahse, a kum a la nau si a. A chhúngte chuan Elvis-a zai leh lámte chu en an la phalsak si lo; bang âwng kár atang talin a en ru thin. Chuti khawpa tleirãwl tê, Elvis-a, a aia kum 10-a upa zùna lo uai tawh chu a ni.
Kum thum a liam a. September 13, 1959 a ni. Elvis pawh Germany-a sipai lal páwlah a han tang a. Elvis-a’n Bad Nauheim, Germany-a a in luahah party a buatsaih a. Chutah chuan alãwm, a làwm záwng tak, pawh ni mai lo, a thinlung khei zawrtu, tleirawl duhawm Priscilla chu a tawn ni.
Priscilla Anne Beaulieu pawh chu kum 14 a lo ni ve tawh. Elvis chu a kiai deuh sak a ni ngei ang. ‘King of Rock n Roll meuh pawh a zak a, a lai chhe dèr a ni,’ tiin amah lo hmu chiangtu, a kianga ding chuan a sawi nghe nghe.
Party an zo; Elvis paw’n Priscilla hmaa awm pangngaia awm hrãm hrãm chu a tum lui ve tàng tâng a. Priscilla chu an inah a thlah thlap.
Chutih rual chuan Prisci nu leh pate chu a lungni lo hle. An vawi khat inhmuhnaa tlai taka an hãw dùn kher kher chu an lãwm lo a ni. Mahse, Elvis chuan tlai taka rawn hruai hãw tawh loh chu a tiam ta ngawt a …
A hnu chuan Priscilla nèn chuan an inhmu dùn ta fo mai. March 1960-a West Germany a chhuahsan hma kha chuan, tunlai tawng takin an CK chàwl lo a ni ber ang chu!
Elvis-an Priscilla a kalsan hnu chuan Prescilla chu a khua a har a, a lung a léng vawng vawng thin. Khawvêl hmun hrang hrang atangin, ‘King of Rock n Roll’ bialnu ni ta chu interview tùra sáwmtu a hmu chàwl lo a. Elvis-a fan atangte paw’n mail a dawng ãwl lo a—duhsakna leh huatna lehkha a inzât nawk mai. Gossip-magazine thenkhat lah chuan Elvis leh Nancy Sinatra inngaihzàwn chanchin an rawn thawn chàmchí bawk. La naupang Priscilla pawh chuan awih chin lo nei hek—a cháng chuan, Elvis nèn an inkár chu tàwp (over) tùrah ngaiin hmuh tawh loh a duh hman hial thin!
Kár hla atang paw’n
Elvis-a’n US a pan hnu chuan phone-in an inbe chàwl lo a. An inthen atanga kum hnih hnu, 1962 nipuiah chauh Priscilla chhúngte chuan kár hnih chhúng US-a Elvis hmuh chu an phalsak ta hlauh mai. Chu pawh Elvis-a’n first-class trip-a a zin a remtih chauhin an ti. Elvis-a’n a remtih hnu chuan Los Angeles a pan ta. Hetih lai hian Elvis hi a phakar ve khawp a. Prisci chu Las Vegas kalpui a duh si; Priscilla ta tùr angin ni tin postcard chu Los Angeles atangin a staff te Germany lamah a thawntir ziah—a chhúngte lo hmuh atán!
Las Vegas trip an zin dun lai atang hian Priscilla hian Elvis hi damdawi (amphetamines) leh sleeping pills pêk a chíng tan a; hei hi Elvis-a khawsak phung (lifestyle) control nána a tih a ni—1977 August thlaa a thihpui zui tâka kha!
Hemi hnu hian Christmas-ah Memphis-ah Priscilla chu a zin leh a; 1963 March-ah Memphis-ah bawk Elvis hi a tlawh leh bawk. An inremsiam dàn pakhatah chuan Priscilla hian hmeichhe Catholic school, Memphis, Tennessee-a kal chungin Elvis-a pa leh a nuhrawn, Graceland piah lawka awmte chu enkawl pahin, June 1963-a high school a chhuah (graduate) thleng a enkawl ang tih a tel.
Chu aia an inremna duhawm zâwk chu, ‘chumi hnuah kan innei ang!’ tih a ni
Dorál an hráng dáwn em ni?
Priscilla hian Hollywood-a Elvis-a zui ve a châk thu a sawi fo mai a. Mahse, Elvis hian a buai thu leh a tana Memphis-a a that thu a hrilh fo a; a nu leh pa enkawl tùra a duh thu a sawi ziah thin.
‘Viva Las Vegas’ a chan lai khan, Elvis hian a chanpuinu Ann-Margret chu a lo kawp ru pek a! Priscilla chuan chanchinbu atangin a lo hre leh si—Elvis chu a chhuah chhàl ta! Ani Presley chuan a pha nasa ngang mai a, ‘Film promote tùrin kan inzui a, miin min dem satliah mai mai a ni e, press mite tawng tamzia hi!’ te a ti vêl a!
Mahse, a hnu paw’n Elvis chuan a film chanpui nula kawp rûk a sim chuang lo a. Priscilla-in hre zêl hek. A tàwpa tàwpah chuan Elvis hian Priscilla hi Hollywood-a hruai a remti chauh a ni.
Inneih leh Lisa Marie Pian thu
1966 Krismas a zawh hnu lawkah Elvis chuan Priscilla chu nupuia neihah a sáwm (propose) ta a. A manager Colonel Parker lah chuan Elvis chu RCA nèna an record contract hre renga nupuia nei vat tùrin a lo fuih ve reng bawk a. Hetih hunlai hi Elvis-a rilru buai hun lai ber niin an sawi hial!
A chaw chhùm (cook) Alberta chuan, ‘Inneih a rawt avàngin a lungngai a. Ni khat phei chu amah (Prisci) hian a tap lai a hmu nghe nghe! A chhan a zawha inneih chu thulh leh mai tùra a tih chuan Elvis chuan, “Duhthlan tùr dang ka nei lo a ni,” tiin a chháng,’ tiin a sawi. Elvis-a thian hnai tak, Marty Lacker paw’n, Elvis-a’n inneih a hreh êm êmna chhan chu zâwtin mimalin a kàwm a, chutiangin Graceland-a awm chawt, a thianpa, a road/plane manager Joe Esposito paw’n Elvis a kawm paw’n, Priscilla neih a duh thu an sawi ve ve thung ang lawi si.
“Elvis and Me” ziaktu Priscilla Presley chuan, ‘Presley kha chu mi ngainatawm leh duhawm, hmeichhiat mipat lamah pawh, ka chungah chuan mi titu-tut ngai lo a ni,’ tiin a ziak bawk. A ziah zêl dàn chuan, Elvis hian inneih hmaa hmeichhiat mipat hman a duh ngai loh thu a ziak bawk. ‘Elvis khan, “Thil dang kan ti thei tho alawm. Mut dun lam hi chu ila khêk rih ang,” a ti thin,’ tiin Priscilla chuan a autobiography-ah a ziak a; an inneih zàn hmaa a la virgin thu chiang takin a tár lang a ni.
May 1, 1967 a ni. Las Vegas-a The Aladdin Hotel-ah inneihna chu buatsaih a ni. |hian tlem tê sáwminn minute riat chhúngin inneih inkhâwm an zo fel dèr!
(A thui dawn, an lawm dan leh an sum sen zat chu ziak lang lo mai ang!)
Inneih lawmna zawhah Elvis leh Priscilla te chu private-in Palm Springs lamah short honeymoon hmang tùrin an thlâwk zui a. May 4, 1967-ah Memphis an pan leh a ni.
Priscilla chuan nau a pai tih a inhre thuai a; chutia nau a pai hma lutuk chu a lungngai riau mai a. A hma rêng paw’n Elvis-a hnênah chuan nau pai lohna (birth control) ei te pawh a lo díl tawh thin rêng a; mahse, Elvis chuan a remti ngai lo. Chutia nau a’n pai mai chu tih tlâk (abortion) te pawh a rilrûk hman—Elvis pawh a sawipui hial! Mahse, an pahniha duh thuin, kan nih nih kan ni mai ang, tiin thutlûkna an siam ta a ni.
An fa hmasa ber leh an fa neih chhun Lisa Marie chu, an pai atanga thla kua-na chiah chiah, February 1, 1968 khan a lo piang ta a ni. February ni 1, 1968 a ni—hemi ní hi a ni, Elvis Presley-a fa neih chhun Lisa Marie Presley pian ní chu.
Kum 1972 a ni a. A mit menga a nu leh pa chhùn kawp, a hmui leh a khabe-a a pa chhùn thung Lisa chu kum li mai a la ni. Chavai takin Lisa chu a nu Priscilla kiangah a khawsa a. Chutih rual chuan a pa a ngaihna a dàm lo a, a reh hek lo, a ngaihna a rial ngai lo. Vawi tam Graceland-ah a pa a ngaih êm êm kiangah chuan—a pa bialnute kiangah chuan a inthawlh ve thawt thawt fo mai.
Elvis hian a fa neih chhun, Lisa hi a ngai báng ngai lo—a thlahlel êm êm reng fo. Elvis chuan a in, Graceland-a riakah a fanu chu a sáwm chàmchí thin. Mahse, a nu turna vàng nge, a thulh fo mai!
Elvis-a ni hnuhnungah Lisa
Elvis-a khân a thi dâwn tih a inhre lâwk hauh lo; chutin, a fanu Lisa leh Priscilla paw’n. Mahse, Los Angeles-a a nu Priscilla kianga khawsa mék a fanu Lisa Marie kha Graceland rawn tlawh tùrin 1977 August thla tìr khan Elvis khan a chah miau a. A rawn thlâwk a. Hetih lai hian Elvis hian Maine-a tour nei tùrin a private plane, ‘Lisa Marie’ tih hming a puttír pawh Elposito paw’n a buatsaih mék. Manager Tom Parker pawh a rawn thleng tawh. Mahse, Maine, Portland lam hawi thei loin, Los Angeles atanga a fanu Lisa chu a nghâkhlel zâwk a …
Elvis-a hrisèlna leh a nun hrim hrim pawh a tha chho viau a, fiamthu pawh a duh leh ta viau mai. Lisa Marie chuan a rawn tlawh ngei bawk a. August 9 pawh khan Lisa leh naupang 20 rual vêl hruaiin Libertyland-ah zanlai atanga zíng kár thleng hun a hmanpui nghe nghe.
Lisa chu, Los Angeles lamah a lêt leh ta—a nu kiangah. A hnu lawk, August ni 17, 1977-ah a pa thih a hre ta si.
I duh tâwk rih mai ang: remchángah kan chhunzawm leh dawn nia.
Priscilla-in Elvis-a chungcháng a sawina hian tlip tawh mai ang: ‘Ani (Elvis) kha ka nuna thuthlung thlungtu a ni—kawng engkimah,’ tiin 2017 khan Entertainment Tonight a lo hrilh a; ‘Min zirtirtu a ni. Ka innghahna a ni. “Elvis and Me”-a ka ziah ang khan ka engkim a ni. Ka ‘pathian a ni’ tia ka ziah hial kha! A chhan chu, ka nunna leh ka thâw lâkna a ni miau a.’