Elvis Presley's Sex Life

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Elvis Presley embraced sexuality from the start. Rock n roll was not tame music, and neither were his early performances.

So much so that he was nicknamed Elvis 'the pelvis' after early TV performances.

But were his personal relationships and relationship with sexuality like? How did his relationship with his mother influence him? And how was his relationship with a 14 year old Priscilla seen at the time?

Joining Kate today is Alanna Nash, author of Baby Let's Play House: Elvis Presley And The Women Who Loved Him, to help us find out more.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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1:07.6	1956 and Elvis is about to make his hotly anticipated appearance on the Ed Sullivan show,
1:14.8	the biggest TV show in America.
1:18.0	However, Mr Sullivan has had reservations about getting Elvis on because of how obscene his
1:27.8	hip thrusts had been on earlier TV appearances. Shocking. Truly, truly shocking. But the show went ahead.
1:37.2	Sullivan might have been a bit prudish, but he certainly knew what Elvis would do for his
1:41.5	audiences and he wasn't wrong but he didn't let it
1:44.5	happen without a caveat. He senses Elvis. The cameras only show him from the chest up to preserve the modesty of post-war America
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