You're listening to an I-Heart podcast.

And we continue with our American stories.

Craig McDonald's got his start in show business as a teenager

after meeting Elvis Presley and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker,

while changing their air conditioning filters in Parker's Palm Springs, California home.

Greg went on to manage Ricky Nelson for 17 years

and worked under Colonel Parker and Elvis shortly after Parker

began managing Presley in the 1950s. Here's Greg with three Elvis Presley stories.

When I was a teenager, Colonel had an office at MGM Studios.

It was called the Elvis Exploitation Office.

That's what it said on the door.

In those days, an exploitation officer was a real thing.

Now it sounds terrible, but it really wasn't.

So the exploitation officer at a studio was a big deal. Now it sounds terrible, but it really wasn't.

So the exploitation officer at a studio was a big deal.

They wouldn't give a manager a free office, but they would give a star free office, one of the actors.

So they called that Elvis's office at NGM.

They were there for years.

So the colonel had formed a club.

He and Ellis formed a club called the Snowman's League.

Well, the Snowman's League, the first member, was Elvis and the colonel and, you know,

Priscilla and just about everybody in the Memphis Mafia.

...