Elvis Presley re-made popular music - blowing away the polite, buttoned-up crooners by harnessing the feral sexual energy of black blues. The result was rock & roll - and "Elvis the Pelvis"'s provocative hip-shaking, the unbridled sexuality of his performances, scandalised America and Britain (and saw him only filmed above the waist to preserve good taste). But what of Elvis's own relationships with women - from his complicated and morbidly close relationship with his mother to his youthful sexual hyper-activity and his unsuccessful marriage? How far did they determine and affect his music? And what would the women who starred in movies with him, or who saw him at close quarters, or even became intimate with him - what are their memories of and insights into the real Elvis? Alanna Nash's book is the first to focus on Elvis and the most central aspect of his music and performances: sexuality...
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