Elvis Presley circle of people ... all those so-called friends". In the Memphis Mafia's defense, Marty Lacker has said, "[Presley] was his own man. ... If we hadn't been around, he would have been dead a lot earlier." Larry Geller became Presley's hairdresser in 1964. Unlike others in the Memphis Mafia, he was interested in spiritual questions and recalls how, from their first conversation, Presley revealed his secret thoughts and anxieties: "I mean there "has" to be a purpose ... there's got to be a reason ... why I was chosen to be Elvis Presley. ... I swear to God, no one
Stay Away (Elvis Presley song) Stay Away (Elvis Presley song) "Stay Away" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1968 motion picture "Stay Away, Joe". The song was written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett. It is based on a traditional song titled "Greensleeves", which Presley requested to rework for him. The first version the songwriters made (in 1967) was titled "Evergreen", but Elvis never recorded it. Elvis Presley recorded "Stay Away" during a non-movie recording session on Monday January 15, 1968. The song was released on a single as a flip side to "U.S. Male"