Elvis Presley of friends with whom Presley constantly surrounded himself until his death came to be known as the "Memphis Mafia". "Surrounded by the[ir] parasitic presence", as journalist John Harris puts it, "it was no wonder that as he slid into addiction and torpor, no-one raised the alarm: to them, Elvis was the bank, and it had to remain open." Tony Brown, who played piano for Presley regularly in the last two years of Presley's life, observed his rapidly declining health and the urgent need to address it: "But we all knew it was hopeless because Elvis was surrounded by that little
Thinking About You (Elvis Presley song) Thinking About You (Elvis Presley song) "Thinking About You" is a song performed by Elvis Presley and originally released on his 1975 album "Promised Land". In January 1975 it also was released on the RCA single PB-10191, as the flip side to "My Boy" (a song from the 1974 album "Good Times"). In 1977 the single was reissued as part of the black-labelled Gold Standard Series (s/n GB-10489). The song was written by Tim Baty. Presley recorded it on December 12, 1973 at the December 10–16 recording sessions for RCA at the Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The original recorded