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Trivia Quiz - No.501 - Solved

Postby Colin B » Thu Jan 24, 2019 1:28 pm

Trivia Quiz - No.501


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Where, when & who is seen ?
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby TonyS » Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:22 pm

Memphis Tn, 18th August 1977
Elvis' funeral.
Who is seen?
I'm not sure.
Caroline Kennedy?


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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby Colin B » Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:30 pm

TonyS wrote:Memphis Tn, 18th August 1977
Elvis' funeral.
Who is seen?
I'm not sure.
Caroline Kennedy?
Ann Margret?


Well, you're doing great so far.

I don't know who the lady is, but the man seen is well-known.

For full marks, who is he ?
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby TonyS » Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:59 pm

Sam Philips. ;)
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby Colin B » Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:42 am

TonyS wrote:Sam Philips. ;)
I promise to take a rest from the quizzes, I need to give others a chance.....
Plus help aliviate your frustration with me keep winning.
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Yes !

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Well spotted, TonyS !
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby Ben » Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:16 pm

That's new to me.


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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby Colin B » Sat Jan 26, 2019 11:25 pm

Ben wrote:That's new to me.



Strangely enough, when I found this photo, it was tagged "16th August, 1977" !

I'm starting to wonder if maybe Sam Phillips visited the house on the day the news broke, or on the day before the actual funeral.

Or even at some later date when there was some sort of 'event' at the house.

I can't find any reference to Sam being at the funeral itself.

Late entry:

I've had a quick shufty around the net & found nothing conclusive, but it looks like Sam sported the beard in later years [he died in 2003].
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby Colin B » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:43 am

Closer study of the photo makes me wonder if it's from Graceland.

Looks like it might be Forest Hill Cemetery.

In his winning entry, TonyS just identified it as at the 'funeral'.

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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby TonyS » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:47 am

Colin B wrote:Closer study of the photo makes me wonder if it's from Graceland.

Looks like it might be Forest Hill Cemetery.

In his winning entry, TonyS just identified it as at the 'funeral'.

Setting these quizzes is sometimes harder than it looks !

It's 100% Forest Hill and the 18th August, I recognised the landscape straight away having stood on that very spot.
You can even see the mausoleum on the right of the picture in your reveal.


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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby Colin B » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:53 am

TonyS wrote:It's 100% Forest Hill and the 18th August, I recognised the landscape straight away having stood on that very spot.
You can even see the mausoleum on the right of the picture in your reveal.



Thanks, TonyS !

Still leaves us with the mystery of why Sam Phillips is never listed as one of the celebrities attending the funeral !
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby TonyS » Sun Jan 27, 2019 11:59 am

Colin B wrote:
TonyS wrote:It's 100% Forest Hill and the 18th August, I recognised the landscape straight away having stood on that very spot.
You can even see the mausoleum on the right of the picture in your reveal.



Thanks, TonyS !

Still leaves us with the mystery of why Sam Phillips is never listed as one of the celebrities attending the funeral !

Poor reporting?
Maybe he didn't want to draw attention to himself at that particular time?
Who's the lady?
It's not a mystery that he was there, the photo proves that.
For further verification of the location here's a crop in on one of my photos from March 2018 showing the same part of the mausoleum as seen in the picture.
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby Colin B » Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:11 pm

Your photographic evidence is irrefutable, TonyS - Sam Phillips was at Forest Hill Cemetery !

Thanks for that !

The only thing not verified is the date; after all, it's possible Sam could have been there at a different time for another funeral.
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501

Postby TonyS » Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:53 pm

Colin B wrote:
The only thing not verified is the date; after all, it's possible Sam could have been there at a different time for another funeral.

Nah, white cars, all those flowers...I'll bet my collection that is Elvis' funeral.



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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501 - Solved - but under investigation

Postby TonyS » Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:58 pm

Oh.... look here.....the case is closed. ;)
It's Sally Wilbourn, and my collection is safe.
It will be 18th August too.

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Sam Phillips and Sally Wilbourn leaving the service at Elvis Presley's funeral at Forest Hill Cemetary in Memphis
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Re: Trivia Quiz - No.501 - Solved - but under investigation

Postby Colin B » Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:10 pm

TonyS wrote:Oh.... look here.....the case is closed. ;)
It's Sally Wilbourn, and my collection is safe.
It will be 18th August too.

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Sam Phillips and Sally Wilbourn leaving the service at Elvis Presley's funeral at Forest Hill Cemetary in Memphis
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Thanks, TonyS - That's about nailed it !

"In the summer of 1958 Phillips brought property on 639 Madison Avenue in Memphis a few blocks from his old studio.
Having at various times it had housed a Midas Muffler Shop and Hart's Bakery, Phillips gutted the interior and installed two modern recording
studios on the first floor.
On the second floor were new A&R and promotion offices and tape storage vault. The final touches were by Decor by Denis.
...By this time Phillips had separated from his wife Becky, and was living with Sally Wilbourn, who had joined Sun in late 1955.
She moved with him now as office manager, as did promotion person Barbara Barnes.
Scotty Moore was brought over from Fernwood Records in June 1960 and was made studio manager and chief cutting engineer..."


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