I met Elvis two times. The first was a very brief situation in Memhphis, Tennessee in 1956. He remarked about my singing. He liked my singing and my style of singing and things like that. I said 'Hey man, we all love what you're doing. You're doing it baby.' It was that type of situation, And the next time, was in Los Angeles, in 1957. He asked me about my gold suit. I had a gold suit that I wore. He asked me where I got it and I told him. Next thing I know, Elvis had his own gold suit. When I went back to my tailor to get another gold suit made, which I was only paying $450 for, which was big money in those days, my tailor said "Oh no man, I make suits for Elvis now. Those suits are $900." I can't believe you man. I'm the guy who started it.... But, that's the way life is, man...

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I met Elvis two times. The first was a very brief situation in Memhphis, Tennessee in 1956. He remarked about my singing. He liked my singing and my style of singing and things like that. I said 'Hey man, we all love what you're doing. You're doing it baby.' It was that type of situation, And the next time, was in Los Angeles, in 1957. He asked me about my gold suit. I had a gold suit that I wore. He asked me where I got it and I told him. Next thing I know, Elvis had his own gold suit. When I went back to my tailor to get another gold suit made, which I was only paying $450 for, which was big money in those days, my tailor said "Oh no man, I make suits for Elvis now. Those suits are $900." I can't believe you man. I'm the guy who started it.... But, that's the way life is, man..." in the context of "Salomon Burke, as published on vinylmagiccom on its May 1, 2019 edition" to mean that wisdom is timeless.