Russ Tamblyn, dancer and acrobat extraordinaire who visited Elvis at his penthouse suite at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, on the night before the shoot of the Jailhouse Rock title sequence. Although they had never met before, the one week older Tamblyn and Elvis got along fine, immediately, then practiced a few moves and by the next morning, Presley had the complicated scene totally within his grasp, as noted in Elvis Express Radio's September 14, 2016 edition.

In 1957, I worked with Elvis a bit on ‘Jailhouse Rock,’ and got to know him as well as anybody in Los Angeles at the time. Anyways, that same year I had a beach house that I sublet to him while I was doing ‘Peyton Place.’ He needed it as a getaway, and basically wrote me a check for that month's rent. I wish I had kept the check, that would be worth more than the money I got LOL.

— Russ Tamblyn

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About Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.