Ray Connolly is a British Writer.He is best known for his journalism and for writing the screenplays for the films That'll Be The Day and its sequel Stardust, for which he won a Writers Guild of Great Britain Best Screenplay award
He wrote for the London Evening Standard where he interviewed many 60's and 70's Rock Stars and cultural icons,including The Beatles, Muhammad Ali and Elvis Presley
In this episode we discuss him becoming an Elvis fan in 1956 and his subsequent meeting with Elvis in Las Vegas in his hotel suite during his triumphant return to live performances in the Summer of 1969
He is the author of the best selling books
Being Elvis:A Lonely Life
Sorry Boys,You Failed The Audition
Being John Lennon-A Restless Life
The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive