Jerry Schilling

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Jerry Schilling (born 6 February 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a veteran music industry professional, best known for his association with Elvis Presley since 1954 (see Memphis Mafia). He also managed The Beach Boys briefly and Presley's daughter Lisa Marie.

[edit] Elvis and Jerry

They met on Sunday July 11, 1954. Jerry was only 12 and was called out by Red West to join them in a football game Elvis was part of. Elvis was the quarterback and threw a pass at Jerry, since it was such a good catch, Jerry was called back to play games every sunday for a couple of years until Elvis was too busy travelling to be able to play. A couple of years later Jerry paid a visit to Elvis and re-started their friendship. Not so long after Elvis asked Jerry to join his team of bodyguards and he agreed. A couple of hours later they were getting ready to hit the road.

As their frendship grew, Elvis bought Jerry a house, in which he still lives today.

- He co-edited "Elvis On Tour" with Martin Scorcese.