THE JEREMIAH SHOW Featuring Carol Connors | Elvis Week at Graceland

Also featuring Bekah from Girl Named Tom.

Carol Connors has been nominated for 10 major music awards, including two Academy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and one Grammy Award. She is also a two-time Oscar nominee for her songwriting work.

She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song and Best Music for "Gonna Fly Now", the iconic theme song from Rocky, which she co-wrote with Bill Conti and Ayn Robbins.  

She was a member of the chart-topping group The Teddy Bears with the hit “To Know Him Is To Love Him,” which was the catalyst for meeting and then falling in love with Elvis Presley. 

Elvis wanted to meet Carol when “To Know Him is To Love Him “was the most popular song in the world; he wanted to meet the girl with that beautiful voice!

Carol tells the story of her love affair with Elvis in the best-selling book “Elvis, Rocky & Me.”

In the book, Carol speaks openly about her relationship with Elvis, which lasted for almost a year. Elvis became her first lover and the first man she fell in love with. 

On the night Elvis died, Carol sat grief-stricken at her piano for 12 hours straight, penning the song for her first love, Elvis Presley.  The song is “YOU LOVED MY NIGHT AWAY”

Music Featured in This Episode:

Girl Named Tom

Girl Named Tom - Wish You Were Here

Lizzy McAlpine - Teenage Dirtbag

Carol Connors

Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta West and Nelson Pigford - Rocky Theme Song 

Written by Carol Connors, Lee Holdridge, and Terrell Edwards. 

Sung by Terrell Edwards and Nia Padilla - This Must Be Love (I’m Falling Off Clouds) 

Carol Connors - You Loved My Night Away

The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him - 1958

“Elvis, Rocky & Me” by Carol Connors

And Steve Bergsman

“Go behind the musical curtain and learn about some of the most amazing stories you will ever read.”

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Coming Soon! 

“Elvis, Rocky and Me: The Carol Connors Story” DocuFilm

https://www.carolconnors.com/

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