THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 10 features an excerpt of Carl's original interviews with two members of Elvis Presley’s MEMPHIS MAFIA, Joe Esposito and Pat Parry, recorded in Los Angeles in 1984.  Nobody was like Elvis Presley. Even now he’s revered as the King of Rock and Roll. But even as he was globally famous he lived a private and eccentric life at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. The people who knew him best were a tightly knit group of 9 individuals that came to be known as the Memphis Mafia. On the occasion of what would have been Elvis’s 50th birthday, there was a special issue of People Magazine in remembrance of his incredible life, for which Carl interviewed the key figures of the music icon’s inner circle in Los Angeles in December of 1984. This special double episode features two original Memphis Mafia members: JOE ESPOSITO, who functioned as Elvis’s personal manager for 17 years, and PAT PARRY aka "Patricia," who also spent nearly two decades with him and was the only girl in the bunch. These interview excerpts reveal what it was like to live with the most famous man in the world and what the music legend would have been like had he lived beyond his 42 years.

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THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 9 features an excerpt of Carl's interviews with STEPHEN KING from May of 1994.  This excerpt, from several conversations Carl recorded with iconic author Stephen King in May of 1994, was conducted on the occasion of the original network TV broadcast mini-series of his end-of-the-world epic novel “The Stand.”  Carl talked with King in his office, which at that time was a converted airplane hanger near his home in Bangor, Maine.  King is funny, angry about the direction of the country at the time, and very prescient when it came to what the world would be like today, nearly 30 years on...

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THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 8 features an excerpt of Carl's interviews with MARVIN GAYE, recorded in Los Angeles, January 1983.  Motown legend Marvin Gaye had been out of the mainstream living in Europe when he was courted by Larkin Arnold, an executive at Columbia Records, who is referred to several times during this interview. Marvin switched labels and recorded “Sexual Healing” which became the biggest hit of his long career.  This episode is an excerpt of a series of interviews Carl recorded with the music icon at his home in Compton, Los Angeles in January 1983, and Marvin was riding high and happy to talk about the magic and mystery of writing songs comparing it to being a painter. “I really wish I knew how it happens,” he said.

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THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 7 features an excerpt of Carl's original interviews with GILDA RADNER in New York City, March 1976.  This excerpt comes from interviews conducted for a major profile of Gilda for the the Sunday “Rotogravure" Magazine of the Detroit Free Press, which was her hometown’s largest daily newspaper. The article also included interviews with legendary SNL Producer Lorne Michaels and fellow cast member Lorraine Newman.  Saturday Night Live was just starting out when Carl interviewed the legendary comedienne. It was only the 2nd season and it their conversations took place in Studio 8-H in the NBC building. Gilda was happy to talk about working with the Not Ready For Prime Time Players, favorite hosts, and her comedic influences like Lucille Ball and Gracie Allen she watched on television growing up in Detroit, Michigan.

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THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 6 features an excerpt of Carl's series of interviews with OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, recorded at her home in Malibu in January of 1982.  This excerpt from several hours of original interviews with the late great and beloved music icon was conducted when she was hitting a kind of career peak when her steamy song “Physical” became a Number One hit.  These conversations became the basis for her People Magazine cover article in February of that same year.  Carl talked with Olivia over lunch in her house in Malibu, California where she was happy to explain how she recorded her songs, her daily life when she isn't working, Hollywood friends, and her great love of animals. You can hear some of her pack of pet dogs yelping a bit in the background.

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THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 5 features an excerpt from Carl's interview with Ozzy Osbourne, recorded in London in March of 1981.  Ozzy had just released "The Blizzard of Ozz" after the breakup of Black Sabbath.  Throughout this hilarious conversation, the rock and roll icon speaks to Carl about growing up in abject poverty in the factory town of Birmingham, his knack for playing the class clown, landing in prison at the age of fifteen, how music helped him see the world and much more.  Not for Ozzy fans only, Carl's interview reveals a surprisingly thoughtful and insightful man behind the "lovable lunatic" we all know.

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THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 4 features an excerpt from Carl's interview with Madonna, recorded in a suite at Le Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles in March of 1985, right before the start of her worldwide "Virgin Tour." Throughout this candid conversation, when the young star was on her way to her dream of conquering the world, she talks about her desire for fame over money, how her unusual name and family background inspired her to "become someone," and the inspiration she derived from studying iconic blondes like Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot and Marlene Dietrich.  Earth had never seen a recklessly charming woman with a BOYTOY belt buckle like this one. 

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THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 3 features an excerpt from Carl's interview with Stevie Wonder at a recording studio in New York City in 1986.  The living legend was still savoring the success (finally!) of making Martin Luther King’s birthday a national holiday.  He also talks about the convenience of having a home studio, what he listens to for inspiration (hip-hop, early 20th Century experimental music and his deepest love, old jazz).  Key of Life? He says, “I believe there is nothing I can’t do if I set my mind to it.”

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Episode 2 of THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE features an excerpt from Carl's interview with Barry Gibb, recorded in July of 1978. 

The Bee Gees were happy to be burning up the charts with the success of “Saturday Night Fever.”  It was a hectic time in 1978 when Carl interviewed Barry Gibb at his home in Miami as the brothers were churning out a fresh studio album (what came to be “Spirits Having Flown”), a new movie, and preparing for a mega world tour. 
What could go wrong? 

Barry Gibb talks about success, the frantic work of the Bee Gees to ride the fame wave of the iconic disco film and soundtrack, coping with work and family, and much more.  Both Maurice Gibb and Barry’s wife Linda were present during these interviews.

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THE CARL ARRINGTON ARCHIVE Episode 1 features an excerpt from Carl's interview with Tina Turner in December of 1980.  When journalist Carl Arrington interviewed Tina at her LA home during this pre-comeback period in her career, she was still dazzling hotel and theater crowds, BUT the powerhouse performer had no record contract.  With savvy manager Roger Davies she sparked a plan to invade rock coliseums and become a world famous performer and movie star as Tina.  She prayed it would work.  (Spoiler alert: It did!)  Roger Davies can also be heard several times throughout this fascinating conversation with the music legend.

Excerpts from Carl’s full interviews with Tina Turner, more than six hours of recordings conducted over a twenty year period, were featured in the recent award-winning HBO documentary “TINA!” 

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