A Brief History
On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron Presley, the King of Rock and Roll was born in Mississippi. Major Dan once spent 3 weeks in Mississippi, and was born on January 7. Elvis had dark hair, Dan likewise. Both liked jelly donuts and peanut butter, not to mention cheeseburgers. Alas, both estimable gentlemen were slightly overweight, but not as young men.
Digging Deeper
Elvis was born to a Christian family, the good Major was born into a Christian family. The King was heterosexual, and most people think Major Dan is, too. Long sideburns were once a trademark of both men. Elvis had a ton of drugs prescribed by doctors, and so does Major Dan. Strangely, both sing like Elvis and danced kind of funny.
Elvis was the star of many motion pictures, and Major Dan saw all those films. Elvis is often imitated, and Major Dan often imitates Elvis (Thank you very much!) Elvis served in the military and so did the good Major. Elvis and Major Dan both have traveled to Hawaii and Germany. Elvis played the piano and a stringed instrument, Major Dan’s mom tried to teach him piano and he briefly played a stringed instrument. Both of these macho men liked fast and fancy cars, and both were sworn in as law enforcement officers.
Of course, both guys were highly attractive to females, and mothers warned their daughters about them. Elvis was associated with Col. Tom Parker, Major Dan was associated with Col. Sanders. Elvis sang about a hound dog, Dan owned hound dogs.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Murray, Chris, Alfred Wertheimer, et al. Elvis (One on One). Insight Editions, 2012.
Parragon Books. A Photographic History of Elvis (A Photo History). Parragon Books, 2012.
Williamson, Joel. Elvis Presley: A Southern Life. Oxford University Press, 2014.
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I did not know this much about Elvis, very interesting.
Oh, Elvis. His music never gets old. I didn’t know that he actually served in the military though, I thought it was just part of that song “GI Blues.”
Interesting.
When someone died and his songs continue and spreaded for many generations. That means Elvis is not just singer, he has had message to deliver to these people and generations after his period. He is one of the greatest singers.
I never really learned much about Elvis, even with how much of an icon he was. Interesting article.
I did not know Elvis liked jelly donuts. Interesting fun fact.
I never knew that Elvis was the star in many movies.
Many fun facts i did not know about the king of rock and roll
Neat to know these facts.
I didn’t know this interesting, novel facts.
I never knew much about Elvis. These facts were very interesting.
It was very interesting to learn new facts about Elvis that I did not know.
I knew the basic facts about Elvis but now I know a few more so that’s cool
love learning facts about Elvis. i visited his museum before it was such a cool experience
This a good read on Elvis.
I don’t think the comparisons really have a significant value
I don’t think the similarities are too creepy to say the least. Yes, they are similar, but to be honest, these men were intimidated of each of, so there’s no way they were even the same person.
I don’t think that those similarities are just shared by Elvis and Major Dan. I honestly think that many people share those same similarities.
I agree that this does not really seem like a coincidence that Major Dan and Elvis had so much in common. These similarities really aren’t all that uncommon among people.
I found this to be an odd subject for an article. I am sure there are others who also have the same things in common with Elvis or Major Dan.
This made me laugh. Thanks for starting my Monday off right!
Amusing article, to say the least!
I am sure there are many more people that have a lot in common with Elvis. These are just little things that they have in common.
It is interesting to learn more about Elvis.
Interesting.
Elvis probably had similarities with many others! Not completely sure I know who Major Dan is anyway!
I find it pretty humorous that the beginning of the article points out that both major Dan and Elvis both liked jelly donuts, peanut butter, and cheeseburgers. I would fit in just fine with both men!
I dont get the point of this article to just relate these items
This article gave me a good laugh! They do have a lot in common.
Haha and I’m also exactly like Beyonce.
S. Curry, Lebron James, and I play basketball and are from Ohio.
It is funny how you may be able to see so many similarities with celebrities when you dig down deep into their personal lives.
This article was so strange so see how much Major Dan and Elvis Presley had in common but I think they could be compared to many other guys as well.
It is interesting that Elvis Presley and Major Dan were so alike! This article is very comical.
This was very amusing. Elvis was awesome, and now I know Major Dan is too!
Interesting article. Elvis had a huge role in music, and found the comparisons to be interesting.
It is an interesting article. I do not know about the purpose of this article.
I heard Elvis before because I like music. But why comparing these two people? it is so interesting.
This article was an interesting comparison, however I hate Elvis Presley because he’s a theif.
interesting,but i do not understand why the comparison between these two.
This was really interesting, especially because I visited Graceland with my mom last summer, but I don’t really understand the connection between the two.
This article was interesting. I found the connections between the two men comical.
Interesting, but it sounds like correlation without causation.
This article was very comical. The two were a lot a like.
laughing so hard
History is full of conspiracies.
You are really on a conspiracy kick.
I always love hearing and reading about Elvis because my dad thinks he is awesome.
Interesting facts but probably just coincidence!
This article seemed to be full of crazy coincidences, but it was pretty cool to see the comparison.
The comparison is neat.