Fumble in ELViS - The Musical
Fumble provided the background music
for the show, performing on stage for almost the entire show. The two-hour musical featured 82 musical numbers, showing the life of Elvis Presley from the beginning of his carreer up to his early death. (Elvis died in August '77, only a few months before the beginning of the show
The musical started November 28th 1977 at the Astoria Theatre in London's West End. It later won the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical of the Year 1978.
This was the original Elvis Musical. It had been covered numerous times and versions are still being played in theatres around the wodld today.
Original cast:
Directors: Jack
Good und Ray Cooney. Assistant director: Annabel
Leventon, choreographer: Carole Todd, musical director: Keith
Strachan. Others: Tracey Ullman, Helen Baker,
Tanith Banbury, Anna MacLeod, Yael O'Dwyer, Richard Ashley,
Paul Felber, Stephen Leigh, Richard Piper, Shaun Simon.
Shakin' Stevens rehearsing for ELVIS with Des and Mario in the background![Shaky "Elvis" rehearsals with Fumble in the background](../images/elvis_rehearsals2.jpg)
Fumble on stage in ELVIS - The Musical