OM DENNE EPISODE
Carol Connors started her career with The Teddy Bears and their worldwide #1 hit “To Know Him is to Love Him.” She went on to date Elvis and penned the lyrics for “Gonna Fly Now,” the iconic theme from “Rocky.” We talk about her new doc “ELVIS ROCKY & ME, The Carol Connors Story” and lots more:
– Her early musical influences
– How the doc came about
– Raising $16 so Phil Specter would record her
– Getting gifted a Shelby Cobra after writing the song
– Meeting her first boyfriend: Elvis Presley
– A special gift from Robert Culp
– Writing the “Rocky” theme lyrics in the shower
– Hanging with Hef at the Playboy Mansion
– Penning the theme for “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”
– What she had in common with O.J. Simpson
– The song she wrote for John Denver
– Her song in the new Broadway version of “The Piano”
LINKS
ELVIS ROCKY & ME, The Carol Connors Story (the doc)
ELVIS ROCKY & ME, The Carol Connors Story (the book)
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