Fumble in ELVIS – The Musical

Fumble backing Shakin' Stevens in the Elvis 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 Awarf for Best Musical of the Year.

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. Andere Mitwirkende: Tracey Ullman, Helen Baker, Tanith Banbury, Anna MacLeod, Yael O'Dwyer, Richard Ashley, Paul Felber, Stephen Leigh, Richard Piper, Shaun Simon.

Shaky "Elvis" rehearsals with Fumble in the background

Fumble in action...

Photo of the entire Elvis-Cast