From November 1977 until June 1978 Fumble provided the music
for the West-End musical ELVIS.
The musical told the story of Elvis Presley who was played
by three different actors from the beginning of his career
up to his death. The two-hour musical featured about 82 numbers,
some of them medleys, with photos from Elvis' life projected
onto huge screens.
Fumble were on stage for the whole show performing Elvis songs
and providing the background music for most of the songs sung
by the other artists.
The three actors who played Elvis:
Tim
Whitnall as the young
Elvis at the beginning of his carreer.
Shakin'
Stevens as the middle Elvis
at the top of his career in the 60s.
P.J.
Proby as the late Elvis.
He was later replaced by Bogdan Kominowski.
Fumble
performed the following songs: Money
Honey
Tupelo Mississippi Flash
Only In America
All Around The World
6.5 Special
Act Naturally
All American Boy
Sound Off
Double Trouble
Devil In Disguise
You Ought To Make Me A Feature
Learn To Croon
Let's Have A Party
Fumble provided the background for
the following musical numbers: Shakin' Stevens King Creole
Tim Whitnall, Shakin' Stevens Too
Much Tim Whitnall Teddy Bear Shakin' Stevens Such A Night Tim Whitnall Big Hunk Of Love Tim Whitnall One Night Shakin' Stevens Mean Woman Blues
Tim Whitnall & Des Henly Hound
Dog
Start
of the musical was November 28th 1977. There was
one show a day from Mondays to Thursdays and two shows a
day on Fridays and Saturdays. There was no show on Sundays.
Rehearsals for the musical:
(Shakin' Stevens with Mario and Des in the background)
The ELVIS Cast ELVIS
was written and directed by Jack Good and produced by Ray
Cooney. Assistant director: Annabel Leventon, choreographer:
Carole Todd, musical director: Keith Strachan.
Other members of the cast include Tracey Ullman, Helen Baker,
Tanith Banbury, Anna MacLeod, Yael O'Dwyer, Richard Ashley,
Paul Felber, Stephen Leigh, Richard Piper, Shaun Simon.
This is a picture of all the people who worked in Elvis
Best Musical Of Ghe Year 1978(Evening
Standard Drama Awards) Nominated
for the SWET Awards 1978 (Society
of West End Theatre Awards)
Elvis - The Original Cast Album (1978) The album was sold at the Astoria
Theatre
Tupelo Mississippi Flash 
