On this date -- April 25 -- in 1956, Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" went to number one on the charts. The connections between Elvis and Jack Kerouac are detailed in this article: https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvis-and-kerouac-americas-rebel-kings.shtml. You'll find at least one glaring factual inaccuracy about Jack in this article, but overall it is an interesting read.
In Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac, Gerald Nicosia points out that Jack and Gregory Corso watched Elvis' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show "with great excitement," and goes on to discuss Elvis at length (University of California Press, 1994, p. 530).
Elvis and Jack, "America's rebel kings." Who knew there were so many parallels?*
*Who knew healthcare was so complicated? (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
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