The 1991 official music video for 'Calling Elvis' features Dire Straits in Supermarionation form, and was directed by Gerry Anderson, a specialist of this style best known for his work on Thunderbirds. Stream on all digital platforms here: https://direstraits.lnk.to/CallingElvis | Dire Straits

Edmund Hartley had destroyed careers with his reviews. He was the most powerful music critic in America, and he hated Elvis Presley. So when he got invited onto The Steve Allen Show in 1956, he came prepared to humiliate the young rock star on live television. His weapon? "O Sole Mio," an Italian opera song so technically difficult that even trained opera singers struggled with it. He handed Elvis the sheet music and smirked. "Sing this, if you can." What happened next wiped the smirk off his fa