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Article: ELVIS WEEK; Vienna: Obsessed also with The King.(Society)
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- August 15, 2005
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Byline: WILLIAM J. KOLE
VIENNA, Austria (AP) Mozart would be mortified. Beethoven would probably spin like an LP in his grave. But for next week, at least, they aint nothing but hound dogs to Austrians obsessed with The King.
Viennas Hilton becomes the Heartbreak Hotel on Monday, when "Elvis Week" seven days of live music, memorabilia and screenings of Elvis Presley films kicks off for those who love him in Europe, where he never gave a concert.
The festival coincides with the 28th anniversary of Presleys death on Aug. 16, 1977.
It underscores the singers huge popularity in Austria, Germany and other countries where hes still got ...