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Article: Sydney, star who sang for the King.(Book Review)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2005
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Byline: TOM KYLE
Critic's choice SIMPLY DEVINE: THE SYDNEY DEVINE STORY (Black & White, ALONG time ago in a small town in Germany, a young American soldier went to see an even younger Scots boy playing rock 'n' roll.
Bizarre as it may now sound, Elvis Presley was in the audience listening to Sydney Devine giving it laldy on Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog and Blue Suede Shoes.
Just imagine.
The King in a corner watching Steak ' n' Kidney singing his songs.
Mindboggling doesn' t begin to describe it.
Nowadays, few would consider Sydney to be a rocker. Most would probably think of him as the wee guy who sings Tiny Bubbles ...