Talk:Tommy Steele

Silly London visit claims

Whatever you think about the idea that he visited, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7376248.stm tells us that Fike didn't visit London instead of Elvis. 129.31.1.137 (talk) 13:10, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Well if you check the relevant site, Fike has indeed posted a claim that it was him and not Elvis. As for The Kenwright/Steele claim, all I can say is that Tommy Steele is renowned for playing very elaborate practical jokes, but making "Silly Claims" - most certainly not, and from what I can gather, he is very angry with Kenwright. Cheers, Pat Pending (talk) 15:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I couldn't find a mention of Fike's visit to London on that site, could you provide a link that is straight from the horse's mouth and more reliable that the BBC? And as human beings excercising common sense, we'd have to say the idea that the most famous person in the world visited London, wandered around the parts of the city most flooded with tourists, accompanied by another famous person and was neither mobbed by adoring fans or noticed by a single other person is pretty silly. As wikipedians, it's enough that it's verifiable, right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.31.1.137 (talk) 14:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I've checked and Fike's post appears to have been taken down, so by all means replace it with the BBC one. One thing to bear in mind when considering Steele's claim, is that London was not flooded with tourists in 1958, it was however, flooded with City Gents, Stockbrokers etc and not ordinary people. The "type of person" in the areas mentioned, would not have been able to pull Steele out of a line up, let alone Elvis - It's not like he's saying he took him down the pub and Pie and Mash shop in Bermondsey, or The 2i's where of course, they most certainly would as you say, have been mobbed. Cheers, Pat Pending (talk) 15:42, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but the idea that the London of 1958 was "flooded with City Gents, Stockbrokers etc and not ordinary people" is laughable. The only area specifically identified is the Houses of Parliament, which is a long way from the City. Unless they were both in disguise, there will have been plenty of "ordinary people" who would have recognised Steele and/or Elvis. Nick Cooper (talk) 20:07, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

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Links of the album.

Links about the album please. Just do a simple one if so not know much. At least it’s worth of something. Haaazzziiim (talk) 00:24, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

Sunday Pictorial hoax as to why Tommy Steele didn't do National Service

According to Tommy Steele the real reason he was not made to do National Service was because he had already done five years in the Merchant Navy and that the genetic heart defect was a hoax invented by the Sunday Pictorial newspaper. https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/local-news/ask-tommy-steele-1505274 84.69.78.91 (talk) 23:22, 16 June 2023 (UTC)