ELVIS THE NARC

On this depressing day in music history: December 21, 1970 - Elvis Presley meets with President Richard Nixon at the White House. Writing to Nixon in advance, Presley makes the visit in order to offer his services in fighting the war on drugs. A collector of law badges, Elvis asks the President for a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge. As a gift, the singer presents the President with a chrome plated Colt 45 which has to be removed by security. Quite how Elvis was able to smuggle a fire arm into the white House is anyone's guess! . Presley receives his BNDD badge the next day. It is a collector's item and not 'official' or evidence that he joined any such bureau despite the will and desire of Presley. White House staff consider it a joke.