Elvis confidant Donnie Sumner salutes Voice compadre Sherrill Nielsen

Excruciating hair plugs, capped teeth, Elvis Presley recording sessions gone awry, and other unbelievably true shenanigans dominate an exclusive conversation with Donnie Sumner, former lead singer of J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet. Generating a majestic pose with the black Way Down jumpsuit, the showman in Presley is readily apparent in this November 18, 1972 file photo from a concert held at the H.I.C. Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Eight weeks later the reigning King of Rock ’n’ Roll would return to Hawaii for the record-breaking “Aloha from Hawaii” satellite concert broadcast on NBC. Photography by Ed Bonja / For Elvis CD Collectors Only

Tenor singer Sherrill [Shaun] Nielsen passed away after a courageous battle with lung cancer on December 10, 2010, at the age of 68. Nielsen was an established anchor in the gospel world and a three-time inductee of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, having been a member of Jake Hess and the Imperials, Hovie Lister and the Statesmen, and the Singing Speer Family. Rock ‘n’…