“He’s cute as a bug’s ear. Where’d you get him?”

Marcia Tyler, Outdoors Inc. manager, meeting Elvis

Marcia Tyler, manager of Outdoors Inc. on Poplar, tells Elvis she’s “taking care of business” during his visit to Memphis’ Most Outstanding Outdoors Stores.

At Davis-Kidd, the Most Browsable Book Store, 24 books on Elvis Presley are in stock. They’re not just for fans. “Elvis Religion,” by Gregory L. Rice, studies the cult of Elvis as a patron saint of pop culture.

Pugh’s Flowers, winner of the Most Fabulous Flowers category, has big orders for Elvis on Aug. 16. People from all over the world send floral tributes to the mansion on the date of his death.

Motorcycle buff Elvis Presley helped popularize Harleys in the ’50s and employees of Bumpus Harley-Davidson, Memphis’ Most Monster Motorcycle Shop, applaud a song by Elvis in front of a 1965 Electra Glide in their showroom.

And Elvis, himself, gives an appreciative nod to Memphis’ Most Loaded Wine/Liquor Store, Buster’s Liquors & Wine.

He says, “There’s a rule of thumb I go by. That is, the more you drink, the better I sound.”

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