The Penguin 
I hadn’t heard this about Peel. In the days Peel was around it was considered the norm for men to chat up girls in their teens. Sam Fox was posing in the Sun when she had just turned 16. 14 was considered fair play and one of Bill Wyman was in the news when he revealed a relationship with a girl he had met when she was just 13. I can’t remember the famous DJ (not Peel) one of my friends had an incident with in a car in the early 80s. She was only 15, he thought it was ok. She told him off but he was nasty about it. I remember going home from school in the early 80s and men in cars would beep at you, clearly an adolescent girl in a school uniform. Thankfully times have changed.
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I would say probably Elvis. I grew up on repeats of Elvis movies and he was such a big star in the 70s. But I was shocked when I’ve read about his life, the way Priscilla was treated. On the other hand he was a victim of his success and his voice still gets people through difficult times. I remember reading an expose series in the daily mail after he died. I was so shocked at the time.
These days it seems that everyone in the public eye has something going on.
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Sorry Cragzee, been on holiday and just catching up with posts. While away I have to rely on posting on my smartphone, very fiddly, all my best work is done on this laptop… 
Welcome to the forum, and I look forward to reading you…
I saw a film the other day on BBC iPlayer called Priscilla and written by Priscilla that showed Elvis to be obsessive, upright, Christian, lacking in sex drive, only interested in a virgin at the legal aged, after marriage. Priscilla left him through boredom. They remained friends for the rest of his life, and he was generous with the divorce settlement.
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Later in his life Elvis got into alcohol and drugs but everyone around him including his housekeeper , gardener said he was the nicest person going .
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Its a sad fact, some good folks have a tipple, its not a marker for how nice or nasty they are.
Agreed one of his best, but my personal favorite is Time Out of Mind (1997).
His major comeback and triple grammy award winner - one for best male vocal !
I’m also really into his last album Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020)
He’s more jazz and blues these days paying homage to his musical influences.
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Thanks for your kind welcome 
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Elvis was more for the girls wasn’t he?I was a Buddy Holly man.Sadly died young so didn’t get the chance to go wrong in middle age.
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The Priscilla film portrayed Elvis as spending all his time with young male groupies but no suggestion that he might be gay.
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No not gay but he was very friendly and polite to everybody apparently.
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I used to admire Huw Edwards .
WTF , lol .
I loved Elvis still love his music .
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Totally agree Elvis changed music forever as John Lennon famously stated, “Before Elvis, there was nothing,” signifying the profound impact Elvis Presley had on him and the music scene in general. Lennon elaborated that without Elvis, there would have been no Beatles, highlighting Presley’s role in shaping rock and roll and inspiring a generation of musicians.
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They were influnced by a few.Little Richard especially.
And Buddy Holly and the Crickets hence The Beatles(with joking spelling)
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Lance Armstrong….
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Very disappointed in Lance Furry, he could probably have won the tour without the drugs.
Silly man… 
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Brutal sport and I felt bad for him as wonder how much of an edge it actually gave him
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TBH I couldn’t believe it about it.
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