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Elvis Presley was a mid-20th century Earth musician.

In 2375, when Vic Fontaine met Nog for the first time, he discovered that Nog was already quite familiar with Fontaine's work, having heard the recordings he made for Julian Bashir to play for the Starfleet troops during their supply run to, and subsequent siege of, AR-558. Based on this exposure, Fontaine swore that if Bashir was his publicist, he'd be "bigger than Elvis." Nog, however, was unfamiliar with Presley's name. (DS9: "It's Only a Paper Moon")

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In real life, Presley was a big Star Trek fan, even naming a horse "Star Trek". [1]

Ronald D. Moore had a painting of Elvis in his office on the Paramount lot that he wanted to use in the auction scene in "In the Cards" but he knew "that it would never fly" and the painting of a bullfighter matador was used instead. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion (p. 465)) A photograph of Richard M. Nixon shaking hands with Henry Starling seen in VOY: "Future's End" was created by replacing Elvis with Starling.

Several Star Trek alumni worked with Elvis over the years, including Laurel Goodwin, who co-starred in the film, Girls! Girls! Girls! and James B. Sikking, who appeared in the film, Charro!. Lance LeGault was a close friend of Elvis', as well as his stand-in and stunt double. LeGault can also be seen playing tambourine for Elvis on the 68 Comeback Special. Ron Veto was also a friend of Elvis and appeared in a number of his films. Star Trek: The Original Series director Gene Nelson helmed two of Elvis' films, Kissin' Cousins, which co-starred Yvonne Craig, and Harum Scarum, which featured Michael Ansara and Theo Marcuse. Craig, who was also Presley's girlfriend at one point, also co-starred with him in It Happened at the World's Fair. William Campbell also acted alongside Elvis in his movie debut, Love Me Tender. Both Terri Garr and Carey Foster appeared frequently as background dancers in Elvis' movies throughout the 1960s. TOS actress Maurishka also appeared alongside him in 1968's Stay Away, Joe.

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