{"id":16213,"date":"2024-01-10T09:19:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T08:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=16213"},"modified":"2025-09-27T05:03:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T04:03:13","slug":"dire-straits-calling-elvis-1991-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=16213","title":{"rendered":"Dire Straits &#8211; Calling Elvis, 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\nDire Straits &#8211; &#8220;<strong>Calling Elvis<\/strong>&#8221; <em>(1991)<\/em>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\">\n<div style=\"width: 380px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-16213-1\" width=\"380\" height=\"260\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/Dire_Straits_Calling_Elvis\/Dire_Straits_Calling_Elvis.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/Dire_Straits_Calling_Elvis\/Dire_Straits_Calling_Elvis.mp4\">https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/Dire_Straits_Calling_Elvis\/Dire_Straits_Calling_Elvis.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"50%\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_dire_straits_band_ph1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_dire_straits_band_ph1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"899\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_dire_straits_band_ph1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_dire_straits_band_ph1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_dire_straits_band_ph1-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/letrat.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/int_a_dire_straits_band_ph1-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dire Straits<\/strong> were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1995. Their first single was &#8220;Sultans of Swing&#8221;, from their 1978 self-titled debut album. It was followed by a series of hit singles including &#8220;Romeo and Juliet&#8221; (1981), &#8220;Private Investigations&#8221; (1982), &#8220;Twisting by the Pool&#8221; (1983), &#8220;Money for Nothing&#8221; (1985), and &#8220;Walk of Life&#8221; (1985).<br \/>\n[ <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dire_Straits\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em><span style=\"color: #999999;\">wikipedia<\/span><\/em><\/a> ]\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dire Straits &#8211; &#8220;Calling Elvis&#8221; (1991) Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals)&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/?p=16213\" class=\"more-link\">Lexo <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/letrat.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}