Elvis Presley would turn 80 years old this week, had he not died in 1977. Or did he?

The Fraternity Boy Theory

In the 1970s, Presley supposedly got mixed up with a California crime syndicate called The Fraternity. After he lost $10 million to the organization in the bogus sales of real estate and private planes, Presley is said to have gone to the federal government for help, who was keen to dismantle The Fraternity. In exchange for helping bring them down, Presley was whisked into the Witness Protection Program. Two hours after Presley’s death was announced in 1977, a man named “John Burrows” boarded a plane for Buenos Aires, paying in cash. That man not only resembled Presley, but had the same name as an alias Presley often used to check into hotels.

Over New Years, Paul McCartney and rapper Kanye West released a surprise joint effort called “Only One,” a song about West’s daughter. Surprise collaborations are kind of McCartney’s bag.

Some interesting music trivia about the astounding pop chart successes of the King of Rock n’ Roll, Elvis, who would turn 80 years old on January 8.