Frank DeVito worked with Elvis on a 1968 NBC TV special. He was coming out of retirement and Frank played with him for two weeks in a studio rehearsing. Frank Devito recalls:

"Hal Blaine and I played drums and percussion. We were working with Claude Williamson. Elvis was a nice guy. He didn't bug anybody and showed up every day on time. This was when he was in his prime. Every day he wore the same thing, a black shirt and black pants. And he always had 3 or 4 of his cousins with him who acted like bodyguards. On breaks they'd practice their karate. And he called everybody "sir." 'How are you today, sir?' And I was younger than him! We also went down to United and did an album, too. Hal Blaine played drums and I played congas and tambourine and stuff."