Where Every
Second Act
Takes Center Stage

In 1967, Michael Elley shared the screen with the King of Rock and Roll himself, appearing alongside Elvis Presley in the Paramount film Easy Come, Easy Go — a Hollywood moment that would become one of the defining credits of a remarkable entertainment career. It wasn't his first brush with movie royalty, either: Elley's on-screen work also includes appearances with Charlton Heston in Paramount's The Savage (1952) and Brian Keith in Disney's Those Calloways (1965).

The music never stopped after Hollywood. A gifted singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Elley recorded for labels including Warner Brothers Records, Millennium International Records, Filmways Records, Crescendo Records, and Air International Record Group — most notably his 1989 album Michael Elley Sings Light Waves. On stage, he performed lead roles in touring Broadway musicals, sang with Colorado's Central City Opera in its Puccini Series, headlined venues from Disneyland to Knott's Berry Farm, and made history as a citizen-diplomat entertainer in the Soviet Union from 1986 to 1989, staging major concerts in Moscow and Leningrad and appearing on three Soviet national television specials.

Today, Elley serves as President and CEO of Ultimate Earth, Inc., an environmentally focused biotechnology and manufacturing company based in Nashville, Tennessee — his ongoing mission to make a difference for the planet and its people. And he's far from finished creatively, either: his newest venture, Light Waves Musical, brings his signature music to the stage in an ambitious new theatrical project, proving that a career that began beside Elvis is still writing new chapters.