Elvis Presley’s rise to stardom turned Memphis into everything from a tourist destination to what some believe is the home of the generation gap and, to some, the mecca of a quasi-religious movement.
It’s part of a complex legacy for a city that has been known for cotton, for the blues, for the rhythm and blues […]
The latest Elvis record is not the kind you download. If you were in Memphis, you knew you weren’t on Lonely Street at all those sold-out events. But Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern says the official attendance figure for the week was 75,000. Even in the sweltering heat, 55,000 took part in the candlelight vigil. “The […]
Well, another anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley is approaching. Fearing the worst, I am writing this column before Aug. 16. I do not know if I will survive this event.
Like other Americans who remember what they were doing when, say, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, I recall exactly what I […]
Sun Records/Memphis Recording Service. In the mid- to late summer of 1953, Elvis was a walk-in who paid $3.98 to record “My Happiness.” A year later, on July 5, 1954, he would record “That’s All Right (Mama),” often called the Big Bang of Rock and Roll.
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