Elvis Presley would have been 65 on Saturday. What that means is that the King of Rock and Roll - who died Aug. 16, 1977, at the age of 42 - never got to settle into old age as a gospel performer, oldies act or retired millionaire living off past glories.
What it also means is […]
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 […]
Even international political summits don’t generate as much activity as Elvis Week will on the 20th anniversary of Presley’s death.
You could attend the several conferences in town and run out of time for anything else. Elvis 20/20: Past and Future, a six-day convergence of high and low thinking on the King at the Memphis College […]
Elvis often rented the old Memphian Theatre, now the site of Playhouse on the Square, for private screenings of movies.
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