The Memphis Shelby County Humane Society is using the image of Elvis Presley to launch its anti-cruelty campaign.
The organization reached a licensing agreement with Elvis Presley Enterprises to use a rare photo of Elvis with two dogs and the song title Don’t Be Cruel to kick off fund-raising for the campaign.
The shirt, which says “Don’t […]
Bookstore shelves bursting with bios, tell-alls
Elvis is in the building.
Well, house, technically, as in publishing house.
With the weeklong hoopla of the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death concluding, there are many new books lining shop owner’s shelves waiting to sate any Elvis fanatic’s king-size cravings.
Random House published three Elvis books this summer, but they’re […]
In April 1957, Sepia magazine, a white-owned sensationalist monthly for black readers, took up a discussion as controversial then as it is today: the case of a white kid who adopted black music and became the most successful artist of his time.
The headline: “HOW NEGROES FEEL ABOUT ELVIS.”
It begins:
“As one of the most-debated subjects in […]
The streets are clearing some. The foreign accents asking for directions have moved from Graceland and Beale Street on to the airport and the Interstate.
And the pompadour-and-sideburns look is soon to be returned to the rockabilly retro kids in Midtown.
The storm that was the nine-day Elvis anniversary is finished, and what a storm it was.
“This […]
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 […]
As the sun bore down on hundreds of faithful Elvis fans from across the country and the world, about 20 people were protesting Sunday outside Graceland.
The protesters were carrying signs claiming black people received unequal treatment and that most were denied advancement into top managerial jobs at Elvis Presley Enterprises, which runs Graceland.
The protesters maintain […]
Elvis and his parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley, lived in this ranch-style house Elvis bought in 1956 for 13 months. Natalie Wood was a houseguest there four days.
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