Newcomer likes Graceland, thank you very much

Graceland? Never been, don’t plan to go.
People come from around the world to visit the most famous house in Memphis, yet there are plenty of locals who wear their indifference to The King’s home as a badge of honor.
On my first trip to check out Memphis, I met a couple of curmudgeons who had lived […]

Elvis lives (on screen)

The King had another good year on camera in these movies
This Oh-Four Comeback can’t compare with the ‘68 Comeback, but Elvis returned to the big screen in a big way during the past year, just in time for our eighth annual survey of “Elvis Allusions in the Movies.”
The King - who made 33 films […]

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  • New Elvis Record

    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 […]

  • Enough Elvis to make your head spin

    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 […]

  • Ranch House

    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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