“How dare you think such cheap tactics would work with me!”
“That ain’t tactics, honey. It’s just the beast in me.”
- an exchange between good-girl Judy Tyler and grabby Elvis Presley in “Jailhouse Rock”
Elvis the singer has been much honored. He’s a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of […]
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 […]
The lip curls. The hips gyrate. The hands and arms aren’t just holding the microphone, but treating it like a prop.
Elvis Presley was dead before most of the contestants in the Tupelo Elvis Contest were born. To perform as their hero, they have to do like contestant Brandon Bennett. “I watch and listen to […]
Site of Hotel Chisca, where WHBQ was broadcast. The legendary deejay Dewey Phillips — Daddy-O-Dewey — first played “That’s All Right” from the station and rushed Elvis in for a live interviw July 8, 1954, because of the overwhelming phone response to the song.
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