We asked some of the biggest talent gurus on the planet whether anyone, past or present, was or could be as big a celebrity as Elvis Presley.
From Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell to Rolling Stone music critic and historian Dave Marsh, the answers compared Elvis with everybody from Michael Jackson to Frank Sinatra to Marilyn […]
Commercial comes on during the news last night. A bunch of dudes– 40-somethings, maybe — are sitting around in their clubhouse with their instruments. Jam session. They’re Elvis fans! We know because they start singing one of The King’s most rousing tunes, “Viva Las Vegas.” Only, they’ve personalized the lyrics! Each guy gets a verse. […]
[ July 27, 2007 to August 18, 2007. ] July 27 - August 18. Tyiese Scarpa, 515 South Main Street, St. 101, Memphis. Over 40 pieces of fan art from the Graceland Archives displayed in a gallery setting. Soon after Elvis Presley became an international singing sensation, fans started sending their drawings, sculptures and paintings to Graceland to him and more has […]
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 […]
There seems little doubt Elvis Presley was one of the greatest singers of the recorded era of music, with a voice equally comfortable and adept at country, blues, rock and gospel. However, he was arguably at his strongest when he was singing rockabilly, that rock and roll prototype he virtually invented. Elvis’s rockabilly days were […]
North Main and Poplar was where Ellis Auditorium South Hall stood. It was the setting for Elvis’ graduation from high school June 3, 1953. (The site is now Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.)
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