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Elvis’ former girlfriend, Linda Thompson, was Miss Tennessee U.S.A. when she met roommate Miss Rhode Island U.S.A. Jeanne LeMay at the Miss U.S.A. competition in 1972.
They didn’t win the title, but Linda’s role as Miss Tennessee U.S.A. led to her introduction to Elvis Presley and to a longtime friendship with LeMay. LeMay often […]

As NASCAR’s most recognizable and popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has thousands of fans screaming his name every weekend.
His red-clad supporters strain and crowd for the chance to get an autograph, a handshake or even just some eye contact every time he’s at the racetrack.
It has given Earnhardt an insider’s view of […]

[ August 11, 2007 to August 17, 2007. ] The Children’s Museum is joining Graceland and the city of Memphis in celebrating Elvis Week 2007, which marks the 30th anniversary of Elvis’ passing. The museum will have a multitude of Elvis related activities throughout the week in tribute to the “King of Rock’n’Roll.” Search Parties for the week will be “Elvis Scavenger Hunts.” Tales […]

For the thousands of visitors who’ll make the pilgrimage to Memphis this week to mark the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, the next seven days will be filled with a mix of sightseeing and book-signings, concerts and celebratory events.
But for those who knew Presley best, like his longtime friend Jerry Schilling, […]

One of the byproducts of Elvis Presley’s personal demise was the decline — both in quantity and quality — of his studio output during the latter years of his life.
Following the ‘68 Comeback Special on television, Presley achieved a kind of creative and commercial high-watermark with the 1969 sessions at American Sound Studio […]

“I don’t know if I was Elvis’ best friend,” says “Diamond” Joe Esposito, “but he was definitely my best friend.”
The Chicago-born Esposito first met Presley in 1958, during their respective stints in the Army in West Germany. Esposito went to work for Elvis in 1960, and he rode shotgun for the next 17 […]

Delbert “Sonny” West may be the most controversial and outspoken former member of the Memphis Mafia. As Elvis’ bodyguard and security chief, West was a trusted confidant of the King, accompanying him everywhere from concert halls to the inner sanctum of the White House.
West, his cousin Red West and Dave Hebler were fired […]

Girls in poodle skirts and bobby socks helped turn Frank Sinatra into the first singer who opened up a young audience for pop music in the 1940s. Screaming teenage girls were part of “Sinatra mania,” but a decade later Elvis Presley upped the ante.
“There was something about Elvis Presley that gave them a joy […]

[ August 11, 2007; 1:00 pm; ] It’s time to get All Shook Up with Elvis Tribute Artist Chris MacDonald! MacDonald’s rocking performance will take you through three decades of Elvis and kick-off Elvis Week 2007 in Memphis. Free and open to the public.

Peabody Place Retail and Entertainment Center
150 Peabody Place
Main Atrium

[ 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 […]