Book provides a peek at King’s spiritual side

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the untimely passing of Memphis’ most famous son, a new book offers an inside look at gospel leanings of the King of Rock and Roll.
Joe Moscheo, longtime member of inspirational quartet The Imperials and part of Elvis Presley’s Las Vegas show, has written “The Gospel Side […]

Short Subjects

The Children’s Museum of Memphis is helping celebrate the 30th anniversary of Elvis’ death with a Youth Showcase of seven Elvis acts, ages 7 to 13, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Included with museum admission, the talent showcase is part of a range of Elvis activities from scavenger hunts to Elvis art projects to trivia tests. […]

Tribute Artist Finalists

Ten of the top Elvis acts in the world were named finalists tonight in the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.
We’ll be writing more about them before the finals on Friday night, but, drum roll please, here they are in the order they were named after four-and-a-half hours […]

Everything Elvis you ever want to buy, but were afraid to ask for

Don’t be fooled: Three decades after taking his final bow, Elvis still hasn’t left the building.
Not by a long shot.
If proof is needed — and for fans of the King it’s not — look no further than the Memphis Cook Convention Center Downtown, where more than 100 vendors set up shop Sunday […]

Visiting Graceland Too

The small town of Holly Springs (pop. 8,000) is midway between Tupelo and Memphis, and any pilgrimage to either Elvis destination must include a stop to visit the Biggest Elvis Fan in the Universe.
His name is Paul McLeod, and he lives in an antebellum home called Graceland Too, at 200 East Ghoulson Avenue.

McLeod collects and […]

Elvis: The original ‘American Idol’

Earlier this year on the hit television show “American Idol,” a young, tanned Elvis Presley walked onto the stage and performed a roughly three-minute duet with Celine Dion.
The stunning performance, which left viewers across the world asking “How did they do that?” could be routine once Robert F.X. Sillerman is finished recreating Graceland. […]

Elvis tribute artists

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 […]

Inner sanctum

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 […]

Elvis and Earnhardt: Superstars align at Graceland

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 […]

Children’s Museum

[ 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 […]

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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 […]

  • ‘Power of E’ gets local economy rockn’

    Kevin Kane said he was really more a part of the Beatles era.
    But for one week out of the year, the president of the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau said he is a big fan of Elvis Presley - especially his fans.
    “In my position now, I’m a huge Elvis fan,” Kane said. “I’ve seen the […]

  • Humes High School

    Elvis began his freshman year in September 1949 at Humes High School, now the site of Humes Middle School. He walked 10 blocks down Jackson every day to get to school from Lauderdale Courts.

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