Elvis really is everywhere, even if the last name isn’t Presley

When Elvis Presley catapulted into stardom in 1956, his name sounded too good to be true, as if it had been snatched straight out of the humid Memphis air.
It proved to be the perfect foil for conservative pundits, who nicknamed Elvis “the Pelvis” and rolled their eyes at the singing hip-swiveler christened with the cornpone […]

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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 […]

  • Elvis’s empty crypt an $800,000 steal?

    Elvis left this building 20 years ago, but you can own it if you have $800,000 to spare.
    The “family room” of The Abbey Mausoleum where Elvis Presley first was entombed was put on the market last week.
    The mausoleum chamber at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, 1661 Elvis Presley Blvd., also briefly contained the remains of Elvis’s […]

  • Memphian Theatre

    Elvis often rented the old Memphian Theatre, now the site of Playhouse on the Square, for private screenings of movies.

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