One of the most successful and well-visited landmarks in the City of Memphis is the Elvis Presley estate and shops in the Whitehaven community. It draws over a half million tourists annually.
Elvis’s home draws these tourists from all parts of the world and gives them an opportunity to understand the Memphis experience. However, because of […]
Chairman gets audience with King — Sinatra drops in on Presley after words with guard
In 1997 I bought a Fayette County ranch once owned by Vernon and Elvis Presley, the HoundDog Ranch. I sought out neighbors and acquaintances of Elvis and his entourage to gather stories about parties at the HoundDog and other Elvis […]
Some glue in the hair, some money for charity
Mike Mazza and his wife, Lisa, celebrated their first wedding anniversary Saturday night at the Elvis 50th Anniversary Special Dance Party at The Peabody. The Mt. Vernon, Ohio, couple were married at Graceland Chapel, Aug. 14, 2003. They have a son, Aron, whom they named after […]
Like the light from Graceland’s eternal flame flickering near the famed estate, the memory of rock and roll’s undisputed King seems inextinguishable in the public conscience.
Even 27 years after Elvis Presley died inside his Memphis residence - an event commemorated Sunday night at the annual candlelight vigil attended by an estimated 8,000 - the multimedia […]
Twenty-seven years ago we lost a King. But we gained a ghost. And he walks among us today. And not just “Ten feet off of Beale.”
Playhouse on the Square, the Zippin’ Pippin and the Mid-South Coliseum are all haunted by Elvis Presley.
A person who knew him quite well, his daughter Lisa Marie, once said that […]
June Robertson selected her new Downtown apartment for the view.
Overlooking a parking lot, she can steal glimpses of a window with its curtains drawn - the teenage home of Elvis Presley.
Before moving to Uptown Square (formerly known as Lauderdale Courts), she requested an apartment next to the former rock legend’s old home. But so far […]
Midtown and Downtown had numerous Elvis connections - this list points out some of the highlights:
Lauderdale Courts, a public housing complex in Downtown Memphis, was home to the Presley family in the late 1940s to early 1950s.
Elvis performed his first large concert appearance at the Overton Park Shell on Friday, July 30, 1954. The headliner […]
Graceland? Never been, don’t plan to go.
People come from around the world to visit the most famous house in Memphis, yet there are plenty of locals who wear their indifference to The King’s home as a badge of honor.
On my first trip to check out Memphis, I met a couple of curmudgeons who had lived […]
The King had another good year on camera in these movies
This Oh-Four Comeback can’t compare with the ‘68 Comeback, but Elvis returned to the big screen in a big way during the past year, just in time for our eighth annual survey of “Elvis Allusions in the Movies.”
The King - who made 33 films […]
Robert William Dye helped run the family grain elevator construction business during the day, but at night he was on the town photographing everybody from Minnie Pearl to Elvis Presley.
One of Dye’s Navy buddies had been chief photographer aboard the USS Decker during World War II, and Dye learned enough from him that when he […]
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 […]
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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