Michael Stevens
Elvis Inhaled His Own Tooth Into His Lung — And Nearly Lost His Voice Forever
In May 1957, Elvis Presley was filming what would become the most famous dance sequence of his career. The song ...
Rock and Roll Was Born by Accident — During a Coffee Break in Memphis
On the evening of July 5, 1954, three men sat in a small, boiling-hot recording studio on Union Avenue in ...
The World’s Favorite Wedding Song Is 240 Years Old — And It’s Not About Happy Love
It gets played at more first dances than almost any song ever recorded. Couples all over the world sway to ...
The Night Elvis Met The Beatles — And Nobody Was Allowed to Record a Second of It
On one night in 1965, the four most famous musicians on the planet walked into a living room in Bel ...
Michael Jackson’s 17-Minute Disney Film Cost Up to $30 Million
Michael Jackson had already transformed music videos into major events, but Captain EO pushed that ambition into another universe. The ...
“I Always Wanted a Little Brother. Now I Have Three.” — The Day Three Boys Moved Into Graceland
In the spring of 1960, a black Lincoln Continental pulled up outside a boarding school in Virginia to collect three ...
Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury Recorded Three Duets Together. A Llama Ended It.
In 1983, the two biggest voices in popular music sat down together in a home studio in Encino, California, and ...
Elvis Hated One Nickname His Whole Life — And Told Reporters Exactly What He Thought of It
Everybody has heard it. It’s in books, documentaries, and newspaper headlines to this day: “Elvis the Pelvis.” It’s the phrase ...
“Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” — The Haircut 55 Reporters Turned Up to Watch
In 1958, the most famous man in America sat down in a barber’s chair on an army base — and ...
Six Weeks Before He Passed, Elvis Sat Down at a Piano and Gave the Performance of His Life
By June 1977, Elvis Presley was in a terrible state. He was 42 years old, and his body was failing ...