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Michael Jackson Started a Jacksons Reunion Album in the Nineties. The World Never Got to Hear It
In 1995 Michael and Jermaine Jackson reportedly signed on for a Jacksons reunion album called Humanity. Life and schedules got in the way, and it was never released.
They told Elvis to leave his Black backup singers at home. His reply was six words long
Before a 1970 Houston show, organizers suggested Elvis leave his Black backup singers at home. His backup singer Myrna Smith recalls his six-word refusal.
She hit record on an unknown teenager in 1953. Years later, Elvis spotted her in a crowd 5,000 miles away
Marion Keisker recorded an unknown 18-year-old Elvis in 1953 and pushed Sam Phillips to sign him. In 1960, Elvis spotted her in uniform in Germany and thanked her in front of the press.
One of the last things Elvis was planning wasn’t a show. It was a surprise for his daughter
In the summer of 1977, one of the last things Elvis was arranging was a private Star Wars screening for his daughter Lisa Marie. He couldn't get a print in time, so he took her to the movies anyway.
On Christmas Eve, Elvis gave Priscilla a ring. It hid a secret she didn’t spot at first
On Christmas Eve 1966, Elvis proposed to Priscilla with a 3.5-carat diamond ring. Its secret: about 20 smaller diamonds that detached, so it could be worn two different ways.
The Colonel asked Elvis to record just one song. At 4 a.m., Elvis told them to throw it out
Are You Lonesome Tonight was the one song Colonel Parker ever asked Elvis to record. Elvis wanted the take thrown out, but the producer kept it and it spent six weeks at number one.
Elvis sometimes flew his own jet home. One announcement from the cockpit made the whole cabin gasp
In her memoir, Lisa Marie Presley recalled Elvis flying his own jet home with her in the co-pilot seat, then announcing over the intercom that he was going to land the plane himself.
Lisa Marie’s twins just turned 18. Fans say one of them is the image of young Elvis
Elvis's twin granddaughters, Harper and Finley Lockwood, just turned 18. When Priscilla shared a rare photo, fans said one twin looks just like a young Elvis.
There’s a story about Elvis and little Lisa Marie at an airport. The real photo is even more tender
A popular story has Elvis dropping to his knees for little Lisa Marie at a 1971 airport. That exact photo can't be found, but the real pictures of father and daughter say even more.
Elvis sent his private jet a thousand miles in the dead of night. The cargo was a sandwich
One night in 1976, Elvis flew his jet nearly a thousand miles to Denver and back. The cargo was the Fool's Gold Loaf: a hollowed loaf stuffed with peanut butter, jelly and bacon.