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How Poverty, Family Loss and Memphis Music Shaped the Young Elvis Presley

Jenna Guillaume

Long before Graceland, Cadillacs and screaming crowds, Elvis Presley was born into a family that often struggled simply to get ...

Before Fame, Elvis Presley Was Rejected by the Singing Group He Wanted to Join

Jenna Guillaume

Years before millions of people knew Elvis Presley with a guitar hanging around his shoulders, the instrument entered his life ...

Elvis Presley Opens The Gate Of Graceland After Serving In The Army

Alyssa Lapid

On the morning of 7 March 1960, a train pulled into Union Station in Memphis in the middle of a ...

The Price Elvis Presley Had To Pay For Being Famous

Alyssa Lapid

In 1954, Elvis Presley was driving a truck for an electrical company in Memphis for about $35 a week. Within ...

Lisa Marie’s Favorite Memory With Her Father

Alyssa Lapid

To the rest of the planet, he was the King of Rock and Roll. To one small girl in Memphis, ...

How Priscilla Presley Got To Know About Elvis Cheating On Her

Alyssa Lapid

Priscilla Presley met Elvis when she was 14 years old, living in Germany where her stepfather was stationed with the ...

Mirroring a Legend: How Jaafar Jackson Taught Himself to Become Michael

Alyssa Lapid

When you watch a biopic, it is easy to think the actor just put on a costume and pretended to ...

Why did Michael Jackson’s son want to hug Jaafar so badly?

Alyssa Lapid

When Prince Jackson walked onto the movie set of Michael, he thought he was doing his job.  Prince was twelve ...

The Iconic Friendship Of Michael Jackson And Muhammad Ali

Alyssa Lapid

In early 1977, an 18-year-old Michael Jackson raised his fists on live television and started throwing quick, silly punches at ...

Paris Jackson Honors MJ On His 68th Birthday By Releasing A New Song

Alyssa Lapid

Millions of people loved Michael Jackson. They knew him as the King of Pop, a mega-famous star who danced on ...