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Elvis Presley Once Kept Donkeys Inside Graceland’s Empty Swimming Pool
When Elvis Presley bought Graceland in 1957, the 22-year-old superstar immediately began transforming the Memphis estate into a home for ...
The Meaning Behind Michael Jackson’s First Number One Hit Is Absolutely Hilarious
In 1972, a 14-year-old Michael Jackson released a gentle, string-drenched ballad about a misunderstood friend that nobody else could see ...
“Bad” Was Written as a Duet Of Michael Jackson With Prince, But Prince Refused The Offer
In 1986, the two biggest pop stars on earth were Michael Jackson and Prince. Jackson had just made Thriller, the ...
1,500 Prisoners Danced to MJ’s “Thriller” And the World Could Not Stop Watching
In 2007, a video appeared on YouTube that nobody could quite believe was real. Filmed from above, in a concrete ...
The Night Elvis Stopped His Own Concert Because of Who Was Watching
By 1974, Elvis Presley was 39 years old, and something had shifted. He was still selling out arenas, still the ...
Elvis Never Set Foot in Japan. Fifty Years Later, They Still Dance for Him Every Sunday.
Elvis Presley played over 1,600 concerts in his lifetime. Every single one of them was in North America. He never ...
The Last Song Elvis Ever Recorded
On 29 October 1976, Elvis Presley recorded a song in his own living room. It was called “Way Down.” It ...
“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 ...
Elvis Presley Handed Alice Cooper a Loaded Gun to Test His Karate
Alice Cooper built a career around shocking audiences, but one of the most dangerous moments he ever described happened when ...
Elvis Presley Used a Police Badge to Stop a Flight Over a Missing Bag
Elvis Presley was used to getting unusual requests handled quickly, but one 1974 incident reportedly pushed his influence to an ...