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Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury Recorded Three Duets Together. A Llama Ended It.

Michael Stevens

In 1983, the two biggest voices in popular music sat down together in a home studio in Encino, California, and ...

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Elvis Hated One Nickname His Whole Life — And Told Reporters Exactly What He Thought of It

Michael Stevens

Everybody has heard it. It’s in books, documentaries, and newspaper headlines to this day: “Elvis the Pelvis.” It’s the phrase ...

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“Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” — The Haircut 55 Reporters Turned Up to Watch

Michael Stevens

In 1958, the most famous man in America sat down in a barber’s chair on an army base — and ...

Elvis Presley singing into a microphone during a live performance.

Six Weeks Before He Passed, Elvis Sat Down at a Piano and Gave the Performance of His Life

Michael Stevens

By June 1977, Elvis Presley was in a terrible state. He was 42 years old, and his body was failing ...

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49 Years Later, Elvis’s Fans Still Came: Inside the Candlelight Vigil at Graceland

Michael Stevens

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. Almost half a century has passed. Most of the people who saw him ...

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The Bizarre Elvis Presley Lipstick Craze That Swept Through Fans in 1956

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley became such a sensation in 1956 that fans did more than buy his records. His face appeared on ...

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Why Elvis Presley Suddenly Bought a Former President’s 165-Foot Yacht

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley became famous for expensive cars, motorcycles and eventually private planes, but one of his strangest purchases had belonged ...

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Elvis Presley Interrupted a Tom Jones Concert Just to Show Off His Karate

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley could walk into almost any room and instantly become the center of attention, even when somebody else was ...

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Michael Jackson Cut His Hand Open Trying to Remove a Hotel Surveillance Camera

Jenna Guillaume

For someone as famous as Michael Jackson, privacy could be difficult to find even behind the locked door of a ...

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Michael Jackson Walked Away From Neverland After Seeing What the 2003 Raid Left Behind

Jenna Guillaume

Neverland Ranch was once Michael Jackson’s private escape, filled with animals, rides and places designed to feel far removed from ...