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Why Detroit Hosted More Elvis Presley Concerts Than Almost Any Other City
Most cities saw only one chapter of Elvis Presley’s career. Detroit saw almost the whole story. From three explosive Fox ...
Why Teen Girls Lost Control Screaming at Elvis Shows in 1956
Long before screaming became expected at pop concerts, Elvis Presley was creating a sound so intense that his own band ...
The Sweet Secret Nicknames Elvis Presley Gave the Special Women in His World
Elvis Presley and the close circle around him handed out nicknames like confetti. Relatives, girlfriends, movie costars and anyone who ...
The Song Elvis Presley HATED The Most
Imagine you are a giant, world-famous music star. Millions of fans scream your name, you wear cool clothes, and you ...
Michael Jackson’s Visit to Children Recovering From a Schoolyard Tragedy
Three weeks after gunfire shattered recess at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, Michael Jackson arrived without a concert, award ...
Jackson’s 2001 Album Signing Turned Times Square Into Total Chaos
On November 7, 2001, Michael Jackson arrived at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square for a rare signing celebrating Invincible. ...
Elvis Presley’s Co-Star Laurel Goodwin Revealed the Shy Elvis Presley Behind Their Movie Romance
Laurel Goodwin was only 19 when she made her film debut opposite Elvis Presley in Girls! Girls! Girls! Yet the ...
How Money and Managers Shaped Elvis Presley’s Controversial Movie Career
Elvis Presley did not enter Hollywood hoping to make a string of colourful musical comedies. He wanted to become a ...
How Colonel Parker and Hal Wallis Trapped Elvis Presley in Hollywood’s Formula
Elvis Presley returned from the Army in 1960 hoping Hollywood might finally treat him as a serious actor. Instead, Colonel ...
Elvis Shares One Last Kiss Before Shipping Out to the Army in 1958
On September 22 1958 the world’s biggest rock and roll star stood on a pier in Brooklyn not as a ...