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MJ Turned an Awards Show Into a Full Concert

Alyssa Lapid

Headline acts close awards shows. That is how it works — you build the night up and put the biggest ...

MJ’s Iconic Grammy Performance

Alyssa Lapid

At the 1988 Grammy Awards, Michael Jackson walked out to perform “Man in the Mirror.” He began quietly. Controlled, restrained, ...

MJ’s Funniest Performance

Alyssa Lapid

Michael Jackson’s live shows were rehearsed to the second. Every light, every step, every camera angle was planned weeks in ...

Elvis’s Own Father Named the Woman He Thought Was Best for His Son

Alyssa Lapid

Everybody has an opinion about the women in Elvis Presley’s life. Fans argue about it endlessly. Biographers have built whole ...

“I Get Lonesome. Come On Up Here and Sit and Talk to Me.”

Alyssa Lapid

Elvis Presley owned one of the most famous houses in the world. It was full of people almost around the ...

Elvis Moved His Hips for a Few Seconds on Television. America Lost Its Mind.

Alyssa Lapid

On 5 June 1956, a 21-year-old from Memphis performed “Hound Dog” on The Milton Berle Show in front of a ...

Inside Elvis’s Greatest Live Performance

Alyssa Lapid

In the summer of 1969, Elvis Presley walked back onto a concert stage for the first time in eight years. ...

Elvis Presley Called This 1949 Country Classic the Saddest Song He Ever Heard

Jenna Guillaume

During his historic Aloha from Hawaii concert on January 14, 1973, Elvis Presley stopped after “Blue Suede Shoes” and introduced ...

Elvis Presley Took a Polio Shot Before Ed Sullivan to Influence America’s Teens

Jenna Guillaume

On October 28, 1956, Elvis Presley was preparing for his second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show when something unusual ...

Elvis Presley Was Born 35 Minutes After His Twin Brother Died

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley’s life began with a tragedy that happened only minutes before his own birth. On January 8, 1935, Gladys ...