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Photographers told Elvis to smile on his wedding day. His answer was one honest question
On his 1967 Las Vegas wedding day, photographers kept telling Elvis to smile. His honest answer, and who he called out for, surprised the room.

Elvis was her daddy. Lisa Marie was sure he had one power no one else on earth had
Lisa Marie Presley wrote that as a girl she was sure her daddy Elvis had one power no one else on earth had. Here is what she believed.

Lisa Marie asked for the key to upstairs at Graceland, and what is still under her daddy’s bed
At the Graceland party for the Elvis movie, Lisa Marie took Austin Butler and daughter Riley upstairs. What the archivist later found under the bed.

Michael Jackson wrote a gold hit for his big sister. Two voices you’d know anywhere are singing backup
Michael Jackson wrote, produced and sang backup on his sister Rebbie's 1984 gold hit "Centipede." Guess which famous duo sang beside him.

The doctor was too busy to see his maid’s daughter. Then Elvis picked up the phone
The doctor was too busy for Nancy Rooks's hurt daughter. Then Elvis made one call, and what he told his Graceland maid she never forgot.

70 years ago tomorrow: what Elvis did backstage at Ed Sullivan that had nothing to do with music
70 years ago, backstage at the Ed Sullivan Show on Oct 28, 1956, Elvis rolled up his sleeve for a photo that had nothing to do with music.

Millions of kids owned a Jackson 5 record. Most of them cut it out with scissors first
In the early 1970s some kids got free Jackson 5 records in a surprising spot near the breakfast table. Here's where they came from and the songs on them.

Elvis offered a stranger a brand new Cadillac. Then he found out one more thing about her
A Memphis bank teller stopped to admire a Cadillac in 1975. Elvis offered to buy her one, then learned something that made the gift even bigger.

Elvis bought Priscilla one horse for Christmas. Wait until you see what it turned into
Elvis gave Priscilla one horse for Christmas in 1966. Weeks later it had become dozens of horses and a whole Mississippi ranch called Circle G.

The day Michael Jackson called Stephen King, and what he promised the master of horror
In 1993 a soft voice reached Stephen King on a film set. It was Michael Jackson, with a promise that became the spooky short film Ghosts.