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The Man Who Always Kept Elvis Presley Laughing

Alyssa Lapid

On 22 September 1958, a troop ship called the USS General Randall sailed out of New York for Germany, carrying ...

At His Last Concert, He Stopped the Show to Introduce His Father

Alyssa Lapid

On 26 June 1977, around 18,000 people filed into Market Square Arena in Indianapolis to see Elvis Presley. It was ...

How Elvis Presley’s Mother Described Him

Alyssa Lapid

In September 1956, New York newspaper columnist Sidney Fields traveled to Memphis. Elvis Presley was the most talked-about young man ...

She Did Not Inherit a Tourist Attraction. She Inherited Her Grandfather’s House.

Alyssa Lapid

When Lisa Marie Presley died in January 2023 at age 54, a question hung in the air. Who would look ...

The Elvis Presley Friend Who Helped Create His Greatest Comeback Recordings

Jenna Guillaume

Marty Lacker was not simply another member of Elvis Presley’s famous Memphis Mafia. He was one of Elvis’s longtime friends, ...

Elvis Presley’s Girl Happy  Was A Ridiculous Movie

Jenna Guillaume

By 1965, Elvis Presley’s movie career had settled into a familiar formula. Give Elvis a handsome character, several songs, beautiful ...

The Presley Wedding Album Kept Inside Priscilla’s Family for Nearly 60 Years 

Jenna Guillaume

A deeply personal piece of Elvis Presley history is leaving Priscilla Presley’s family for the first time. A private photo ...

Michael Jackson’s Smooth Disco Dance Still Makes People Move Decades Later

Jenna Guillaume

Before the moonwalk became his signature and before Thriller turned him into a global phenomenon, Michael Jackson was already showing ...

Michael Jackson Footage Shelved for More Than 20 Years Is Finally Surfacing

Jenna Guillaume

Between 2000 and 2003, cameras followed Michael Jackson during some surprisingly ordinary moments. He joked with friends, traveled in limousines, ...

Michael Jackson Appeared at His Hotel Window With a Message for the Press

Jenna Guillaume

Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans were gathered outside Munich’s Bayerischer Hof Hotel in March 1998 when Michael suddenly appeared at ...