Rock 'n' Roll

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 ...

How And Why Austin Butler Played The Role Of Elvis Presley

Alyssa Lapid

When director Baz Luhrmann set out to make his 2022 film Elvis, he had a problem that sinks most music ...

What the Musicians Standing Next to Elvis Actually Saw

Alyssa Lapid

Fans saw Elvis Presley from the seats. His band saw him from a few feet away every night for years ...

What Lisa Marie Did To Feel The Presence Of Elvis Presley

Alyssa Lapid

To everybody else, he was the King of Rock and Roll. To Lisa Marie Presley, he was just her father ...