Rock 'n' Roll

The Only Women Elvis Allowed To Sit On His Lap 

Jenna Guillaume

In February 1958, 23-year-old Elvis Presley was eating lunch at the Paramount Studios commissary in Hollywood when one of the ...

Elvis Pulled a Terrifying Roller Coaster Prank on His Friends in Memphis 

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley loved amusement parks, but according to his longtime friend Jerry Schilling, he also loved terrifying newcomers with one ...

Elvis’s Biggest Hits Were Cover Songs

Alyssa Lapid

Elvis Presley never wrote a song in his life. Not one. He recorded roughly 700 of them and wrote none ...

Eleven White Cadillacs Led Elvis Presley’s Procession

Alyssa Lapid

On 18 August 1977, the streets of Memphis were lined with people who had traveled from around the world to ...

Elvis Presley Slipped Past Security Into a Boxing Camp to Meet Muhammad Ali

Alyssa Lapid

Muhammad Ali was mid-training at Deer Lake, his secluded camp in the Pennsylvania mountains, dripping with sweat between rounds. Ali ...

Elvis Presley Failed Music at School Before Becoming the King of Rock and Roll

Jenna Guillaume

Long before millions of people knew his voice, Elvis Presley was not considered an exceptional music student at school. In ...

Lisa Marie Kept Her Son Benjamin’s Body At Home For Two Months After His Death 

Jenna Guillaume

When Benjamin Keough died at just 27 years old in July 2020, Lisa Marie Presley was confronted with a loss ...

Elvis and Priscilla Walked Out of Their Divorce Holding Hands

Jenna Guillaume

On October 9, 1973, Elvis and Priscilla Presley entered a courthouse in Santa Monica as husband and wife. A short ...

Elvis Presley Met Joe Esposito by Chance — And Changed His Life Forever

Alyssa Lapid

Joe Esposito was a 20-year-old from Chicago with an office job waiting for him at home. He was drafted into ...

The Most Unplanned Show Of Elvis Presley’s Life

Alyssa Lapid

By the early hours of 8 September 1970, Elvis Presley had already worked a full day. He had played the ...