Rock 'n' Roll

The Day Elvis’s Only Daughter, Lisa Marie, Was Born
On 1 February 1968, Elvis Presley became a father. His daughter, Lisa Marie, was born at Baptist Memorial Hospital in ...

Why Elvis Presley Was The Best Ambassador Any Town Could Have
On 27 September 1957, Elvis Presley drove back to the town where he was born and played a free concert. ...

Steve McQueen And Elvis Presley Liked The Same Ride And The Same Girl
Elvis fans and film fans both treasure a photograph from around 1963. Two men stand on a California back road ...

How Elvis Presley’s Mother, Gladys, Dealt With His Fame
Gladys Presley raised her only son, Elvis Presley, in poverty. She lost his twin brother at birth and could never ...

The Night Elvis Presley Turned One Honolulu Concert Into a Global Television Event
Title Options Elvis Presley Walked Onstage After Midnight and Sang to an Audience Far Beyond Hawaii The Night Elvis Presley ...

Elvis Presley on Wink Martindale’s Dance Party, June 16, 1956
On June 16, 1956, Elvis Presley walked into a Memphis television studio looking surprisingly relaxed. Only 11 days earlier, his ...

The Days When Elvis Presley Couldn’t Afford a Second Milkshake
Years before Graceland, private planes and rows of Cadillacs, Elvis Presley sometimes did not have enough money to buy his ...

The Quiet Press Conference Before the Biggest Gamble of His Life
On 20 November 1972, Elvis Presley sat down behind a row of microphones in Honolulu and announced something nobody in ...

Elvis Presley’s Temper
Elvis Presley had a temper. Everybody who lived around him agrees on that. What people disagree about is what kind ...

How Elvis Presley Nearly Lost Graceland
Most people assume Elvis Presley died rich. He very nearly died broke. And within a few years of his death ...