Rock 'n' Roll
How July Turned Elvis Presley From Unknown Singer Into the King
For Elvis Presley, July was never an ordinary month. It held the recording session that launched his career, the stage ...
Elvis Presley’s $10,000 Gold Suit Became Iconic Though He Barely Wore It
Elvis Presley’s gold lamé suit looked like the perfect uniform for rock and roll’s new king. Commissioned by Colonel Tom ...
Rare 1957 Elvis Photo Found Hidden Inside a Spokane Antique Store
For years, author Alan Hanson believed nearly every original newspaper photograph from Elvis Presley’s 1957 Spokane visit had disappeared. Then ...
The Real Story Behind Frank Sinatra’s 1957 Attack on Elvis’ Music
For years, a brutal quotation has circulated claiming Frank Sinatra personally described Elvis Presley’s music as a “rancid-smelling aphrodisiac” that ...
Young Elvis Spelled Out His Dreams in 1956 and Almost Every One Came True
In 1956 a 21-year-old Elvis Presley was already pulling in around $10,000 a week. Yet the young man who sat ...
Soft-Spoken Elvis vs. the Mass Hysteria Scare of 1957: What Really Happened in Toronto
In June 1957 a Canadian magazine posed a question that captured the anxiety sweeping North America: “What Is Presley Doing ...
The Night Teen Girls Nearly Tore Elvis’ Shirt Apart and a Judge Almost Locked Him Up
America had never seen anything like it before. In 1956 a 21-year-old named Elvis Presley stepped onto stages across the ...
“Behave Yourself!”: The Hilarious Onstage Joke Between Elvis and His Best Friend
Elvis Presley was performing on a brightly lit stage in Las Vegas in August 1970, singing one of his most ...
Rare Interview With Elvis Presley’s Parents
In September 1956, millions of parents across America were terrified of Elvis Presley. They thought the 21-year-old rock star with ...
“Oh No, Elvis Is Gonna Sing Again!”: The Untold School Days of Elvis Presley
Long before Elvis Presley got famous, his very first audience was a classroom of kids in Tupelo, Mississippi. His own ...