Rock 'n' Roll
A 20-Year-Old DJ Recorded Elvis in a Locker Room in 1957 — And It Became One of the Best Tapes We Have
On 31 August 1957, in the changing rooms underneath a football stadium in Vancouver, a 22-year-old Elvis Presley sat down ...
The Most Hostile Interviews of Elvis’s Career — And His Unshakable Response
In 1956, a large part of the United States decided that a 21-year-old truck driver from Memphis was a danger ...
The Biggest Night of Elvis’s Career Ended With Him Splitting His Trousers in Front of 62,000 People
On New Year’s Eve 1975, Elvis Presley walked onto a stage in Pontiac, Michigan, and played to the largest crowd ...
Elvis Hated One Nickname His Whole Life — And Told Reporters Exactly What He Thought of It
Everybody has heard it. It’s in books, documentaries, and newspaper headlines to this day: “Elvis the Pelvis.” It’s the phrase ...
“Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” — The Haircut 55 Reporters Turned Up to Watch
In 1958, the most famous man in America sat down in a barber’s chair on an army base — and ...
Six Weeks Before He Passed, Elvis Sat Down at a Piano and Gave the Performance of His Life
By June 1977, Elvis Presley was in a terrible state. He was 42 years old, and his body was failing ...
49 Years Later, Elvis’s Fans Still Came: Inside the Candlelight Vigil at Graceland
Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. Almost half a century has passed. Most of the people who saw him ...
The Bizarre Elvis Presley Lipstick Craze That Swept Through Fans in 1956
Elvis Presley became such a sensation in 1956 that fans did more than buy his records. His face appeared on ...
Why Elvis Presley Suddenly Bought a Former President’s 165-Foot Yacht
Elvis Presley became famous for expensive cars, motorcycles and eventually private planes, but one of his strangest purchases had belonged ...
Elvis Presley Interrupted a Tom Jones Concert Just to Show Off His Karate
Elvis Presley could walk into almost any room and instantly become the center of attention, even when somebody else was ...