Rock 'n' Roll

How Colonel Parker and Hal Wallis Trapped Elvis Presley in Hollywood’s Formula

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley returned from the Army in 1960 hoping Hollywood might finally treat him as a serious actor. Instead, Colonel ...

Elvis Shares One Last Kiss Before Shipping Out to the Army in 1958

Jenna Guillaume

On September 22 1958 the world’s biggest rock and roll star stood on a pier in Brooklyn not as a ...

The Strange Curse and Magic of July in Elvis Presley’s Life

Alyssa Lapid

Some people have a lucky number. Elvis Presley had a month. Again and again, July showed up at the biggest ...

The Five Records That Wouldn’t Let America Forget Elvis

Alyssa Lapid

In March 1958, the biggest star in the world shaved his head, put on a uniform, and vanished. Elvis Presley ...

The Movie That Almost Broke Elvis — And Made Him a Legend

Alyssa Lapid

In 1957, a 22-year-old Elvis Presley put on a striped prison uniform and danced his way into history. But behind ...

The Reason Lisa Marie Presley Felt Betrayed by Her Own Mother Until the End

Alyssa Lapid

Lisa Marie Presley spent years fighting her fourth husband, Michael Lockwood, in a bitter divorce and custody war over their ...

The Frightening Question Elvis Asked Priscilla Before Lisa Marie Was Born

Alyssa Lapid

Imagine waiting for years to finally marry the person of your dreams, only to get shocking news on your very ...

The Crazy Story Behind Elvis’s Tender Hit “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”

Alyssa Lapid

Imagine flying through the pitch-black night in a small plane, only to realize your pilot is completely lost and running ...

Elvis Presley And His Seven-Month-Old Promise To Priscilla

Alyssa Lapid

Outside the arena, thousands of wildly excited fans were screaming at the top of their lungs, waiting for the biggest ...

Young Elvis Presley Opens Up About His Fears

Alyssa Lapid

In the summer of 1956, twenty-one-year-old Elvis Presley seemed to have the whole world in his hands. His hit songs ...