Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley singing on stage with a crowd in the background.

In 1969, Elvis Walked Back Onstage and the Whole World Remembered Why

Matthew Ponsford

For most of the 1960s, Elvis was more of a movie star than a performer. The films kept coming, the ...

Elvis Presley and Steve McQueen with motorcycles in a race scene.

The Midnight Race Between Elvis and Steve McQueen Makes a Great Story. Did It Happen?

Jenna Guillaume

It’s a great scene. Warm night up in the Hollywood Hills, the city quiet down below, two of the most ...

Black and white TV scene with woman and young couple, nostalgic vintage image.

Gladys Presley Had Everything Money Could Buy and Missed the Days She Had Nothing

Alyssa Lapid

Gladys Presley was the mother of the most famous entertainer alive, and by a few accounts she was happier before ...

Young Elvis Presley playing guitar, surrounded by people, at a young age.

At Ten Years Old, Elvis Stood on a Chair to Reach the Microphone

Michael Stevens

Way before any of the fame, there was a ten-year-old in Tupelo who had to stand on a chair just ...

Black and white photo of Gladys Presley kissing young Elvis Presley.

Gladys Presley Only Knew Her Son as a Star for Two Years

Matthew Ponsford

It’s easy to picture Gladys Presley watching her boy’s whole career from a chair at Graceland. The real story is ...

Grave of Elvis Presley with flowers and memorial plaque in a peaceful setting.

Elvis Was Not Supposed to Be Buried at Graceland. One Shocking Plot Changed That

Jenna Guillaume

People walk through the Meditation Garden at Graceland every single day to stand at Elvis’s grave, and it feels like ...

Black and white photo of a vintage music band with a quote about him.

The Songwriter Behind “In the Ghetto” Never Got Over the First Time He Saw Elvis

Alyssa Lapid

Mac Davis knew talent from the inside out. He was a hit songwriter himself, and he handed Elvis some of ...

Elvis Presley singing on stage during a 1972 concert in New York.

A Musician Who Shared Elvis’s Stage in 1972 Saw Something the Fans Could Only Feel

Matthew Ponsford

The crowd felt the pull of an Elvis show from out in the seats. The musicians standing a few feet ...

Black and white photos of a young boy and a young man in formal attire.

Every January 8, We Remember the Boy From Tupelo Before He Was the King

Michael Stevens

Before any of the crowns and comebacks, a baby was born in a little two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on ...

Elvis Presley smiling and interacting with fans and media in a historic event.

The Elvis Stories That Never Made the News Were the Ones That Mattered Most

Matthew Ponsford

Most of what Elvis gave away never made the papers. He just did it, quietly, for people who couldn’t pay ...

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