Elvis Presley

What Elvis Actually Said About Being Elvis

Alyssa Lapid

Elvis Presley gave hundreds of interviews across twenty-three years. Most of them were polite, careful, and about nothing. But scattered ...

The First Time Elvis Presley Fell In Love

Alyssa Lapid

On 24 January 1954, a 15-year-old girl at a Memphis church noticed a boy she could not stop looking at. ...

Elvis Presley’s Forgotten 1972 Interview Reveals His Fears

Jenna Guillaume

For decades, almost everyone else told Elvis Presley’s story. His family told it. His friends told it. His bodyguards told ...

How “Polk Salad Annie” Became One of Elvis Presley’s Fiercest Performances

Jenna Guillaume

Few Elvis Presley performances show his raw physical energy quite like “Polk Salad Annie.” But the song did not begin ...

Priscilla Presley Opens Up About Life With Elvis 

Jenna Guillaume

More than five decades after divorcing Elvis Presley, Priscilla Presley is still being asked what life with the King was ...

Elvis Presley Received a Lifetime Achievement Award at Only 36

Jenna Guillaume

In 1971, Elvis Presley was only 36 years old, yet the Recording Academy had already decided his contribution to recorded ...

Elvis Presley Had 10 No. 1 Albums and Spent 67 Weeks on Top

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley was not just a singles phenomenon. Across his career, 10 different Elvis albums reached No. 1 on the ...

Elvis Became the First Artist to Enter Three Major Music Halls of Fame

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley is remembered as the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, but rock was only one part of his musical ...

Ed Sullivan Rejected Elvis Then Paid $50,000 to Get Him

Jenna Guillaume

In 1956, Ed Sullivan initially wanted nothing to do with Elvis Presley. Elvis’s hip movements during “Hound Dog” on The ...

Elvis Presley Once Bought a Cadillac for a Complete Stranger

Jenna Guillaume

Elvis Presley loved expensive cars, but sometimes he seemed to enjoy giving them away even more than owning them. Graceland ...