Elvis Presley
The Only Elvis Presley Concert That Has the World Divided
On November 12, 1970, about 15,000 screaming fans packed into the Seattle Center Coliseum. They were there for a moment ...
The Most Important And Happening Year Of Elvis Presley’s Career
At the start of March 1956, Elvis Presley was just a fast-rising 21-year-old singer known mostly in the American South. ...
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 ...