Elvis Presley
Vernon called it the ugliest furniture he’d ever seen. By that afternoon it was in Graceland
In 1974 Elvis bought a whole room of Polynesian furniture in about half an hour. Some pieces came in through the windows, and he never once called it the Jungle Room.
Elvis had a golden horse named Rising Sun. He loved him more than almost anyone knew
Rising Sun was Elvis's golden palomino, and Graceland's stable was named after him. When the horse's long life ended, Graceland buried him facing east, toward the morning sun.
A film vault in a Kansas salt mine held something of Elvis nobody had heard in 50 years
While making his Elvis movie, Baz Luhrmann found reels of concert footage in a Kansas salt mine, and with them about 40 minutes of Elvis telling his own story.
Elvis paid about four dollars to make his very first record. Then it vanished for sixty years
In 1953 an unknown Elvis paid about four dollars to cut one acetate of My Happiness. It stayed hidden for 60 years, then sold for $300,000 to a secret buyer, Jack White.
Before the mansion and the jet, Elvis was mowing lawns for four dollars a yard
Before fame, Elvis mowed lawns for $4 a yard with a mower his father bought, then worked as an usher and truck driver. By 1958 he was earning over a million a year.
Elvis Bought His Parents a Mansion. The Gift He Most Wanted to Give Them, No Fortune Could Buy.
One of the very first things Elvis Presley did when the money started coming in was take care of the ...
Elvis Met His Match on the Set of Viva Las Vegas
Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret met in 1963 to make Viva Las Vegas. What happened on and off that set followed them for the rest of his life.
Elvis Fans Still Leave Him Love Notes on the Stone Wall at Graceland
Elvis Presley put up musical gates at Graceland in 1957. Decades later, fans are still writing him messages on the stone wall out front.
Elvis Got Buried in Teddy Bears and Knew Exactly Who Needed Them
Fans buried Elvis in teddy bears after a 1957 hit. What he did with thousands of them helped kids fighting polio.
Elvis Barely Sang in the Dark Western That Let Him Finally Act
Elvis Presley barely sang in Flaming Star, a dark 1960 Western about a son caught between two worlds, and critics started taking him seriously.