In 1957, a magazine printed a lie about Elvis, not the first one, not the last one, but one that has been often passed on through the years and at times artists of today like to throw out the slur when needing a headline, so there are those that believe Elvis was racist. Yes, we know that the notion that Elvis was a racist is preposterous. It's as stupid now as it was then, but here is our definitive response to this nonsense. Read more. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
On Dec. 4, 1956, Marilyn Evans entered--and exited--rock 'n' roll history. That was the day Elvis Presley stopped by Memphis' Sun Studio and recorded an impromptu session with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. Historians have long believed Evans was there too because she was dating Presley then and a voice assumed to be hers appears on the recording. 'That lovely creature sitting on top of the piano', the caption for the photo read in the next day's newspaper, is 'Marilyn Evans, ...| www.elvis.com.au
On November 23, 1976 at Graceland, Memphis tennessee, Elvis' cousin Harold Loyd, the night guard at graceland, called the police complaining of a drunk, pisto wielding man blocking the gates at Elvis Presley's home in a brand new white lincoln continental. When the police got to the open driver's side window, they found that the man was Jerry Lee Lewis ... | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Carl Perkins first heard Elvis Presley singing 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' on the radio in the late Summer of 1954. Called to listed by his wife Valda as she thought the sound of the band was similar to that of Carl's. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Johnny Cash talks about Elvis Presley.I remember Elvis' show at the Eagle's Nest as if were yesterday. The date was a blunder, because the place was an adult club where teenagers weren't welcome, and so Vivian and I were two of only a dozen or so patrons, fifteen at the most. Elvis was already making noise in Memphis when I got there in '54. Sam Phillips had released his first single, That's All Right, Mama and it was tearing up the airwaves. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
We keep acquiring tapes, and we try to put out stuff that we acquire as soon as we can. Of course, sometimes there's an RCA release coming up and some stuff is held for that. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Video interview with Ernst Jorgensen. Ernst talks about his becoming an Elvis fan as a teenager, discovering Elvis tapes in the RCA vaults, including songs that were not known to be recorded by Elvis such as 'A Hundred Years From Now' and talks about tapes that should have been in the vaults but were not. Ernst also talks about his mastering of Elvis' songs and the challenges involved, Elvis' duets with Ann Margret and Elvis Movies including his 'greatest movie', Elvis That's The Way It Is. |...| www.elvis.com.au
Samuel Cornelius Phillips was born Jan. 5, 1923 in Florence, Alabama. He is better known to world as Sam Phillips - The Father of Rock 'n' Roll. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au