Sixty years ago, Elvis Presley allowed a reporter and a photographer from The Commercial Appeal into his Graceland home, to talk about such topics as Ann-Margret, the Beatles and marriage. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley was a genius. He didn't express himself the way the middle classes do, which is with word play and being able to explain his actions and reactions. He acted on gut instinct and expressed himself by the way he held the microphone, by the way he moved his hips, by the way that he sang down the microphone. That was his genius ... I believe the essence of any performer is gut instinct ... Because it's all in you, it's instinct.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
Elvis' 16th movie is hardly the kind of film that's going to change the world. At first glance, Roustabout is formulaic enough to understand why, in 1964, the New York Times flatly refused to review it. Many critics lamented the way this musical comedy 'totally wasted' the talents of Barbara Stanwyck, the acclaimed star of such classics as 'Ball Of Fire' and 'Cattle Queen Of Montana' (a performance that especially impressed Elvis). Yet despite a clichéd plot - hard-hearted business types try...| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley was known to bring women to tears, and former Pfc. John Gilgun, 83, of Pawtucket witnessed the hysteria firsthand.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
Interview with Wayne Jackson. The man who brought it all into focus and made the world catch on fire with rock and roll was Elvis Presley. He also generated those fires in me and my friends. We all thought we could be like him.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
Chip Young: RCA Studio B. I was blown away getting to work with Elvis. Then the next thing we did was a movie soundtrack out in L.A. We went to MGM or Universal, I've forgotten which one it was now. I remember I was driving the car with all the musicians with me. It's a movie lot, so all the buildings are really close together. I swerved around the corner and Rock Hudson stepped out of one of the doorways and jumped back in. I almost hit him. Scared me to death! | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Darlene Love was the lead voice of 'The Blossoms' an American girl-group. During their height of success in the 1960s, the group's lineup most famously consisted of Darlene Love, Fanita James, and Jean King. It has been said that the Blossoms were to the American West Coast what the Sweet Inspirations were to the East Coast and the Andantes were for Motown. In 1968 they appeared in the Elvis (NBC TV Special).| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
If you were a teenage girl living in the Tulsa area on April 18, 1956, chances are you were screaming your head off at the fairgrounds Pavilion. 'Presley Leaves 'Em Limp - 8,000 Squeal at 1st Show', read the headline in the Tulsa World the next day. Elvis was a 21-year-old singer and former truck driver who performed two 'frenetic' Tulsa shows, 60 years ago next month. Most of the tickets were $1 each.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
Yes, Sam phoned me and said he had this new boy who just had a record out and would I put him on a show. I agreed with Sam and so I got Elvis on a show on August 10th, 1954. He got a tremendous reaction, which really amazed me because he had just started. Then a couple of months after that I was thinking one day and asked Elvis had he got a manager. He said 'No' and well I said I've never been a manager but let's try it.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
Paul McCartney has never been shy about his admiration for Elvis Presley. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
'Any good singer that's smart knows where his material comes from and then where to go get it', adds Fike. 'It's a business. Elvis was respectful of the writers. He loved Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus stuff and Mike Stoller and Jerry's Leiber stuff. He also liked Don Robertson's music, which was very country. When material came in from any of those writers, he would listen to it real fast'.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
Maurice Elliott, the reporter who announced Elvis' death to the world from Baptist Memorial Hospital has died.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
In the summer of 1957, girls across America - even sleepy Spokane - loved Elvis.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
I have been a diehard Elvis fan for as long as I can remember. I have seen all his films and collected every one of his albums. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
'I approached writing for Elvis differently than I did for any other artist. The songs had to have acombination of blues, country, rock and pop [what came to becalled 'rockabilly']. It was like walking in his musical shoes. With each new Elvis movie, more of my songs were being recorded. It became more and more exciting, for I was becoming the only songwriter to have so many songs recorded by him. Among the musicians who played on my demos were Phil Spector, Hal Blaine, Leon Russell, Larry Kn...| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
On June 5, 1956, Elvis Presley helped change the attitude and sexuality of rock 'n' roll with a performance that left the media warning 'beware of Elvis Presley', ... | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
In the world of art, heroes can be found in all corners of the globe. The beauty of art, and music in particular, is how singular and personal it can feel. A song can make the singer an icon, if only to a few hundred people who happened to hear it. Bruce Springsteen is a hero to millions of music lovers.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
In this work of speculative fiction, Shawn Poole ponders the possibilities of what could have been if Bruce Springsteen had gotten to meet Elvis Presley before August 16, 1977. Might things have turned out any differently for either or both of them? Poignantly reminding us of the promise and potential that tragically disappeared in that long ago summer. Memphis, Tennessee was sweltering in the mid-July heat.| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
Just as his Elvis Presley is possibly the most famous entertainer of all time, Colonel Tom Parker is the publicly best-known artist manager ... It's about time to take a closer look at the most prevalent stories, rumors, claims, and opinions about this enigmatic and flamboyant personality. This article explicitly targets fans who are willing to take on a different perspective and face some sturdy facts. However, those who prefer to keep holding on to clichés they've come to love over the yea...| Elvis Australia | Official Elvis Presley Fan Club
Otis Blackwell was reportedly a very quiet man. Yet in truth he didn't need to speak much, as his wonderful songs spoke in volumes. 'Don't Be Cruel', 'All Shook Up', 'Paralyzed' and 'Great Balls Of Fire' are among the rock and roll treasures he created'. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Norm Crosby. I met Elvis first in Las Vegas. I think I was appearing with Tom Jones and he came backstage to say hello to Tom or we went to his dressing room to say hello. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Among many of Elvis Presley's prized cars was his Stutz Blackhawk's. Elvis was the first in America to own a Stutz, and probably his favouite car of the '70s was his 1973 Stutz Blackhawk III. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Minnie Mae Presley was Elvis Presley's paternal grandmother, whom he affectionately called 'Dodger'. Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, in Lee County. His family tree traces both east and west of the All America City. His parents came from the the two counties that surround Lee County: His mother's family is from Pontotoc County, which is to the west of Lee County, and his father's family is from Itawamba County, which to to the east. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley sang to a crowd of 5,000 in Lincoln Bowl yesterday afternoon. A smile played on the full lips of the husky, loose-jointed young man in the gold jacket. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Norbert Putnam Reflects On The King. Elvis Presley strolled into RCA Studio B in Nashville on the evening of June 4, 1970, his attire accentuated by a black cape and matching cane. 'I was wondering', he said to his musicians, a smile creasing his lips', if you folks would like to make some phonograph records tonight?' The room erupted in cheers. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Now for the first time we have previously unpublished details of Glen's meeting with the yet to be crowned King Of Rock and Roll. Glen has photographs with many famous performers. What makes them unique is the time frame that these photos were taken. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Sheila Ryan who was was Elvis' girlfriend after Linda Thompson. Sheila was the Playboy Oct.'73 cover girl and married James Caan in '76 (divorced in '77). | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Nick Bruno is a multi-talented singer, musician, and record producer who has worked with many different artists throughout his impressive and lengthy career. In the early 70s, he joined J.D. Sumner & The Stamps which, at the time, was singing backup for Elvis Presley. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Fans remember the historic day of Sept. 1, 1957, when Elvis Presley played Tacoma. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Dixie Locke was 15 years old when she spotted Elvis Presley at the First Assembly of God in Memphis. At 19, the future King of Rock had a start in his career thanks to a recent recording with Sun Records, but that didn't stop him from pursuing love. I had some very good, close friends at the high school. Friday or Saturday night, we'd go to the skating rink. We did that pretty regularly. I had seen Elvis at church. He had started coming to the church where I had been all my life, but we had n...| www.elvis.com.au
Charro! is a 1969 American western film starring Elvis Presley shot on location at Apacheland Movie Ranch and Old Tucson Studios in Arizona. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Hal Kanter, screenwriter and director for the Elvis Presley movie Loving You. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
The rumour that Elvis was due to stop over at Prestwick Airport as he flew home from national service in Germany spread like wildfire. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Many Elvis fans will know the story of Denise Sanchez, the 8-year-old fan from Santa Fe who we saw in an outtake from 'Elvis On Tour'. Denise had been battling cancer (Leukaemia) since the age of 6 and, like her mom was a huge Elvis fan. With the help of the local paper, her mom Trudi was able to get tickets for a concert in Albuquerque on April 19, 1972, and an opportunity to meet Elvis backstage before the show | Read the full account written by Denise's mother for Photoplay, August 1972. |...| www.elvis.com.au
'We figure out how to steal', he said. 'That's what we do'. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley a rock 'n' roller who looks a little like Marlon Brando and sings like Johnny Ray with the St. Vitus Dance was signed Tuesday to a long-term movie contract | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Elvis Presley met rockabilly singer Alis Lesley on Tuesday, November 13, 1956 backstage at the Silver Slipper Casino. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
So, I started working as an extra, as a dancer, cause I was a dancer and, with Toni Basil, she is a choreographer and so I went in this interview. It was like the second interview that I went on and it was for 'Viva Las Vegas' ... I did nine with him from 'Viva Las Vegas' to, I think the last one was 'Speedway', I'm not positive. But it was 'Spinout', 'Clambake', 'Harum Scarum', 'Kissin' Cousins', 'Roustabout', 'Speedway' with Nancy Sinatra. And every time we worked, he always made sure that ...| www.elvis.com.au
Imagine being a teenager and getting the chance to interview rock n' roll legend Elvis Presley at the beginning of his career in 1957. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Lance LeGault. I had tried to get Harley bikes for Elvis. I called Harley Davidson up in Milwaukee and they did not even return my calls. So he ended up riding the little Honda 350, which was not Elvis. Elvis rode Harley Davidson motorcycles. And I rode motorcycles with Elvis a great deal. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
'Oh good, they didn't send me the photograph of me and Elvis to sign'. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
In January 1956, just before Elvis Presley became a national sensation, Papa Fred had an exclusive chat with him. By PJ Grisar. I knew that my grandfather interviewed Elvis. But until recently, that's about all I knew. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Yvonne Lime spent Easter weekend 1957 with Elvis and his parents at Audubon Drive in Memphis and Elvis took her to see Graceland that was in the midst of renovation and the two posed for a series of photographs in front of the house. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
The annoyance is the single sleeve which proclaims an 'Easter Television Special From Elvis'. The fact is most fans are eagerly awaiting it, and why not? | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
Interview with Charlie Hodge .... I said, 'Hello, Is Elvis there? This is Charlie Hodge'. And Lamar said, 'Charlie Hodge?' And I heard Elvis yell, 'Yeah, Charlie, come on up'. And so, that's how we got together after we got to Germany. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au
It was 50 years ago this March 14 that Elvis Presley performed the first of five sold-out concerts at Middle Tennessee State University's Murphy Center. | Elvis Presley| www.elvis.com.au