Working with Elvis left impression on Strickland
Elvis Presley would literally give you the shirt off his back, says Larry Strickland, who as a member of J.D. Sumner & The Stamps sang backup for Elvis in his last years. Strickland recalls...
View ArticleKeister reflects: 'Nobody quite like Elvis'
Shane Keister is one of the few people who turned down Elvis Presley. Elvis' longtime pianist Glen D. Hardin left Elvis' TCB Band in 1976 to play piano for Emmylou Harris. Keister, who had worked on...
View ArticleTupelo hopes tourists swoon for 'Elvis the boy'
Mississippi-born Memphian Mike McCarthy has devoted much of his life to scratching the itch of his Elvis obsession with art. He's created comic books with such characters as "Psychedelvis" and...
View ArticleTurn Elvis song into art for Brooks contest
If you can turn your Elvis dreams into art, you could find your work displayed at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art this summer.
View ArticleFirst Tupac, now the King: Company to produce 'virtual' Elvis Presley
Digital Domain produced a computer-generated likeness of the late rapper Tupac Shakur and will now turn its attention to Elvis.
View ArticleElvis tune has soothing effect for Williams syndrome patients
Elvis tune has soothing effect on Williams Syndrome patients
View ArticleElvis, Hendrix among highlights of film series at Levitt Shell
Elvis, Otis, Jimi and David Byrne will be in Overton Park this summer when Indie Memphis launches its second annual free "Concert Film Series" at the Levitt Shell.
View Article'Mystery woman' talks about magical moment with Elvis
Like a lot of people visiting Memphis for the first time this week, Barbara Gray is coming to pay tribute to Elvis Presley on the 35th anniversary of his passing. Unlike everyone else, Gray has a...
View ArticlePhoto of dad with King sparks rock-and-roll memories
"The picture of Daddy with Elvis" is what my family calls the 1961 photograph of the King and my father, the late Tom Donahue. In the photo, Elvis has slicked hair and that slightly sneering smile of...
View ArticleHit-making house band The Memphis Boys gets Elvis Week recognition
Bobby Wood remembers well the day he became a member of Chips Moman's American Sound Studios house band of the late '60s and early '70s, The Memphis Boys. The New Albany, Miss., native recounts in his...
View ArticleElvis Week 35th anniversary calendar
10 a.m. — 4 p.m. Friday: Elvis Week Main Stage, Graceland. Daylong event showcases contemporary Memphis talent as a celebration of Elvis's life and music. Bands include The Candy Company, Star &...
View Article'Hound Dog' songwriter helps kick off Elvis week in Memphis
It was his first major songwriting success, but it came with calamity. Mike Stoller was on his way home to New York from Europe aboard the cruise ship Andrea Doria when it was struck in the side by...
View ArticleElvis/Nixon meeting remains curious footnote in presidential history
In the history of the U.S. presidency, you'd be hard pressed to name anyone who showed up at the gates of the White House unannounced and got a meeting with the Commander in Chief. But Elvis Presley...
View ArticleConcert to benefit Elvis' right-hand man, Joe Esposito
When Joe Esposito went to work for Elvis Presley in 1960, the two were already friends. They met in the Army, and in the years to come, Esposito would serve as Elvis' road manager, bodyguard and go-to...
View ArticleBurning love for Elvis fuels Heritage auction
A pair of iconic Elvis Presley sunglasses was the top lot Tuesday at the Ultimate Elvis auction presented to an international crowd of collectors at The Peabody hotel.
View ArticleFirst Memphian makes semifinals of Elvis tribute artist contest
Stiles, 39, is a classically trained musician who studied voice under his father, and is the first Memphian to make it to the semifinal round in Graceland's six-year-old Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist...
View ArticleSearch for birth mother began and ended with Elvis
The brainchild of Memphis filmmaker Mike McCarthy, the Tupelo statue of Elvis helped reunite McCarthy with the mother who gave him up for adoption.
View ArticleBernard Lansky, clothier to Elvis Presley, dies at 85
Bernard Lansky, clothier to the king, dies.
View ArticleElvis birthday tribute concert is freshened, tweaked for the King's 78th
Terry Mike Jeffrey has become a fixture at the Memphis Symphony Orchestra's perennial salute to Elvis Presley.
View ArticleCannon Center nearly full for Memphis Symphony Orchestra's annual tribute to...
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra's annual Elvis pops concert was nowhere near Lonely Street Saturday night.
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