Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley: Inspiration For 'Bye Bye Birdie'

Elvis Presley is the King of Rock and Roll.  He is a legend in his own time and beyond.  He starred in quite a few movies.  The girls loved him; the parents hated him.  The boys were not too fond of him either because the girls swooned over him. Then, in 19...

Music Is What Memories Sound Like, even 40 Years Later, Elvis Brings Those Memories to Life

August 16, 1977, at approximately 10:00 am, the world lost “The King”, Elvis Presley. I was 6 years old in 1977.  I can barely recall memories from that age other than the dog I loved, Tiger, the house I lived in on North Drive in Louisville, Kentucky and I ho...

A Sandwich Fit for a King

It’s no secret that Elvis Presley had a royal appetite for greasy, Southern food. In what is perhaps the most legendary story about his indulgent habits, rumor has it that the King once took his private jet and a few friends from Graceland to Denver to cure a late night cra...

Gospel Music According to Elvis Presley

Gospel Music According to Elvis Presley Elvis Aron Presley grew up, as a child, singing gospel music in a small Assemblies of God church in East Tupelo, Mississippi. As Elvis grew older he was encouraged by the Blackwood Brothers Quartet, which formed out of the small Assembli...