AP - Oct 19, 2009
A clump of hair believed to have been trimmed from Elvis Presley s head when he joined the Army in 1958 has sold for $15,000 at a Chicago auction house. Also among the 200 Elvis-related items up for...
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A few months after the Beatles box sets made retailers scramble to fill orders, the King of Rock 'n' Roll is getting the royal treatment. Legacy Recordings is marking Elvis Presley's 75th...
More »Yahoo! Music - Aug 24, 2009
Courtesy of NME.com -- Larry Knechtel worked with The Byrds and The Mamas and the Papas Keyboardist Larry Knechtel has passed away aged 69. The musician recorded and performed with the likes of Elvis...
More »AP - Aug 14, 2009
Elvis Presley fans flocking to Memphis this weekend to remember the day he died are being encouraged to also celebrate the 40th anniversary of his final No. 1 hit single, Suspicious Minds. While they...
More »AP - May 6, 2009
The poetry doesn t rise to a Shakespearean level, but the sentiments in Bono s tribute to Elvis Presley seem heartfelt. In an unusual performance, the U2 frontman a pal of presidents reads...
More »AP - Apr 15, 2009
Elvis Presley always wanted a youth center in his birthplace of Tupelo. Fans hope a new specialty license plate will help pay for it, more than 50 years after the rock n roll icon came up with the idea...
More »AP - Mar 17, 2009
Can you afford Elvis Presley s blue suede shoes? What about his jumpsuit? The auctioneer Gotta Have It Collectibles is selling more than 500 pieces of Elvis memorabilia online. The minimum bid on the...
More »Reuters - Mar 16, 2009
Elvis Presley memorabilia including a performance jumpsuit and a grand piano he played at Graceland went on auction on Monday in a demonstration of his commercial appeal 31 years since the King left the...
More »AP - Jan 8, 2009
Fans gathered for a cake-cutting on Elvis Presley s 74th birthday and got word of two new residents at Graceland. Presley s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, led several hundred fans in singing Happy Birthday...
More »AP - Dec 19, 2008
So you fancy yourself a singer, eh ... alone, in your car, with the windows up, when no one s looking. Well, now you can test your pipes against Martina McBride and Elvis Presley in private, and if...
More »Reuters - Dec 12, 2008
After not charting on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart for 10 years, Elvis Presley has logged his second new entry in two weeks. Blue Christmas, a duet with Martina McBride, debuted at No. 43...
More »AP - Sep 4, 2008
A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,500 to a U.S. collector. The scorched Fender Stratocaster was the star lot at an auction...
More »AP - Aug 16, 2008
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) Mary Lou Martell put it off as long as she could. But she finally had to head to Memphis for an anniversary vigil at Elvis Presley s grave. It s my first Elvis Week. I m a...
More »Reuters - Aug 13, 2008
It was October 26, 1956, seven weeks after Elvis Presley's first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The host didn't really want the hip-shaking rock 'n' roll star back on the family...
More »AP - Aug 13, 2008
When Elvis Presley made his TV special in 1968, he was coming off a string of forgettable films and a long dry spell on the charts, and the rock n roll music he d helped pioneer had given way to the Beatles...
More »AP - Aug 12, 2008
The marriage didn t last all that long, but for the Elvis Presley faithful, the wedding day is special still. And now, Elvis fans have the official, Graceland-approved Elvis and Priscilla wedding dolls...
More »AP - Aug 7, 2008
Elvis Presley s favorite performance costume, the peacock jumpsuit, sold for $300,000 Thursday, making it the most expensive piece of Elvis memorabilia sold at auction. The online sale by auctioneer...
More »AP - Jun 18, 2008
Celebrity psychic Uri Geller and two partners have lost a federal lawsuit claiming the former owners of Elvis Presley s pre-Graceland house breached an eBay contract to sell the Memphis home. Geller,...
More »AP - Jan 7, 2008
A Mississippi Blues Trail marker will be placed at the birthplace of Elvis Presley on Tuesday. The ceremony will honor Presley for his contribution to Mississippi and America s blues heritage. He was...
More »AP - Nov 14, 2007
Don t count Andy Key as one of those Elvis Presley fanatics who insist the King never died. Key, 38, said he s open to the possibility Presley is alive, but he s counting on there being enough skeptics...
More »E! Online - Nov 5, 2007
Meet the new king. Not the same as the old King. Garth Brooks, who edged out Elvis Presley in 1999 for the title of best-selling solo artist of all time, only to lose it five years later, reclaimed...
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