I guess the first thing people want to know is why I can’t stand still when I’m singing. But I don’t think I have to explain that to someone like...
June 25th, 1977, Market Square Arena, Indianapolis. It was supposed to be just another rehearsal before Elvis Presley’s final concert. But when Lisa Marie walked on stage holding a microphone...
The world was stunned when Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll, was pronounced dead on August 16th, 1977. Crowds gathered outside Graceand. Fans sobbed in the streets and...
International Hotel, Las Vegas. March 22nd, 1969. 11:38 p.m. Elvis Presley was three lines into suspicious minds when he saw him. Johnny Cash standing in the back of the showroom,...
Municipal Auditorium, Memphis, September 3rd, 1968. 8:47 p.m. Elvis Presley was two songs into a carefully planned set list when he saw her. Mary Catherine Sullivan, row 8, seat 14....
Uh, the first shows that I worked was down here, man, around Houston. >> Remember what what you worked here in Texas? >> Well, I worked uh I worked Houston....
June 3rd, 1956. The Steve Allen Show, Studio 6B at NBC. 743 people in the audience. Edmund Hartley, the most feared music critic in America, walked onto the stage holding...
So, >> man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything. We just jiggle, you know. >> For decades, fans of Elvis...
January 12th, 1957. Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City. Backstage, 23 people stood in a green room that smelled like coffee and stage makeup. Jeppe Murray, the Metropolitan Opera’s most...
That’s very sweet, honey. But real performers spend years, decades, even perfecting their craft in professional environments. You don’t just wake up one day and become Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley...