ELVIS’ TORONTO SHOW IN THE SPRING OF ’57 WOULD PROVIDE A REVEALING ENCOUNTER WITH THE PRESS—AND ONE OF THE BEST EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STAR. MICHAEL CONNOLLY LOOKS BACK....
DESPERATE, MINIMAL, SWATHED IN ECHO, IT WAS THE UNLIKELIEST OF HITS. RANDY FOX FINDS OUT HOW A SONG OF LOSS BROUGHT THE WORLD TO ELVIS’ DOOR...
IN AMERICA, THE TASK OF RELEASING ELVIS’ INCREDIBLE RUN OF ’56-’57 SINGLES FELL TO RCA VICTOR, WHILE IN THE UK HE WAS CHAMPIONED BY THAT MOST BRITISH OF LABELS, HMV. AND AS TREVOR SIMPSON REVEALS, THERE WAS THE MAHER OF THAT DOG . . ....
THE FIRST IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC ALBUM COVERS OF ALL TIME, AND THE MUSIC IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS EVER. MICHAEL HEATLEY TELLS THE TALE OF ELVIS’ DEBUT LP’S . . ....
The hillbilly cat, the King, Elvis Aron Presley—there's no figure more legendary in the history of rock 'n' roll than Elvis. The thousands of mourners who packed Graceland following his death made for a spectacle which was not unlike the life of the great white soul...
He went steady with her for two years, took her to the Senior Prom, suffered miserably when she dated others. Then she gave him back his ring . . ....
. . . by Kay Wheeler, 18 years old, of Dallas, Texas . . ....
It was at the Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, not long ago. The tall boy on the stage had hardly begun his song, “Let’s Play House,” swaying and twisting his body with the beat, fairly lashing at the strings of his guitar, when his audience...
But first, please read my story. I want you yo understand why I’ve Changed....