ON STAGE AND IN PRIVATE WITH FRIENDS, ELVIS LOVED NOTHING MORE THAN SINGING THE SPIRITUAL SONGS HE’D KNOWN SINCE CHILDHOOD. DAVID BURKE EXPLORES HOW THE MUSIC OF THE CHURCH INFLUENCED HIM RIGHT UP TO THE VERY END . . ....
Hello, Lucky. That’s a cute name. Is it your real one?” Tab said, looking down at me when we were introduced.
Ever since Photoplay called to tell me I had won a date with Tab, I wondered how it would be at the moment we met....
I sat in my bedroom, staring into space, listening to Vic Damone singing. For the hundredth time I lifted the arm on the phonograph and set the needle back to the beginning of the record.
You’re breaking my heart
Cause you’re leaving;
You’ve fallen for somebody new.
It isn’t...
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....
In the 1980s car manufacturers remained convinced that the best way to build a luxury car was with a front engine and rear-wheel drive, plus a good deal of weight. Lightweight construction and materials had yet to influence this sector of the market, and fuel...