Profiles the "King of Rock 'n Roll," focusing on how he got his start in singing and how his style influenced later musicians.
Randle invited Neal to stay over at his place, and they stayed up much of the night talking. By the end of the evening Randle was convinced that Neal “had a big artist on his way,” and he gave Neal the ...
4. Erika Doss, Elvis Culture: Fans, Faith, and Image (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999). 5. Vernon Chadwick, ed., In Search of Elvis: Music, Race, Art, Religion (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997); E. Warren Perry, Jr., ed., ...
Elvis : In the Twilight of Memory . Arcade Books , 1997 . Krogh , Egil “ Bud . ” The Day Elvis Met Nixon . Pejama Press , 1994 . Logan , Horace , with Bill Sloan . Elvis , Hank , and Me : Making Musical History on the Louisiana Hayride ...
This book will let you decide for yourself as you learn about the life, the legend, and the unmistakable icon-Elvis Presley.
On the road , Cliff and I were always curious about who else stayed in these VIP suites besides us , and the clerk at the Hawaiian Village front desk told us that Elvis's room had recently been used as a honeymoon suite by Mike Todd and ...
"Elvis Presley's hit song 'Love Me Tender' is reimagined as an ode to families of all shapes and sizes"--
Sam knew that there was a huge audience of white kids hungry for the excitement they heard on the black R & B records, ... But back when Sam Phillips was spending long nights in that little storefront studio with groups of black ...
Kevin Quain (New York: St. Martin's, 1992), pp. 16–17; Nancy Anderson, “Elvis, by His Father Vernon Presley,” Good Housekeeping, January 1978, p. 158. 16. Hopkins, p. 53. 17. Pareles and Romanowski, p. 429. 18. Tosches, p. 3. 19.
Offered access to the Graceland archives, the author considered thousands of images, selecting more than one hundred color and black-and-white photographs for this book, many of them rarely seen before.
Presents a biography of the rock and roll singer, guitarist, and actor who created a sensation with his unique blend of musical styles, powerful voice, good looks, and scandalous dancing.