In 1968, Elvis Presley was more omnipresent movie star than rock ’n’ roll rebel, and his cinematic popularity was fading. Courtesy of 28 hastily produced films that relegated the handsome Mississippi ...

TV sponsors got all shook up when they saw Elvis Presley bumping and grinding, years after he first gyrated his pelvis on TV. It was 1968, and the former teen idol was eager to reclaim his throne as ...

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Elvis Aron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi. (He later changed the spelling of his middle name to the biblical form of Aaron.) Presley was supposed to be a twin, but his ...

Elvis Presley's legendary 1968 television special was a turning point not only for him but for many of the other people involved in it. One was producer-director Steve Binder, who then was building a ...

The magazine’s first pop-music critic was never afraid to be overtaken by unexpected delight, even if it came at the expense ...

Born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, Elvis Presley became known for popularizing rock and roll, swinging his hips, and singing with either a great growl or a bellow. But he was not always ...

After a series of career disappointments, Elvis Presley made a massive comeback with a string of residencies in Las Vegas. Night after night, he played to adoring audiences. These shows revitalized ...

Fifteen years and a few weeks to the day that a Memphis, Tennessee, radio station sparked a tidal wave of Elvis Mania in the southern U.S. and beyond, Elvis’ 1969 revival began with a performance at ...