This week is the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. Elvis Presley Enterprises says this will be the biggest Elvis Week since Graceland opened to the public.
Last night NBC aired a 50th anniversary special featuring excerpts from the original Singer Presents...Elvis which aired first in 1968. It's now known as the '68 Comeback Special due to the fact that it was Elvis Presley's first time in front of a live audience in 8 years.
Friday morning, to the surprise of many, I announced the name of my favorite Christmas song on the Polyester Power Hour and it's wasn't an Elvis Presley song. WHAT?! Al-though I enjoy many Elvis Christmas songs, I think my favorite Christmas song is The Temptation's version of "Silent Night".
August 16, 1977, the news comes on the radio that Elvis Presley, King of Rock and Roll had died at his Graceland mansion, he was 42. I wasn't even a fan, yet it affected me. At only 14 years-old, the news of Elvis' passing had a great affect on me. I guess you might say, my world kinda changed that day.
Roots rock group the Band were the first country act to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone, in 1968; most recently, Eric Church earned the cover spot in August of 2018.
The drummer played on Elvis Presley's most important and well-known recordings – including "Hound Dog," "Heartbreak Hotel," "Jailhouse Rock" and "Don't Be Cruel."
Music fans and of course Elvis fans all over the world are anxiously awaiting the arrival of HBO's 'The Searcher'. A three-hour, two-film presentation. This documentary will be the latest effort to take the King of Rock and Roll into the 21st century and beyond introducing the mega superstar to a whole new generation.