In 2017, on the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, The Commercial Appeal published a list of the singer’s 40 best hits. Compiled and written by senior reporters Bob Mehr, John Beifuss and ...

The first round of voting to determine Elvis Presley's best song has come to a close, and the field of 32 has been pared down to 16 tunes. With the annual Elvis Week festivities coming up, The ...

Elvis Presley's divorce from Priscilla was amicable, but he left her with a poignant reminder of his love as they walked out ...

Elvis Presley’s greatest ballad was allegedly inspired by a tragic story, giving Heartbreak Hotel its haunting, unforgettable ...

One of Elvis Presley’s hits was written on-demand over a weekend. The song’s co-writer thinks the song is great. At this point, its lyrics seem more problematic. One writer co-wrote several of Elvis ...

Sixty-eight years ago today, an Oregon-based DJ lost his job after he played the Elvis Presley version of a Christmas classic.

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” was No. 1 in the United States for seven weeks. The following year, he put out a tune that sounds very similar. The co-writer of “Jailhouse Rock” said Elvis was polite ...

Play with music depicts a day when Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash met by chance at a Sun ...

On this day, 1960, Elvis Presley scored his third No. 1 hit of that year with a cover that featured a creative twist.

Bruce Belland was so close to working with the "King." It was 1977 when the former member of the ‘50s quartet The Four Preps found himself at an all-night Denny’s with a copy of Billboard. By then, he ...