Elvis Presley

Dobie Gray, in his hit "The In Crowd," famously said, "The original is still the greatest." But is this always true? Ace Records in London has put out a CD called You Heard It Here First, with 26 original versions of hit songs.

In the two years before his death, Michael Jackson had been working on a London concert series called This Is It.

If you're in Los Angeles and you love the blues, Monday nights ought to find you far away from the glitz of the ersatz blues venues on the Sunset Strip.

Main Blog Page Older Post » Elvis' Hair Sells For $15K According to the Associated Press: "A clump of hair believed to have been trimmed from Elvis Presley's head when he joined the Army in 1958 has sold for $15,000 at a Chicago auction house."

1964 - The BBC banned the Rolling Stones from its airwaves after the band arrived late for two radio shows. 1976 - Ten hours after his last arrest, Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested again after brandishing a Derringer pistol outside Elvis Presley's...

1956 - Elvis Presley's film debut, "Love Me Tender," opened in New York. 1960 - Patsy Cline recorded the song "I Fall To Pieces" in Nashville.

Greil Marcus discussed Herman Melville almost as much as Elvis Presley in his landmark book of music criticism, "Mystery Train." "It is impossible to understand music," he wrote, "without thinking of literature."

1956 - Elvis Presley made his second appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." He sang several songs, including "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog."