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 ...

Two of Elvis Presley’s songs from his movies were originally jokes meant for another band. One of the tunes was overshadowed by a song on the same record. The other tune appeared on a No. 1 hit album.

One of Elvis Presley‘s songs features a spoken word section. The tune is partly based on a famous quotation from William Shakespeare. Colonel Tom Parker had Elvis record the song for a very special ...

The semifinal round of voting to determine Elvis Presley's best song has come to a close, and we're down to just two tunes. As part of the recent Elvis Week festivities, The Commercial Appeal decided ...

Referred to in The Commercial Appeal in October 1954 as "our homegrown hillbilly singer," Elvis Presley, recording artist, was first acknowledged in his hometown newspapers a few months earlier, in a ...

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 was seemingly always destined for stardom in whatever path he took creatively, but this all stems from his ...

Contemporary music fans may be surprised to hear it, but there was a time in the middle of the 20th century when the world’s biggest music stars were pushed to make seemingly as many movies as albums.

A long time ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Tony Curtis, one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars. As his daughter, Oscar nominee Jamie Lee Curtis recently observed, “He loved being ...

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...

A new book by Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick tells the wild, little-known story of one of the most controversial managers ...