Calendar Feedback: Elvis Presley, ‘Oppenheimer’ and hip-hop

[ad_1] Aug. 18, 2023 11:30 AM PT Long live Elvis Presley Elvis Presley, rightly called the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, is a gift to music that keeps on giving [“When Elvis got real gone again,” Aug. 15] . His voice resonates with musical acumen and his charisma is immeasurable. Whatever controversies may surround the… Continue reading Calendar Feedback: Elvis Presley, ‘Oppenheimer’ and hip-hop

‘Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback’ review: A close look at Presley’s evolution

[ad_1] Television has been the arena for electrifying watershed musical performances — the Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Queen at Live Aid, Tony Bennett’s “MTV Unplugged” — that become the stuff of legend: signal moments that are knitted into our understanding of an artist’s life. But in the long history of the medium, there… Continue reading ‘Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback’ review: A close look at Presley’s evolution

Riley Keough Opens Up About Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Estate

[ad_1] Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Riley Keough discussed the legacy of her mother, the late singer Lisa Marie Presley, in a recent Vanity Fair cover story. According to Keough, the pair both attended a party for Elvis one day after Austin Butler won a Golden Globe for his performance in the Baz Luhrmann biopic. “We had… Continue reading Riley Keough Opens Up About Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Estate

Elvis Presley’s ‘Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite’ turns 50

[ad_1] While Elvis Presley was an American icon, the rest of the world worshipped him too. But Presley never experienced that global adulation in person. His manager Colonel Tom Parker, born in the Netherlands and residing illegally in the U.S., did not have a passport, which ultimately kept Presley from taking his wildly successful touring… Continue reading Elvis Presley’s ‘Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite’ turns 50