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The Tony Award-winning musical, "Million Dollar Quartet," about the recording sessions with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins from 60 years ago, is getting the series treatment at CMT, and the network has just launched a casting call to find the perfect actors to play four of the biggest music stars of all time. Read More »
The first time Elvis Presley walked into a recording studio was on July 18th, 1953. It was at the Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue, the home of Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Records. It was on that day the legend of Elvis was born. During the session he recording the songs "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartache Begin." From there RCA signed Presley to a $40,000 record deal. Those songs will now be surfacing once more as Jack White paid more than $300,000 at an auction to own them. Now that the songs are digitally reissued, he'll be selling them on through his Third Man Records label. Read More »
Riley Keough has only been married to Ben Smith-Petersen for one month and she has revealed that a baby wouldn't hurt their union. Read More »
Known as Elly May Clampett to legions of TV viewers, "Beverly Hillbillies" actress Donna Douglas has passed away at the age of 81. Known for her iconic performance in "Twilight Zone," fans have offered their condolences to Elvis Presley's "Frankie and Johnny" co-star on Twitter. Read More »
It looks like Baz Luhrman's The Great Gatsby follow-up film project could be a biopic based on the life and music of Elvis Presley. Reports claim the Moulin Rouge director is in negotiations to take on the ambitious project, and we believe that the man responsible for all of the over-the-top and lush movies on his filmography can take on "The King." Read More »
The footage from Elvis Presley's final performance, held in Indianapolis in 1977, is being auctioned off by Elvis Presley Enterprises. Read More »
Paul McCartney visited Graceland for the first time in his life last weekend and left a personalized guitar pick at Elvis Presley's grave, according to Rolling Stone. Read More »
(Reuters) - Elvis Presley and The Beatles top the list of most-forged celebrity signatures in 2012, with less than half of their autographs for sale certified as genuine, memorabilia authenticators PSA/DNA said on Thursday. Read More »
(Reuters) - When Lisa Marie Presley said she was done fighting her legacy as the only child of rock 'n roll king Elvis, she apparently meant it. Presley's new video, "I Love You Because," is an emotional duet with her late father. Due to premiere on Thursday on country music TV channel CMT and CMT.com, the video was recorded in August for the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. Read More »
Those who deem Elvis Presley the 'King of Rock and Roll' can now consider rapper Lil Wayne 'King of the Billboard Charts.' Lil Wayne's 109th song made it on Billboard's Hot 100 on Thursday (thanks to his appearance on the new Game tune "Celebration"), breaking the record for "most songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart" previously held by hip-swaying rockabilly legend Elvis Presley. That's right - the popular rap artist-turned-skateboarder seems to have made rock 'n' roll history. Read More »
The heirs of a longtime friend of Elvis Presley can proceed with a lawsuit over a chunk of the King's hair and other memorabilia they say were stolen and sold at auction, an appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Read More »
In 1969, a musician known only as Rodriguez released the critically acclaimed album, "Cold Fact," as noted by the New York Times. The Detroit-born artist then vanished with hardly a ripple. In the new film "Searching for Sugar Man," Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul attempts to uncover what happened to the talented singer/songwriter. Read More »
Fifty years ago Thursday, a group of raw young musicians performed at a dingy club in London in front of a small crowd of blues enthusiasts. If those green lads had not eventually become the Rolling Stones, one of the biggest musical acts in history, that evening’s performance would have been relegated as an unimportant, mundane event and largely forgotten. Read More »
