Often referred to as the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley challenged expectations of the 1950s, transforming the musical landscape to such a degree that his impact is still being felt to this day.
On Elvis’ birthday, it’s nice to go back to where it all started. The first track of Elvis’ first album, “Blue Suede Shoes” set the tone for a lot of his early music. While Carl Perkins wrote and ...
Elvis Presley wanted to record this 1956 Smiley Lewis hit so badly that he rewrote some of its more scandalous lyrics just to ...
With “All Shook Up,” Goodspeed Musicals revisits a Broadway hit it had a hand in 20 years ago. The jukebox musical — scored with songs made famous by Elvis Presley such as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Blue ...
In his career, Elvis Presley covered a number of popular songs. He did not typically write his own music and so relied on lyrics written by others to build his career. One song he covered to great, ...
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 ...