The latest album in RCA’s endless Elvis Presley’s CD reissue series may have “essential” in the title, but don’t believe it. RCA has called nearly a dozen earlier albums or boxed sets “essential,” and ...

Sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe not only have a fine career of their own — they released their bluesy, rocking second album Reskinned earlier this year (and did an FUV Live session too) ...

Austin Butler, the star of Baz Luhrmann’s all-shook-up biopic Elvis, joins an eclectic list of men who would be King. Among them: Don Johnson (Elvis and the Beauty Queen), Kurt Russell (John Carpenter ...

Wise men say only fools rush in to a debate on Elvis' oeuvre. The man could, and did, sing just about anything, including the phone book (cue up "Memphis, Tennessee"). Elvis Presley adopted Mario ...

Why quibble whether %27How Great Thou Art%27 was greater than %27Hound Dog%27%3F The King of Rock %27n%27 Roll recorded more than 750 songs USA TODAY%27s special ...

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For decades the King of Rock and Roll needed no introduction. Elvis was indeed everywhere, even after his untimely death, staying in the public eye through imitators, oldies radio, repackages, and ...

This definitive work maintains the high standard of Guralnick’s other books, among them the groundbreaking 1979 country, rock and blues study Lost Highway; his 1986 Sweet Soul Music; and the doorstop ...

No matter who or what the subject of a Baz Luhrmann film is, there's always one universal truth — the soundtrack will be epic. Luhrmann, who solidified himself as a distinctive auteur with 1996's ...

There are moments that matter most to me: my first kiss, my first love, and first heartbreak too. College graduation and big birthdays. My wedding day and the birth of my children. And there are two ...

Thirty years after his death, why do people still care about Elvis Presley? Sure, there are the sideburns, the sneer and the hips. But none of it would matter if it weren’t for the music, the best of ...

Sun Sessions is a compilation of all his first recordings. I got a copy when I was 16 and never looked back. This stuff is the stripped-down, raw, naked, musical magic of the young Elvis Presley.