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.

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Elvis Presley’s music carried him to unprecedented levels of fame and success. He had 18 songs go to No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and his albums sold rapidly. Just a few short years before his ...

Sixty years ago on Saturday, a then-unknown Elvis Presley recorded his first hit record "That's All Right" at Sun Studios in Memphis, kick-starting rock 'n' roll music and changing popular culture ...

While the music of the 1960s began with the lullaby-like sounds of Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers, the decade of peace and love ended with the socially conscious grooves of Marvin Gaye and the ...

When a teenage Bob Dylan first heard Elvis Presley, he said it felt like “busting out of jail.” “The highlight of my career,” added Dylan. “That’s easy: Elvis recording one of my songs.” Presley ended ...

There’s no question Memphis helped make Elvis Presley who he was. During the course of his career, Presley would make some of his most significant recordings in Memphis. Those Bluff City sessions and ...

Author Preston Lauterbach's new book "Before Elvis" explores the Black artists who influenced Elvis Presley's music. The book highlights R&B performers like Little Junior Parker, Willie Mae “Big Mama” ...

The relationship between Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the Beatles, who began their musical career as his loyal subjects, is a complex one. Growing up in Liverpool, the founding ...

Cassandra Peterson has spent more than 40 years as Elvira, the quick-witted "Mistress of the Dark," but she credits another icon for setting her on the path that led to stardom—Elvis Presley. In a ...