On this day (July 8) in 1954, Dewey Phillips, a DJ at Memphis radio station WHBQ played Elvis Presley’s music on the radio for the first time. The song, “That’s All Right,” captivated Phillips’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seventy years ago this month, "Ellis" Presley performed at the Overton Park Shell. That's what it said in that day's edition of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you heard the news? The explosion of rock ‘n’ roll as a cultural force was ignited 60 years ago this week, on a hot day in ...

Pegging the day Elvis Presley recorded a version of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right" -- July 5, 1954 -- at as the date "rock" and "roll" were married, Memphis will celebrate 2004 as the… ...

Fans worldwide are preparing to celebrate the 88th birthday of Elvis Presley on January 8. But this week also marks the anniversary of the icon's first ever demo for Sun Records in Memphis. He ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - As far as Elvis Presley songs go, "That's All Right," his very first record, wasn't among his biggest hits. In fact, the 1954 song wasn't even a hit at all. Yet on Monday, 50 years to ...

While the specifics get a little muddled in the retelling, it's safe to say that Jan. 4 is an important day in Elvis lore. As The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge noted on Facebook on Thursday, it ...

When Graceland representatives slice into an elaborate cake in a public ceremony on Jan. 8, 2025, the cuts might be hashmarks counting down a noteworthy milestone in the chronology of Elvis Presley: ...

Seventy years ago this month, "Ellis" Presley performed at the Overton Park Shell. That's what it said in that day's edition of the Memphis Press-Scimitar, the city's daily evening newspaper. "In ...