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The lesson here is, don’t mess with The King. Or at least don’t mess with Elvis Smith. Comments There are 14 responses to this article. Click here to join the conversation » STORY TOOLS E-mail story iPod friendly Printer friendly More Greater Memphis Clerk charged in year's first homicide Health Department funding in limbo Reunion mends hole in mom's heart Share and Enjoy [?] Around 5:30 p.m. today, Smith, 49, and his two brothers were cleaning up a lot in North Memphis when a man approached them with a gun. “He tried to rob them and one of the gentlemen...

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A woman claiming to be Elvis Presley's half-sister says the music icon is indeed alive, and she successfully convinced a Memphis probate judge to reopen the estate of the late Vernon Presley, the King's father. MyFOXMemphis.com reports Eliza A. Presley, who recently changed her name from Alice Elizabeth Tiffin, says she has DNA evidence to prove her claims — pointing to a envelope licked and mailed to her earlier this year that was allegedly licked by "Jessie Presley," an assumed name used by Elvis Presley

Crazy funky chignons, reminiscent of Elvis Presley’s hair-do popped up at the Emporio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Sinha Stanic and Sportmax Fall/Winter ’09 fashion shows. Take our poll and tell us, are they hot or not?

As anniversary years go, the 31st doesn't have the cachet of a 30th, even at Graceland, where the crowd gathering to commemorate Elvis Presley's death was expected to be perhaps less than half of last year's record turnout. "But it's still an incredible event, having 30,000 people for a candlelight vigil," says Kevin Kern of Elvis Presley Enterprises. The candlelight vigil, long the emotional highlight of the Memphis, Tenn., tradition known as Elvis Week, was set for Friday night. This year's Elvis Week, which commenced last Saturday, has consisted of the usual: fan convention; meets-and-greets with former Elvis friends and...

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As fans from all over the world converge on Memphis, Tennessee to celebrate "Elvis Week" it's a good time to remember and reflect. Photo of Graceland at Twilight taken by Aleksandra Rebic August 2007 I first went inside when they had just opened the house on the hill in Memphis. It was the summer of 1982. What had once been just a man and his talent had long since been elevated to legend, and legend had become a full-blown phenomenon. I never met him, never knew him, but there we were, my family and I, going to his house, not...

With his dashing chiselled features, swept back hair and perky bouffant the resemblance is unmistakable. But incredibly this carving of Elvis Presley was created around 1800 years before the King of Rock and Roll first warbled his first note. The amazing likeness has come to light as part of a sale of ancient antiques by the auction house Bonhams.

Swedish tax authorities have informed a couple in Stockholm that they may not keep the name Elvis for their five-month old daughter.

Never-before-seen photos have surfaced of Elvis Presley rocking Madison Square Garden in all his jumpsuited glory. The images were taken in 1972 by George Kalinsky, the official photographer of the famed arena, the singer's estate said Wednesday. Kalinsky came across the photos while working on a campaign for a billboard company called "Great Moments in New York." Now one of them is on display as part of the campaign on a three-story billboard atop the Virgin Megastore in Times Square; it shows The King glancing up, his outstretched arms holding the cape of his glittering jumpsuit. Kalinsky needed to get...

Her father fought - and lost - a long and very public battle with the bulge. Now Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie appears to have developed a similarly unhealthy appetite. The once-svelte 40-year-old was seen devouring her lunch at Hollywood food market The Grove at the weekend.

Thirty years ago, fast living, drugs and heart disease buried quintessential entertainment icon, Elvis Presley. Ever since, admirers have tried in vain to recapture the heart-palpitating moments they experienced when the King of Rock and Roll was alive. Devoted fans drag him out of the grave via trashy memorabilia, movies, CDs, postage stamps, tattoos and Elvis impersonators. Just yesterday, after years of snubbing the impersonation concept, Elvis Presley's estate capitulated and held a contest to find the “Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist.” To commemorate this week’s 30th anniversary of his death, Elvis’s only child, Lisa Marie who was nine when he...

Elvis fans brave heat to mark his death By WOODY BAIRD Associated Press Writer Thousands of Elvis Presley fans braved 105-degree heat as they wound down Graceland's driveway in a graveside procession Wednesday in advance of the 30th anniversary of the singer's death. The heat led to the death of a fan from New Jersey, a 67-year-old woman. Despite the promise of another furnace-like day, some fans began lining up early in the morning for the candlelight vigil, setting up umbrellas and folding chairs on the sidewalk along four-lane Elvis Presley Boulevard. The memorial was expected to run through the...

We celebrate many birthdays. But to the best of my knowledge there are only two people that the western world takes time out to commemorate the deaths of: Jesus Christ, and Elvis Presley. Curious, that... So today is the 30th anniversary of the death of Elvis. Which a lot of folks no doubt are going to be remembering in various ways. Here's mine: the story of how Lisa and I wound up devoting a considerable chunk of our honeymoon five years ago to the King of Rock and Roll. I suppose all of this came about because of what you...

Howie Carr Show live thread. btw Howie said on his show yesterday he'll be off on "vacation" all next week (perhaps burning off some vacation time, as he may wind up at WTKK as early as Oct.? THAT is still being settled). Anniversary of Elvis' death, right? I think he said record collector Mighty Jon is on today's show, as part of that. The thread next week since apparently HC will be off will work this way: It will be titled "Howie Carr live thread week of Aug 20-24"...one thread, and those on the ping list will be pinged to...

ONE of the songs Elvis Presley liked to perform in the ’70s was Joe South’s “Walk a Mile in My Shoes,” its message clearly spelled out in the title. Sometimes he would preface it with the 1951 Hank Williams recitation “Men With Broken Hearts,” which may well have been South’s original inspiration. “You’ve never walked in that man’s shoes/Or saw things through his eyes/Or stood and watched with helpless hands/While the heart inside you dies.” For Elvis these two songs were as much about social justice as empathy and understanding: “Help your brother along the road,” the Hank Williams number...

The King is still dead. Long live the King! Thursday marks the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, but in many ways the keepers of his estate are only starting to take care of business. Get ready for a Cirque du Soleil show featuring Elvis's music in Las Vegas; the prospect of Presley hotels and casinos opening around the world; and a $250 million overhaul of Graceland and its environs in Memphis.

I've never even tried to originate anything here before so I'll try not to screw it up. Watching TV I can't help but notice this silly "Viva Viagra!" commercial from Phizer Pharmaceuticals where a bunch of old men (like me) are playing in somebody's garage or something and it's all, of course, just a small word change from Elvis' "Viva Las Vegas!" If I remember correctly, this month marks the 30th anniversary of Presley's death which was caused by his abuse of legally-prescribed pharmaceuticals. Does anyone else see the almost absurd irony here? I have never been a fan of...

Even if you don't like her this was great

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John Travolta has boasted he is as famous as Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe. The star insists he is as iconic as Presley and Monroe but claims his belief in controversial religion Scientology keeps his feet on the ground. He tells The Scoop, "I have fame on the level of a Marilyn Monroe or an Elvis...

Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, in a two-room shotgun house in East Tupelo, then a separate municipality that some called the “roughest town in north Mississippi.” Though poor, Elvis’s parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley, were not unlike many others in Mississippi at that time, for the country was in the midst of the Great Depression. The unemployment rate in the United States in 1935 was 20.1 percent. Times were hard in the U.S., especially in the South, when Elvis Presley entered this world. To be born poor then was not unusual. What was unusual...

ACKSON, Miss. (Dec. 5) - For Mississippian Rick Looser, the last straw came on an airline flight a couple of years ago when a 12-year-old Connecticut boy sitting next to him asked: "Do you still see the KKK on the streets every day?" That prompted the advertising executive to spend his own money on a campaign to dispel Mississippi's image as a forlorn state of poor, illiterate, racist good ole boys. "Mississippi has more black elected officials than any other state in the country," Looser said. "The old stereotype of the short, fat, white, bald men in suits smoking cigars...

Elvis Presley,King of Rock and Roll "I don't sound like nobody" Elvis to Marion Kessler, the first time he enter Sun Studios "Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess. -Elvis in 1956, talking about his way of moving on stage. "You only pass through this life once, you don't come back for an encore" " I went to Hollywood. My next move was to Hollywood. that's how it work's. You get a record and then you get on television and...

Candy fans are all shook up over plans by Hershey to sell a peanut butter and banana crème version of its Reese's cup to honor The King, as in Elvis Presley. Elvis' favorite sandwich was fried peanut butter and banana - sometimes with honey or slices of bacon added. ....to mark the 30th anniversary of the rock legend's death, in July, Hershey will introduce a limited edition featuring a layer of peanut butter and a layer of banana crème.....will picture young, thin Presley on the package in time for Elvis Week in Memphis...Aug. 11 to 19......the wrapper will give buyers...

It’s fall, the temperature is falling, the leaves are turning and with November here, we have some repeats to watch on the cable networks. The History Channel will show one of their favorites, ABC’s documentary “Beyond Conspiracy” featuring Peter Jennings and a computer animation which shows a bullet that hit President Kennedy’s back four inches below his collar but then the bullet allegedly exited his neck after nicking the upper part of the knot of his tie, and then it goes down at approximately a 25 degree down angle to hit Governor Connally in his back. It’s amazing what computers...

A nail in the casket is hardly the end for some stars. Instead, their work, as well as their iconic images, continues to appeal to fans who remember them, and to those born long after they died. The 13 icons on our sixth annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list collectively earned $247 million in the last 12 months. Their estates continue to make money by inking deals involving both their work and the rights to use their name and likenesses on merchandise and marketing campaigns.

DON'T get your hopes up for "One Night With the King." It isn't about a hot time in the sack with Elvis. No, it's a dull time in the theater with Esther. Esther (Tiffany Dupont) is a nice Jewish girl from ancient Babylon who becomes wife of Xerxes, king of Persia (an area now know as Iran), and prevents the slaughter of her race. (Nice going!) Director Michael O. Sajbel has gathered what is sometimes known as a "cast of thousands," as well as Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. The cinematography and sets look great, but the script is a...

BOOK REVIEW & DISCUSSION: Ain't Got No Cigarettes: Memories of Music Legend Roger Miller By Lyle E Style "It's an endless story about Roger. He was one of the cleverest people I've ever met in my life." (Waylon Jennings) This is my own review of Ain't Got No Cigarettes, the first Roger Miller book ever published. My review is based on reading the book (twice) and having several discussions with Lyle E Style, the author. He may stop by later to answer questions (as his schedule allows). This one is a must-read, folks. And for you radio personalities who...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Fifty years ago, as Elvis Presley was about to make his first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Helen Kreis was staring at the TV screen, barely able to contain her teenage excitement. Then her father pulled the plug. “He was just joking, but before he could get it plugged back in, I was next door at the neighbor’s house. They were watching Elvis, of course, and I wasn’t taking any chances,” said the now-65-year-old Kreis, of Olney, Md. “Everybody was watching Elvis.” Well, maybe not everybody, but nearly everyone in America who had a TV had...

Fans of the King from around the world are in Memphis, Tenn., honoring the 29th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. Presley died of heart disease and prescription drug abuse at his Graceland mansion on Aug. 16th, 1977. The singer's fans traditionally file past his grave site at Graceland on the eve of the anniversary. A spokesman says as many as 10,000 fans could visit the mansion for this year's vigil. President Bush and his wife, who brought Elvis fan and Japanese leader Junichiro Koizumi to Memphis in June for a tour of Graceland, sent their regards.

(AP) MEMPHIS, TN -- Fifty years ago, as Elvis Presley was about to make his first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," Helen Kreis was staring at the TV screen, barely able to contain her teenage excitement. Then her father pulled the plug. "He was just joking, but before he could get it plugged back in, I was next door at the neighbor's house. They were watching Elvis, of course, and I wasn't taking any chances," said the now-65-year-old Kreis, of Olney, Md. "Everybody was watching Elvis." Well, maybe not everybody, but nearly everyone in America who had a TV...

Christianity in Sweden has a long history, but you won't find many Swedes in the pews on a Sunday. But that doesn't mean Swedish religious groups don't have the capacity to cause a stir, as Christine Demsteader reports. It seems the ubiquitous Holy Spirit has met its match in Sweden. God would probably have a pretty hard time getting a personnummer, and it would take a real miracle to prove his credentials to Migrationsverket. Quite simply, the majority of Swedes don’t think the big man exists. That’s according to a European Commission report from 2005 which states just 23 percent...

August 4, 1956 What many consider to be one of rock's greatest double-sided singles, "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog," is released. Both sides will share the top spot for 11 weeks.

"Barney the guard dog went berserk at a teddy bear exhibition in England and ripped the stuffing out of Elvis Presley's beloved bear Mabel, exhibitors said on Thursday." Check out link for rest of story... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060803/ts_nm/elvis_dc;_ylt=AuzpyL0jdYtCWkACMspBlt6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3ODdxdHBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

A Whitehaven home once owned by Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, goes on the eBay auction block today. The four-bedroom brick home at 3650 Hermitage was home to Vernon Presley from 1961 to 1965. Sale coordinator Stephen Shutts, president of the Honky Tonk Hall of Fame in Nashville, also coordinated the auction in May of Elvis' former home on Audubon for $905,100. When high bidder Uri Geller and two partners were unable to close that sale, the house was then bought by Nashville record producer Mike Curb for $1 million. Shutt's spokesman Lance Cowan said the minimum bid for the house...

BARNEY, you ain’t nothing but a hound dog. You just ate Elvis’s teddy bear. It was a scene of carnage at a teddy bear display in Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, Somerset, when a dog employed to guard the collection went berserk and inflicted fatal injuries on some of the prized exhibits. Barney is a Doberman Pinscher, a dog first bred by a German tax collector around 1890 to protect him from his clients. Mabel is German, too, having been made in 1909 by the famed toymakers Steiff and is therefore an aristocrat among teddy bears. What made Mabel really...

A £40,000 teddy bear formerly owned by Elvis Presley was destroyed when a guard dog which was supposed to protect it went on the rampage. The rare Steiff bear, named Mabel, was due to form the centrepiece of an exhibition at Wookey Hole Caves near Wells, Somerset. The bear was bought at auction in Memphis, Tennessee, by Somerset aristocrat Sir Benjamin Slade for £40,000 and had been loaned to the collection, a Wookey Hole spokesman said. The dog “went berserk” and ripped the head off the historic toy, the spokesman added. Security guard Greg West, 36, was on duty last...

LONDON -- Mabel, the teddy bear once cuddled by Elvis, is all chewed up. A Doberman pinscher named Barney ripped Mabel's head off at the Wookey Hole Caves children's museum near Wells, England. Barney was supposed to be guarding hundreds of rare bears, but the museum's general manager Daniel Medley said "he just went berserk." Barney chewed up all the bears, worth nearly $1 million. Medley has spoken to the man who donated Elvis' bear to the collection and he said the man is "not very pleased at all." The bear was made in 1909 by the German manufacturer Steiff....

Maybe one of the reasons that we have never-ending battles over academic freedom is that many academics seem to define it differently. “Academic freedom means that if I think that there may be an intellectual payoff to be had by turning an academic lens on material others consider trivial — golf tees, gourmet coffee, lingerie ads, convenience stores, street names, whatever — I should get a chance to try,” veteran professor Stanley Fish recently wrote in The New York Times. “If I manage to demonstrate to my peers and students that studying this material yields insights into matters of general...

It’s a special thing when artists who’ve achieved greatness in their own right join forces to create a new musical entity. We’ve been blessed with a number of these “supergroups”: Blind Faith, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Velvet Revolver and Golden Smog, to name just a few. When a supergroup clicks, it can be magical. But when they don’t work…look out. The Million Dollar Quintet It’s a little-known fact that the Million Dollar Quartet —Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins— was originally a quintet. The fifth member of this historic December 4, 1956, Sun Studios jam...

NEW YORK - Forget religion and politics. When it comes to controversial subjects, the 50th anniversary of rock 'n' roll is the topic du jour. For many people, that milestone will occur this year on July 5, the day five decades ago when a young Southerner named Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right (Mama)" in a Memphis studio. That city is planning a year-long celebration in honor of the event, calling Elvis's single "the first rock and roll song ever recorded, making Memphis the birthplace of a musical revolution." But even after 50 years of gyrating hips, not everyone agrees...

Ireland, land of Bad Elvis BY DAVE BARRY (This classic Dave Barry column was originally published on Aug. 6, 1995.) I recently spent a week in Ireland, and I can honestly say that I have never been to any place in the world where it's so easy to partake of the local culture, by which I mean beer. Ireland also contains history, nice people, enormous quantities of scenery and a rich cultural heritage, including (more on this later) Elvis. Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. It consists mostly of scenic...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President Bush will spend the Fourth of July holiday with troops and their families at Fort Bragg in the state of North Carolina, where he says he will thank them for their service in what he calls freedom's cause. The President's 60th birthday is coming up this Thursday. So the Associated Press published some GWB quips about his age: "Security is strong at the airports. I hope they stop taking off the shoes of the elderly. I must confess, they haven't taken off my shoes lately at the airport." — Jan. 23, at Kansas State...

I couldn't let the day pass without some comments on the Bush, Prime Minister Koizum, Elvis and their joint pilgramage to Graceland. Politics at times needs to be fun. I am glad it was a little light today. Also Kudo's for Bush going down to Memphis with the Prime Minister of Japan. His country has really gone to bat for us in this War on Terror. Perhaps the Jews and the Arabs should take note of this relationship. No one has to be enemies forever. As you can see from the above pic, Even Tony Snow was getting in on...

Today President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tiured the Elvis Presley's Grace Land Mansion in Memphis Tenn. Priscilla Presley and Lisa Marie Presley were the tour guides for the President , First Lady and Prime Minister Koizumi. The three of them also visited the Hotel where Rev. Martin Luther King was assissinated. Tonight the President was in Ohio for a fund raiser for Senator Mike Dewine

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has visited the home of his musical hero, Elvis Presley, as a guest of US President George W Bush. The Japanese PM showed off his Elvis impression Mr Koizumi burst into song with a few bars of "Love Me Tender" in the Jungle Room of Graceland on a private tour led by the singer's ex-wife. The tour is being widely seen as Mr Bush's thank-you to a loyal ally who is due to step down in September. The visit follows talks that focused on N Korea and beef imports on Thursday. Serenade To the strains...

President George W. Bush took devout Elvis fan Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on a road trip to Graceland on Friday to pay homage to the King of Rock-n'-Roll, underscoring the allies' "Love Me Tender" bond. Wrapping up a two-day summit with Koizumi that touched on the North Korean nuclear threat and world trade talks, the two leaders were ready for a "A Little Less Conversation" as they boarded Air Force One to head to Memphis. For Koizumi, 64, who shares a birthday with Elvis Presley and whose wavy hairstyle resembles that of the singer, the tour of Presley's Graceland...