Elvis News

The Windmill Theatre Players' version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie opened up on Thursday to a standing ovation proving it's a sure fire hit from start to finish.

Charlie Louvin had been a professional gospel and country musician for years when rock 'n' roll came barreling up behind him on the lost highway.

Tupelo/Memphis, US - Elvis Presley remains the undisputed King of Rock 'n' Roll - even for many people who never experienced him in his prime.

"THE Sun's tremendous support for the armed forces has been great for morale. "It shows everybody on the front line that people at home are thinking of them, which is really important.

Alexandria in downtown Los Angeles and features - gasp! - a number of dancers dressed in sexually provocative clothing.

Radio on film: "Pirate Radio," the latest from writer-director Richard Curtis, who gave us "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Bridget Jones' Diary," is a valentine to rock 'n' roll and radio - especially the barely legal British stations that beamed the music into England, over the government's opposition, in the mid-'60s. But, as Andrea Carla ...

A NIGHT of hip-swivelling rock 'n' roll will be staged at the Embassy Theatre, Skegness, when Lee 'Memphis' King pays tribute to Elvis Presley.

A.A. Bondy and Elvis Perkins perform together at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Ala.

A strand of hair Elvis Presleys hair saved by his barber will soon be up for grabs at an auction.

And one of his ports of call is the Alban Arena where he is putting on his One And Many Show next Thursday, November 12.

The book "Dewey and Elvis: The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Deejay " will be available in paperback on April 10, 2010.

Elvis Perkins, second from left, has changed since this photo was taken. "Short hair, glasses, beard," he says.

The term "rock 'n' roll" has always referred to more than just the music. Its sonic oomph -- personified in images of our teenage crushes and all-time idols, whether it's Elvis gyrating his hips or Kurt Cobain thrashing his guitar -- make up the other half of the picture.

SALISBURY - More than 30 years after his death, Elvis is still cool. Honoring the tradition of Elvis' music, "All Shook Up," which is being performed this weekend by The Community Players of Salisbury, uses Elvis songs to tell the tale of unrequited love in a 1950s small town.

The importance of rural music is part of the story at the Rock 'n Soul Museum in Memphis.

The title of the Elvis-Cirque du Soleil show was made official today. Announced this morning is that the show will be called, "Viva Elvis," obviously playing off the 1965 Presley film, "Viva Las Vegas." The production show, a partnership between Cirque and Elvis Presley Enterprises, hits the stage when the City Center resort Aria opens on Dec.

"Tina Turner'' by Henry Diltz, one of the images at the Brooklyn Museum exhibit.

Those who have attended the annual Junior Civic League Christmas Gala in the past might not recognize the fundraising event Saturday at the Ohio University-Chillicothe Shoemaker Center.

Even when he's hidden away in a crowd of 42,000 at a U2 concert, you can feel the power of the president.

Filled with pop images of the Rolling Stones, Elvis, U2, DMC and Madonna the Brooklyn Museum on Friday will open " Who Shot Rock & Roll ," a show it's billing as the first major museum exhibition devoted solely to rock photographers.