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Barbara Hearn was interviewed as part of Trevor McDonald's Mighty Mississippi documentary series. She describes her not-so-platonic relationship with a 21-year-old Elvis.

Source:Email | Updated: April 18, 2012 | People

Memphis Horns' Andrew Love died April 12, 2012.  As member of The Memphis Horns, he made beautiful music for five decades. They were forever just out of the spotlight, sidemen was the term, but...

Source:Elvis Information Network | Updated: April 14, 2012 | People

The 53-year-old pop queen has now overtaken Elvis Presley as the solo artist to score the most number one albums in the UK charts - with MDNA being her twelfth British chart-topper. The album has...

Source:Google | Updated: April 01, 2012 | People

Sad news. Bob Heis has passed away last Saturday. Bob visited concert after concert and soon became one of Elvis's regular photographers and as a result, was given many of front row sets with an...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: March 25, 2012 | People

His name may not be familiar to many but his talent left an indelible mark on the history of rock. Billy Strange wrote hits like Memories and A Little Less Conversation. His guitar playing is heard on...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: February 23, 2012 | People

Movie director John Rich has passed away at the age of 86. He directed "Easy Come Easy Go" and "Roustabout" for Elvis. Rich, who won two Emmy Awards while directing and producing...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: February 01, 2012 | People

Great news for fans going to see the TCB Band playing in this year's 'Elvis Presley In Concert' tour. Norbert Putnam who played with Elvis' seventies studio band has been confirmed as the bass player...

Source:Elvis Information Network | Updated: January 23, 2012 | People

Excellent news from Springfield, Missouri where doctors have agreed to release John Wilkinson from the hospital. After almost 2 weeks in the hospital with pains in his stumach, John is finally home...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: December 30, 2011 | People

Good news from Springfield, Missouri where John Wilkinson is doing much better. John was taken to the hospital last week after complaining about stomach pain. But yesterday, on X-mas Day, doctors told...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: December 27, 2011 | People

Not so good news from John Wilkinson. John has been in the hospital for a couple days, with a obstruction in his bowls which is something that can happen any time. He was to come home today, but on...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: December 24, 2011 | People

In the most recent edition of Rolling Stone, two names familiar to both Elvis fans and music lovers around the world were listed in the top 30. Those names are James Burton and Scotty Moore and both...

Source:Elvis.com | Updated: December 09, 2011 | People

Harry Morgan, the prolific character actor best known for playing the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter in the long-running television series “M*A*S*H,” died Wednesday morning at his home...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: December 08, 2011 | People

Elvis was singing in the men's room. But I'd gotten used to that. This time, though, there was something new. And it led me, after all these years, to the legendary Barbara Hearn. A little explanation...

Source:CNN | Updated: December 05, 2011 | People

Hal Kanter, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, and a director and producer whose career included writing for Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, directing Elvis Presley and creating a landmark 1960s TV series...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: November 09, 2011 | People

Another of Elvis’ friends, Patti Parry, has passed away on October 27, 2011. Patti Parry spent 17 years being a little sister to Elvis and is acknowledged as being the only female member of...

Source:Essential Elvis | Updated: October 30, 2011 | People

Songwriter and actor David Hess passed away on October 8, on the age of 75. Hess (co-)wrote I Got Stung (pseudonym David Hill), Come Along and Sand Castles for Elvis. In 1956 he recorded All Shook Up,...

Source:Various | Updated: October 15, 2011 | People

Walter LeCroy, owner of Imaging Arts, and Rock and Read Books are pleased to announce the opening of a very special exhibit, “Elvis’s Mystery Kiss: From Charleston With Love,” on...

Source:Email | Updated: October 02, 2011 | People

John Wilkinson, the undisputed Star of Elvis Week 2011 (last August in Memphis), has been hospitalized. John complained about testine pains and was taken to the local hospital in Springfield Missouri,...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: September 17, 2011 | People

Jerry Leiber, one of the most important songwriters in the history of rock & roll – whose 50-year partnership with Mike Stoller produced "Stand By Me," "Hound Dog,"...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: August 22, 2011 | People

On November 25 and 26 Sam Thompson will be in the UK on an Essential Elvis event. More info on our events calendar.

Source:Email | Updated: August 10, 2011 | People

According to Alanna Nash in an article on the Vanity Fair site Bobbi Owen was the name of the girl Elvis kissed on the famous Wertheimer picture in 1956.

Source:Google | Updated: August 08, 2011 | People

Both Marty Lacker and Sandi Pichon report that Sonny West’s health is greatly improved and he is heading home at last. - .. I am happy to report that Sonny West has greatly recovered from his...

Source:Elvis Information Network | Updated: August 07, 2011 | People

Strange as it may seem, Ronnie Tutt - considered by many the Best Drummer Ever - is still not inducted in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. A new Facebook group has set its goal very clearly, and is...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: July 14, 2011 | People

Tom Schedler, Louisiana Secretary of State, will induct James into the Delta Music Hall of Fame on Sat 10 Sep 2011. The Delta Music Hall of Fame is part of the Delta Music Museum located in Ferriday,...

Source:ElvisMatters | Updated: July 07, 2011 | People

July 5: "Today is Sonny's 73rd birthday. He is still in ICU. Before I left I gave him a gift and Jennie Carpenter had brought him something Sunday which I gave him yesterday. Judy was not at the...

Source:Elvis Unlimited | Updated: July 06, 2011 | People