If you don’t have a copy of E’s first Christmas album you should pick it up. It was #1 for 4 weeks on Billboard’s chart in 1957 and continued to chart each holiday season for a decade.
It has recently become available on itunes. Check out a sample:
Blue Christmas . [...]
When you have questions with lifes burning questions, Magic Elvis has the answer. Just type in your question and pull the lever to see what sage advice you get from the king.
The Armchair Postmodernist Hillbilly has posted a nice little article about why Memphis is Memphis and will always be Memphis:
There has always been lots of discussion around the economic surge in Nashville and why Memphis has been mired in stagnation. Many people blame “white flight”…the movement of the upper middle class east of the city, [...]
Over on the Starling Travel Blog there is a good post by Laura Moncur about the Neon Museum in Vegas:
I only had one thing on my list for this trip to Las Vegas. I wanted to see the Neon Museum that’s on Fremont Street. I had never been to the Fremont Street Experience, which is [...]
All of us know Bettie Page; this girl is something else. Those pictures, man they still drive everyone crazy. A movie, “The Notorious Bettie Page,” is coming out in April that be, you know, kinda fun.
Don’t forget to check out the Official Bettie Page site as well as and check out Bettie on [...]
Yep, that’s right, you can be the proud owner of The king’s Memphis home. This is the first house he bought when he made a little scratch. Elvis only lived there a short time, but come on, how often can you live in one of Big E’s homes!
The bidding begins on April 14th [...]
The Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Elvis Presley Festival have announced the dates for the 50th Anniversary of Elvis� Homecoming to Tupelo, Mississippi at the 8th Annual Elvis Presley Festival!
This year the Festival will be held June 2-4, 2006, and the lineup has not been officially announced yet.
Relive the day in 1956 when [...]
While I was crusing the interwebs the other day I found myself browsing some great information about Rockabilly Girls: PBS has an awesome feature called Welcome to the club, because before Big E was the King, these ladies were the queens. Make sure that you check out the rockabilly timeline – great stuff.
There [...]
Just love Hawaiian shirts! Found this site and couldn’t believe the cool shirts this company, The Hanas Shirt Co. had. They sell shirts from the 40s, 50s and later. Take a look if you are looking for a little bit of Hawaii.
FeverVintage has a nice selection as well.
I was just over browsin’ the Flickr and I came across Telstar Logistics’ photos He’s has some great photos of vintage cadi’s as well some other choice vintage gear.
The 55ish Fleetwood is particularly nice, but dig the 1962 Cadillac Herse. It’s fun to look at these through the dealership glass just like back in [...]
