“Hound Dog” co-writer Mike Stoller has refuted claims that Elvis Presley’s version of the classic rock’n’roll song was stolen from Big Mama Thornton. In an interview with Brain Hiatt for Rolling Stone ...

Elvis Presley‘s “Hound Dog” is one of the most important songs in the history of rock ‘n’ roll but it doesn’t exactly have deep lyrics. Frank Sinatra insulted “Hound Dog” onstage while its writers ...

On the episode, Stoller tells the whole story of “Hound Dog” and explains why, in his opinion, contemporary observers who are convinced Presley “stole” the song from Big Mama Thornton are misguided.

The sinking of the SS Andrea Doria remains one of the most infamous shipwrecks of the 20th century and, somehow, it collided with the career of Elvis Presley. One of the survivors of the disaster ...

A couple of days ago I presented my editor with the brilliant idea of ranking Elvis Presley's songs to honor his birthday on January 8. Being a Mississippi girl, and having spent almost 30 years of ...

Alfred Wertheimer is known for his photographs of the young Elvis Presley, in 1956 when Elvis was only 21 years old. This photograph documents Elvis in the process of playing “Hound Dog,” on the Steve ...

Elvis Presley is one of history’s most successful artists by Billboard Hot 100 standards, even if you don’t take into account the numerous hits he had before the chart’s inception in 1958. There’s a ...

May 23 (UPI) --Warner Bros. released the second trailer for Elvis on Monday. The Baz Luhrmann film stars Austin Butler as Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker. The trailer features ...

Does Doja Cat‘s hit song “Vegas” qualify to be an Oscar best song nominee? The short answer is: Maybe. But the tune from Baz Luhrmann’s biopic “Elvis” faces more challenges than the average new movie ...