Colonel and the King,’ by music writer Peter Guralnick, looks at how Colonel Tom Parker turned Elvis Presley into America’s first rock star ...

After some entertainers and other celebrities pass away, they fade away, too. Not Elvis. Elvis Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977. That event has not kept him off the front page, off the Billboard charts ...

Terry Gross talks with rock historian Peter Guralnick, author of the definitive two volume biography of Elvis Presley. His new book is about Elvis's longtime manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Guralnick ...

While Luhrmann claims that his film is not based on the acclaimed music journalists’ 2010 book, he did use research from the Colonel-Presley biography, which is considered one of the most definitive ...

Priscilla Presley’s honesty regarding her life with Elvis Presley in her biography titled Elvis and Me stunned longtime fans of the King of Rock and Roll. The 1985 book depicted Priscilla’s life with ...

In July of 1954 an aspiring young singer in Memphis, Tenn., was in the studio of Sun Records making an album. He was there at the behest of the founder of Sun Records, Sam Phillips, who was overseeing ...

Phillips spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about launching Elvis Presley's career at Sun Records. He also produced early recordings of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. He died in 2003.

Chaydon Jay was born in Sydney and raised in the Gold Coast suburb of Runaway Bay on the eastern edge of Australia, so his accent is nothing like Elvis' shy Mississippi drawl. He's grown from 5-foot-3 ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today, we continue our archive series - R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll. We start today's show with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. That's the ...