Presley wasn't much for message songs, but touching on topics like, neglect, poverty and violence were quite interesting for a maturing Elvis. 11. "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956) ...

Wise men say only fools don't listen to Elvis. The man could make reading the phone book entertaining (see: Memphis, Tennessee), and he took music out of the doldrums of doo-wop into the delights ...

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Elvis Presley was a lot of things to a lot of people, as proven by the countless songs written from just as many differing perspectives about the King of Rock and Roll. For many, Presley was an ...

Little did Phillips realise he’d just landed on the figure who would lift pop music into the very center of the cultural conversation - and, one day, be regarded as the outright king of its key genre.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Elvis Presley’s music will seemingly never dwindle in popularity.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Elvis Presley hasn’t recorded music in more than half a century.