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In 1961, Blue Hawaii was a typical example of the formulaic movie vehicle Elvis Presley was cranking out. The movie features exotic locations, good-looking young people having fun, a love story, a batch of Elvis ballads, and one or two upbeat numbers so the older characters can take cheap shots at rock 'n' roll. Presley would use one of the songs to close his concerts. Let's take a look at the story behind "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley.

We now continue with Elvis Presleys compilation albums, not just greatest hits LPs but collections of songs from various periods of his career.

Columnist Kenny Schachter reports on the latest from his adventures in the Los Angeles art world. Spoiler: He likes L.A.!.!

The story of how Elvis Presley became the King of Christmas.

We now continue with Retro Roundups look at Elvis Presleys albums, the non-soundtrack, non-gospel, non-compilation studio albums.

The king of rock and roll, Elvis Presley, 'never thought he would be remembered after his death' said Priscilla Presley of the entertainer.

It was 66 years ago today (January 12th, 1957) that Elvis Presley recorded "All Shook Up," which went on to become his sixth Number One hit, topping the charts for nine weeks. Elvis recorded the song at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, during a three-day session, which included both gospel recordings and songs eventually featured in his second motion picture, Loving You. Elvis and his band, which included guitarist Scotty Moore, bassist Bill Black, drummer DJ Fontana, and backing vocalist...

In her song "Elvis Presley Blues," neo-traditional singer-songwriter Gillian Welch compares the subject of the song with folkloric hero John Henry, the steel drivin man who allegedly raced against a steam-powered rock drilling machine, driving a steel spike into rocks with his hammer to make a hole in which explosives could be packed.

The octogenarian musician and visual artist is showing a new painting and sculpture exhibition at Jeffrey Deitch in Los Angeles

The leader of Parliament Funkadelic is out with a new art exhibit that looks like his music sounds. ‘The Rhythm of Vision’ is on view now at Jeffrey Deitch gallery.