March 17, 1978: Elvis Costello, ‘This Year’s Model’ and Generation X, 'Generation X' Elvis Costello's second album, "This Year's Model," was the first full-length effort with the musicians that would back him on most of his work for the next decade, the Attractions. Another British...
Elvis Costello, backed by longtime compadres the Attractions, forged a lush pop path onImperial Bedroom. The LP wasn't a commercial success, but it solidified Costello's position as one of his generation's greatest songwriters, not simply the Angry Young Man in a skinny tie and Buddy Holly ...
RCA Victor 1. Elvis Presley, 'Elvis Christmas Album' (1957) Elvis broadly expanded upon his initial legend with this album, moving from the expected (a winkingly rebellious "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me") to the deeply religious ("O Little Town of Bethlehem"), and adding a little bit...
Best Country Singer From Mississippi: Elvis Presley Mississippi Roots: Early childhood in Tupelo, Miss. Who Did He Beat?: Charley Pride, Faith Hill, Marty Stuart Notes: In the 1950s, Presley was as much a country artist as a pop-rock artist. Only later did Top 40 country radio quit play...
Only the clean version of this two-disc project is available on Spotify, and frankly that’s kind of a bummer, because listening to Hank III without the F-word is like watching Elvis sing in gym shorts. The short, swinging country songs that come early give way to a surprisingly dynamic...
around in finances has been about as unexpected as Priscilla’s role in it. Whoever would have imagined that this woman--who moved in with Elvis when she was just 17 and let him shape her personality and appearance--would assume the financial responsibility that her former husband never did?