More people are learning Elvis Presley songs on guitar following biopic, Fender claims

Elvis Presley fans celebrated Elvis Week and marked the 45th anniversary of the star's death, celebrating his short 42 years on Earth. Aside from his outstanding talent and good looks, another great quality of The King's was how he so lavishly shared his wealth. Elvis would regularly give large sums of money to charity and would bless his Memphis Mafia and staff with Christmas bonuses, cars and other gifts.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Bob Dylan was announced earlier this year as having written separate appreciations of more than 60 different songs for his forthcoming book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song.” Now, the names of all 66 songs he wrote about have been revealed, thanks to the dissemination of a table-of-contents page for the highly anticipated book, which comes out in early November via Simon & Schuster. (Read the full list below.) Not surprisingly, classic songs written and/or recorded by Americans greats like Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Little Richard, Townes Van Zandt will come up for consideration. Less expectedly, Dylan will detour to analyze songs like Cher’s “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” the Eagles’ “Witchy Woman,” the Fugs’ “CIA Man” and Rosemary Clooney’s “Come On-a My House.”

Elvis Presley's death was earlier this month on August 16, 2022. The King of Rock and Roll was found dead at his home, Graceland, in 1977, by his fiancée, Ginger Alden. His only child, Lisa Marie Presley, was just next door.

Elvis Presley's death kicked off celebrations of Elvis Week earlier this month. The King of Rock and Roll was found dead at his home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977. Despite being dead for almost half a century, his music is still adored to this day by his fans - old and new.

Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977 after suffering a fatal heart attack on the toilet upstairs at Graceland when he was just 42. More than his entire lifetime has passed since then, but his nearest and dearest haven't forgotten the star they knew so intimately. For 20 years, Elvis lived with his extended family at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.

Priscilla Presley has been an unshakeable part of the making of “Elvis.” Priscilla was the wife of Elvis Presley and is currently in charge of keeping Presley’s legacy alive. In an interview wiht the Today Show she discussed the surreal experience of watching the film and praises the work of director Baz Luhrman, who managed to leave her speechless.

Priscilla Presley and Memphis Mafia Member Jerry Schilling gave interviews at Graceland's Elvis Week 2022. The lifelong friends shared their love of Baz Luhrmann's biopic and were asked about how the depiction of Elvis Presley's marriage and divorce in the film may help fans to see the relationship in a new light. In one of the Elvis movie's final scenes, set in late 1974, The King and Priscilla shared an intimate conversation in the car, two years since they first separated.

the “Today” show that she found it hard to watch the unfolding of Presley’s relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.She also said seeing how the singer wanted — but ultimately failed — to take his career beyond music and into “serious” film work was a bitter pill to swallow.“He wanted to do movies, serious movies, and Colonel Parker probably should have stayed a publicist,” she told the outlet. “He didn’t take Elvis where he wanted to be, and that was hard because I lived it.“I lived the arguments that they had, I lived Elvis trying to explain he didn’t want to do the movies with all the girls and the beaches and everything, that he really wanted to do serious things,” she continued.“So living that, with him, and watching the movie, it brought back a lot of memories.”Presley has sung her praises for the film, officially giving her stamp of approval in April.In a Facebook post that month, the “Naked Gun” actress said she saw the movie with her late ex-husband’s longtime pal Jerry Schilling and was impressed by Austin Butler taking on the titular role.“The story is about Elvis and Colonel Parker’s relationship,” Presley wrote.

Today marks 45 years since music icon Elvis Presley died, and Priscilla Presley is sharing brand-new details about The King. Presley's ex-wife dropped a bombshell about something he did not love doing during his career: the classic Elvis beach movies.

“End of the Road,” they weren’t all in “Cooleyhighharmony” about the song.In fact, the demo sung by writer and producer Babyface fell flat with one member of the Grammy-winning group.“Nate [Morris] didn’t like it at first. He was just saying, ‘Uh, it’s all right,’ ” Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman told The Post. “And we were like, ‘Man, you are crazy.

Elvis Presley Fans are currently celebrating Elvis Week to commemorate the anniversary of the King's death. The star, who died on August 16, 1977, was found at his home in Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, by his fiancée Ginger Alden.

Elvis Presley in the commemorative Elvis Week. This event is to coincide with the anniversary of the star's death, which is on August 16, 2022. The King died in 1977 of a cardiac arrest.

Elvis Presley at the moment to commemorate Elvis Week. This event is to coincide with the anniversary of the star's death on August 16, 2022. The King died in 1977 of a cardiac arrest.

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