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Nashville native Millie Kirkham, whose sky-high iconic soprano helped define Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas" and a number of other classic '50s, '60s and '70s recordings, has died. Kirkham reportedly passed away in Nashville on Sunday after suffering a stroke last week. She was 91. Kirkham was born Mildred Eakes in Hermitage, Tenn., in 1923 and grew up in nearby Donelson. She started her career singing in the National Life and Accident Insurance Girls' Glee Club before becoming a regular performer on WSM broadcasts, including Sunday Down South, working under WSM-AM programming director and Tree Publishing (later Sony/ATV Music Publishing) founder Jack Stapp. She was married to drummer Doug Kirkham, who died in 1986. Singing as a sort of unofficial fifth member of The Jordanaires, Kirkham didn't just lead the "whoo-ooh-oohs" on "Blue Christmas," her first session with Elvis in 1957 — she came up with the part. As the story g...

For the life of me I can not figure out why any real Elvis fan would be excited about this. I will NEVER listen to this duet. C'mon guys, you are sell outs! We all know from various sources for MANY years, EP did not like Streisand . Stop drinking the Kool Aid EPE is selling you! Elvis was the King of Rock n Roll not easy listening! A friend of mine recently pointed out how Elvis is now lumped in with Tony Bennett on those late night Time life infomercials. Elvis is becoming irrelevant and WE fans are accepting it! Let's not allow history to be recreated. We want Elvis' legacy to be properly preserved for future generations, don't we? Am I alone here? Geez it's bad enough EPE wants to take your hard earned dollars that you should be putting away for retirement to build their hotel. The rewards you get are laughable. If they sought investors, each would get a percentage of profits. Yet fans investing get what? An advanced offer to give them MORE money. What ...

Ginger Alden's long awaited book, Elvis and Ginger is now available. Her book is currently not only # 1 in Elvis biographies, but also # 1 in Movies and Biographies on Amazon. This is THE book fans have waited over 30 years for, and judging by the sales, they are eager to see what she has to say so many years later. Amazon.com Widgets

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GUESS WHAT, ELVIS FANS! IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!! THE ANNIVERSARY BUTTON IS HERE! THE MOST COLLECTED BUTTON EVER! 37TH ANNIVERSARY BUTTONS NOW FOR SALE! PLEASE, PLEASE REMEMBER.......IT’S HARD TO CATCH UP WITH THESE DURING ELVIS WEEK! WE NO LONGER HAVE A STORE SO THESE BUTTONS MUST BE PURCHASED THROUGH THE WEBSITE. DON’T MISS THE 37TH! ORDER RIGHT NOW! ORDER ONE OR GO TOGETHER AND ORDER 12. YOU'LL GET THAT 13TH ONE FREE! Order Here! We sure miss Carol and Jim on EP BLVD! It has not been the same since EPE took over! Show your support and buy a pin! Keep the tradition going!

Lisa Marie Presley is finally speaking out about cancelling her tour. A week after TMZ broke the story, the singer tweeted this message, saying she hated having to cancel the tour but it got too bad. And she promises, She WILL be back!