ContactMusic — To mark what would have been his 77th birthday fans of Elvis Presley can book tickets for a special guided tour of the Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway The Palm Springs residence is the house that Elvis and Priscilla Presley retreated to after their wedding ... more info

Guardian Music — For Howler, comparisons with compatriots the Strokes are inevitable – the young Americans unashamedly raid rock history"I'll take it as a compliment," shrugs Howler's Jordan Gatesmith, of the growing pile of articles favourably comparing his band t... more info

Guardian Music — A new website provides some unexpected route maps by hooking up the characters that move from one fiction into anotherThe concept of a "metafictional reality" – a sideways universe in which characters in books know they are characters in books – ... more info

Guardian Music — Between 1955 and 1960, Cleveland DJ Tommy Edwards photographed guests who would stop by his studio at WERE-AM. The resulting trove – more than 1,700 Ektachrome slides of everyone from Elvis Presley to Doris Day in their prime – has been collected... more info

Starpulse — Frank Sinatra was arguably the most important popular music figure of the 20th century, his only real rivals for the title being Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles. more info

Guardian Music — Joe Loss vocalist and creator of the secret lemonade drinkerThe jazz and pop musician Ross MacManus, who has died aged 84, was a featured singer in the 1960s with Britain's leading dance band, the Joe Loss orchestra, and in the 1970s the creator of t... more info

ContactMusic — Late rocker Elvis Presley has been nominated for a posthumous Grammy Award Young Man With the Big Beat The Complete 56 Elvis Presley Masters a five-Cd box set of the stars early recordings has been tipped in the Best Historical Album category by the.... more info

Guardian Music — In our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we visit John Lennon and Yoko Ono in New York in 1971, just as they're recording a song for Christmas, with the help of Phil Sp... more info

Guardian Music — Whenever depression looms for Joe Queenan, it's time to turn to Johnny Hallyday. What is it about the films of the French Elvis Presley that holds the answer to all life's woes?The other day I was feeling unusually melancholy, what with the economy i... more info

CNN Showbiz — A photo in a restaurant restroom, of all places, showed the young Barbara Hearn with her hometown boyfriend Elvis Presley, just before he hit it big. Bob Greene looked her up. more info