Rock and roll of 1960s America can usually be defined by the British Invasion, but there were several years before that influenced the era.

In 1961, after being signed with RCA Records for just six years, a young singer named Elvis Presley reached a major ... RCA Victor, 12-25-60") as well as some serious historical weight and rarity.

Elvis Presley changed music—and fame—forever. He was one of the first true global superstars: a swaggering Southern boy with a hip-shaking grin and a voice that blurred racial lines in the Jim Crow ...

Bruce Glikas/WireImage; GAB Archive/Redferns One of Elvis Presley's many record-setting achievements is getting "All Shook Up" by Barry Manilow. This past weekend, the "Copacabana" icon was ...

But Elvis Presley, finally putting his cornball movie ... and “Blue Suede Shoes” framed the sets. Familiar late-’60s radio melodies — the Bee Gees’ “Words,” Neil Diamond’s ...

as being in all of my friends' parents' record collections. On the black RCA label, in its maroon and white sleeve, It's Now Or Never had been the biggest international hit of Elvis Presley's ...