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

The King of rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley, once revealed the song he claimed was the "saddest" he'd ever heard while performing in Las Vegas.

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 ...