He compares it to the enduring success of “ A Christmas Story,” which debuted in 1983 and still airs in annual yuletide marathons on TBS. Women in their 20s, he says, are the second-highest demographic for Graceland visits and Elvis merchandise. Joel Weinshanker says he’s not worried that young people will discover Elvis, for a simple reason: They always do. Ponce de Leon, author of the Elvis biography “ Fortunate Son.” “Even with the top 40, insofar as there is such a thing, you see what the top hits are, and few if any songs have any connection to the older rock and pop for which Elvis is known.” “Music has changed so much: the fragmentation of genres, the emergence of specific subcultures attached to genres, the domination of hip-hop, the eclipse of rock as a popular musical form,” says Charles L. It’s a White-dominated society that elevated Elvis over artists of color. The problem isn’t Elvis the artist or Elvis the man.
Between the anniversary and pent-up pandemic demand, Graceland’s management expects a big turnout for the nine-day Elvis Week in August. 16 will mark the 45th anniversary of Elvis’s death, and Graceland will celebrate with exhibits, concerts, giveaways and other events. A new movie, “ Elvis,” starring Austin Butler as Elvis and Tom Hanks as his scheming manager, Col.
“We’re all here to keep his legacy alive,” she had vowed in her speech, and 2022 is a big year for meeting that commitment. After her speech, Presley slowly strolls along the metal barrier that separates her from the crowd, talking with fans, posing for photos and signing autographs, bringing an approachable grace and warmth to the cold Memphis air. A nearby couple speaks German a man with Elvis sideburns and a late-Elvis paunch speaks with a thick Scottish brogue. Two older women stand before me in matching black jackets, a pair of handsome Elvises gazing seductively from their backs. By my rough estimates, at least 500 people are gathered around the ceremony’s open white tent.
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