Graceland

...in February. Both artists donated works to the library: Simon offered the original manuscript containing lyrics to his song "Graceland," while Wonder was commissioned to write a sprawling composition called "Sketches of a Life."

In this article: Paul McCartney, Library of Congress, Gershwin Prize, Beatles, James Billington, Grammys, Ira Gershwin, Stevie Wonder, and Paul Simon

...African musicians together aren't new, but Throw Down Your Heart is a uniquely successful one. Its roots lie not in singer Paul Simon's Graceland (Warner Bros, 1986), but in John Lomax's field recordings in American blues country in the 1930s...

In this article: Bela Fleck, Africa, Bassekou Kouyate, Sony, Baaba Maal, Oumou Sangare, Toumani Diabate, and Warner Bros

...of authenticity and photograph of Presley. The late singer's barber started selling strands in a souvenir shop on the street opposite his Graceland home in Memphis after his death in 1977. This particular clump eventually passed onto...

In this article: Elvis Presley, BBC News, Shelby County, Devizes, Chicago, Memphis, and UK

...in 1977, Gilleland is believed to have started selling strands of the hair in a souvenir shop on the street opposite the singer's home Graceland in Memphis in the US. The auctioned strand was given to Thomas B Morgan Jnr in 2002 by the...

In this article: Elvis Presley, Devizes, London, Memphis, and US

...but I really wanted to go to Memphis. Elvis's Memphis. "I've reason to believe/We all will be received/In Graceland," Paul Simon sang. Graceland would not receive us that year because we ran out of money and time. But now, as a travel...

In this article: Elvis Presley, Memphis, Chattanooga, Tax, Okra, and Nashville

...Presley's death in 1977, Gilleland is said to have started selling the hair in a souvenir shop on the street opposite the singer's home Graceland in Memphis in US. Last month, a clump of the legend's hair was sold for $15,000 in Chicago.

In this article: Elvis Presley, Chicago, London, Memphis, and BBC

...in 1977, Mr Gilleland is said to have started selling strands of the hair in a souvenir shop on the street opposite the singer's home Graceland in Memphis in the US. The strand currently up for auction was given to Thomas B Morgan Jnr in...

In this article: Elvis Presley, US, and Memphis

...with special exhibits, art displays and concerts. Presley was born in Tupelo and moved to Memphis when he was 13. Presley died at Graceland on Aug. 16, 1977, and is buried in a small garden on the grounds. His 75th birthday is Jan. 8.

In this article: Elvis Presley, Tupelo, Marty Stuart, Illinois, and Elvis Presley Enterprises

...Harper and his dad wrote, is as sprightly as anything any Simon has done; with its twinkling pedal-steel, it's a lighter cousin to "Graceland" (which, incidentally, was also about Harper). Richmond Fontaine, a Portland-based band led by the...

In this article: Harper Simon, Richmond Fontaine, Charlie McCoy, Lloyd Green, The New Yorker, Sean Lennon, and Petra Haden