Elvis Presley checking out his very own personalized
"Hound Dog" bike which was given to him in 1957 to
ride around the Paramount studio complex in Hollywood.

The singer and actor had just finished filming Jailhouse
Rock at Paramount.

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Willie Mae Thornton (December 11, 1926 – July 25, 1984)

Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” (1956) is one of the biggest and
most instantly recognizable pop songs in history. It’s a song
so closely associated with the King of Rock and Roll, in fact,
that many may mistakenly assume that it was a Elvis original,
in fact, the story of the song that gave Presley his longest-
running #1 hit (11 weeks) in the summer of 1956 began four
years earlier, when “Hound Dog” was recorded for the very
first time by the rhythm-and-blues singer Ellie Mae “Big
Mama” Thornton in Los Angeles, California.

Elvis with his new Harley Davidson in 1956.

The motorcycle was a classic black-and-chrome beauty that
perfectly matched his signature style. As he rode around town
on it, heads turned and people stopped to take pictures.

WASHINGTON (TND) — Singer Tony Bennett has passed away
just two weeks short of his birthday.

Bennett died in his hometown of New York, his publicist Sylvia
Weiner confirmed to The Associated Press.

No specific cause was given but the singer was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.

His family revealed the news to AARP magazine in 2021 with
Bennett saying, "Life is a gift — even with Alzheimer’s."