Greg McDonald, a Palm Springs resident whose chance encounter with Elvis Presley started his journey from the air conditioning business to life as a prominent entertainment promoter, died Friday ...

“I never bought a Ricky Nelson record, I bought a James Burton record,” Keith Richards explained when inducting Burton into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. As one can glean from the ...

And what a recording career it was. From 1957 to 1962 only Elvis Presley had more top 40 hits and sold more records than Ricky Nelson. I love Nelson’s music from that time and always have.

regularly tossing around footballs on-set and inviting luminaries like Ricky Nelson to join him for pickup games. The studios got wind of these games, and required Elvis to wear a helmet to ...