after he learned that King's assassination in Elvis' hometown of Memphis had greatly disturbed the singer. As with the special itself, numerous soundtrack LPs and CDs are available that present the songs and various outtakes in increasingly elaborate and ...

As in-depth Netflix film details, his career was in a slump before the show that superfan Bruce Springsteen calls "the rebirthing" of the legend."

A new Netflix documentary is tackling Elvis Presley's 1968 comeback special that revitalized his faltering career and aired amid racial violence, assassinations and a divided country. The big picture: The documentary to be released Wednesday comes as other recent projects on Elvis have re-examined his role in racial desegregation after previous generations dismissed him as an appropriator of Black art.

A new Elvis documentary will debut on Netflix on Wednesday. "Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley" will be a 91-minute film that examines Elvis' 1968 comeback special. The documentary debuts on Wednesday,

Colonel Tom Parker, Presley’s famously controlling and bullheaded manager, wanted a more conventional Christmas special, the kind of milquetoast program many other singers had d