HMV reports huge sales surge following singer's death, sending five Jackson albums into Sunday's official chart Michael Jackson has proved to be bigger than Elvis, according to high street chain HMV, which has reported unprecedented demand for the singer's back catalogue. HMV chief executive Simon Fox said this morning that ... Continue reading Michael Jackson outstrips Elvis and Lennon in posthumous sales surge (Guardian Unlimited) »

The art of Jonathan Horowitz finds unlikely connections between pop culture and politics. Continue reading Artist of the week 41: Jonathan Horowitz (Guardian Unlimited) »

The disappearance in 1995 of the Welsh rock musician Richey Edwards, then aged 27, became a major British media event and, in the years that followed, supposed sightings of (or messages from) Edwards, akin to those of Elvis Presley in the US, lent a bizarre aspect to his supposed death. Continue reading Richey Edwards (Guardian Unlimited) »

On December 4 1956, Marilyn Evans entered - and exited - rock 'n' roll history Continue reading 71-year-old former Elvis Presley girlfriend tracked down in Chicago (Guardian Unlimited) »

Dead celebrities make serious money. John Marrs meets those behind top earners from Elvis to Einstein Continue reading From Elvis to Einstein: meet those who keep dead celebrities alive (Guardian Unlimited) »