When Gene Austin arrived in Tampa in January of 1939 with his new, self-financed movie, Songs and Saddles, he was at loose ends. Austin had been a genuine pop superstar in the ‘20s (his 1927 hit, “My ...

From the raw emotion of “Heartbreak Hotel” to the haunting melancholy of “Suspicious Minds,” Elvis Presley’s catalog spans over two decades and multiple genres, defining the sound of rock and roll.