The Life of Elvis Presley

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The Life of Elvis Presley

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The very early years of Elvis

• Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8th, 1935
  in in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• Father was Vernon Presley and mother Gladys Love
  Smith
• Elvis was supposed to have twin brother, but
  Jesse Garon Presley, was stillborn, leaving him
  to grow up as an only child.
• In 1941 Presley started school at the East Tupelo
  Consolidated Elementary School. There he seemed
  to have been an outsider, he didnt have many
  friends and he was very shy.
• between the ages of eight and ten Elvis enjoyed
  going off to town on Saturday afternoons to
  listen to local musicians, attend radio shows or
  hang out at theaters.
• In January 1945 Gladys took Elvis shopping for a
  birthday present at Tupelo Hardware. There she
  bought him his first guitar, instead of a bike
  and rifle, the guitar was on sale for 12.75.

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Early years cont

• In 1946 Presley started at a new school, Milam
  Middle School, which went from grades 5 through
  9, and in 1948 the family left Tupelo, and moved
  to Memphis Tennessee.
• At this age, he was very much influenced by the
  Memphis blues music and the gospel sung at his
  church. Elvis entered Humes High School in
  Memphis.
• In 1953 he graduated from Humes High School,
  majoring in History, English, and Shop.
• On July 18, 1953 Elvis paid 3.25 to record the
  first of two double-sided demo acetates at Sun
  Studios on 706 Union Avenue, in Memphis,
  Tennessee

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Elviss Fame

• By the spring of 1956, Presley was fast becoming
  a national phenomenon.
• Teenagers came to his concerts in unprecedented
  numbers.
• Elvis was on fire, most of his concerts were sold
  out at this time.
• Presley sang both hard driving rockabilly, rock
  and roll dance songs and ballads, laying a
  commercial foundation upon which other rock
  musicians would build their careers.

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Elviss Hit Songs Of The 50s

• SINGLES Heartbreak Hotel, I Was the One
  (with Heartbreak Hotel) Hound Dog, Don't Be
  Cruel (with Hound Dog)Love Me Tender, I
  Want You, I Need You, I Love You, When My Blue
  Moon Turns to Gold Again, Anyway You Want Me,
  (That's How I Will Be) Blue Suede Shoes

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Elvis In The 50s

• Presley's first single for RCA "Heartbreak Hotel"
  quickly sold one million copies and within a year
  RCA would go on to sell ten million Presley
  singles.
• "Colonel" Tom Parker was Elviss promoter and he
  wasted no time on getting Elviss face out there,
  Parker's first major decision was to market Elvis
  on television. He booked many shows for Elvis to
  appear on.

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G.I Elvis

• On December 20, 1957, Elvis received his draft
  board notice for his mandatory service in the
  United States Army.
• He was worried that his absence in the public eye
  for 2 years, while serving in the Army, might end
  his career.
• On 24 March 1958 just after finishing up the
  pre-production of Elviss latest film King Creole
  , he joined his unit, 1st Battalion, US 32nd
  Armored Regiment and was posted to Ray Barracks,
  Friedberg, Germany.
• After serving his duty in the military, he became
  more mature and lost his raw and rebellious edge.
  
• He gained respect from the elder people who
  didnt like him very much before he entered the
  Army.

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Hit Songs of The 60s

• SINGLES Stuck on You, Fame and Fortune
  (with Stuck on You), Are You Lonesome
  Tonight?, I Gotta Know (with Are You
  Lonesome Tonight?) It's Now or Never
• Surrender, Flaming Star, I Feel So Bad
  (Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame,
  Little Sister (with His Latest Flame)

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Elvis In Film the 1960s

• Elvis admired the style of Marlon Brando, James
  Dean, and Tony Curtis and returned from the
  military eager to make a career as a movie star.
• Altogether, Presley had made 27 movies during the
  1960s, "which had grossed about 130 million, and
  he had sold a hundred million records, which had
  made 150 million.

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Elviss Marriage to Priscilla

• Priscilla and Presley were married in May of 1967
  in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Aladdin Hotel.
• Their only child, daughter Lisa Marie, was born
  almost exactly nine months later on February 1,
  1968.

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Late 1960s

• After seven years off the top of the charts,
  Elviss song "Suspicious Minds" hit number one on
  the Billboard music charts on November 1, 1969.
• From 1969 to 1971 Elvis would dominate singles
  charts in many countries with a string of Top 20
  hits.
• Album sales was not an area where Elvis (at the
  time) competed at the same level with artists
  such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David
  Bowie and The Monkees.

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His Final Years

• Between 1970 and 1977 Elvis gave 1,096 sold-out
  performances in Las Vegas and on tour. He was the
  first artist to have four shows in a row sold to
  capacity crowds at New York's Madison Square
  Garden, on June 9-11, 1972.
• Elvis and Priscilla separated in February of 1972
  and were divorced in October of 1973.
• Elvis made his last live concert appearance in
  Indianapolis at the Market Square Arena on June
  26, 1977.
• On August 16, 1977, at his Graceland mansion in
  Memphis, Tennessee, Presley was found lying on
  the floor of his bedroom's bathroom by his
  fiancée.
• He was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital, where
  at 330 P.M. doctors pronounced him dead.
• Elvis was originally buried at Forest Hill
  Cemetery in Memphis next to his mother. After an
  attempted theft of the body, his remains and his
  mother's remains were moved to Graceland to the
  "meditation gardens."

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Resources

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Aaron_Presley
• http//www.fiftiesweb.com/elvis.htm
• http//www.elvisology.com