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Elvis Aron Presley was born on 8 January 1935, in Tupelo Mississippi. In 1948, the Presley family moved to Memphis. Elvis gets his tray college Humes in 1953. During the summer, he recorded a 45 rounds: My Happiness and That's Wen Your Heartaches Begin at Memphis Recording Service (Sun Records headquarters) to offer his mother. In July 1954, the owner-producer of Sun Records, Sam Phillips, Elvis presents two local musicians, guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black. On July 5, the trio recorded That's All Right, Mama with Blue Moon of Kentucky in front B. the hard fate as the Sun July 19. This is the first disc of Elvis. The three partners continue to register and begin play in the region. The drummer D. J. Fontana joined the group in 1955.

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Elvis Presley was a famous and very popular singer from the mid 50s until the era of the Beatles, and then in the latter 60s he made a bit of a comeback. He died in 1977 of a drug overdose/heart attack.


Presley was one of the first white singers to sing in what was called 'colored' style, or "race music", as they called it back then - in other words, he sounded black when he sang. He was from Tupelo, Mississippi, and was no doubt influenced by black jazz, rhythm & blues, and Gospel Music of his day.
He became a huge star and has a huge, fanatical following all over the world. He made a dozen or so movies in the early 60s that also helped him become a movie star as well.

He was 'managed', if not completely controlled, by a publicity agent/manager named "Colonel Parker". Parker managed nearly every facet of Presley's public life - even down to selecting the songs he would record.


One unique thing about Presley is that he never wrote any songs or music himself - he always sang other people's songs.


The era of the Beatles and the British Invasion had a chilling effect on his career - and he was often publicly derogatory about the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and other groups he blamed for his 'fall-off'. He did make a bit of a comeback after a TV special in 1968 but the magic had gone - plus, his original fans were now 15 years older than they were when he first came out.


In his later years, he became a bit of recluse, gaining a lot of weight and suffering from depression and bouts of drug and pain-killer dependency. He died in 1977 in his Memphis mansion, Graceland.

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