Elvis Presley

DOB: 1935-01-08

DOD: 1977-08-16

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll, though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African-Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral well-being of the White American youth. In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961), and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.

Starred In

1964
Movie

Roustabout

1964
Movie

Viva Las Vegas

1968
Movie

The Movie Orgy

1965
Movie

Harum Scarum

1967
Movie

Clambake

1972
Movie

Elvis on Tour

1964
Movie

Kissin' Cousins

1957
Movie

Jailhouse Rock

1967
Movie

Double Trouble

2019
Movie

Elvis Unleashed

1967
Movie

Easy Come, Easy Go

1956
Movie

Love Me Tender

1957
Movie

Loving You

1962
Movie

Follow That Dream

1965
Movie

Tickle Me

1958
Movie

King Creole

1960
Movie

G.I. Blues

1960
Movie

Flaming Star

1962
Movie

Kid Galahad

1963
Movie

Fun in Acapulco

1966
Movie

Spinout

1969
Movie

Charro!

1965
Movie

Girl Happy

1966
Movie

Frankie and Johnny

1968
Movie

Speedway

1969
Movie

Change of Habit

1961
Movie

Blue Hawaii

1968
Movie

Stay Away, Joe

1977
Movie

Elvis in Concert

1984
Movie

Mondo Elvis

1988
Movie

Elvis '56

2018
Movie

The King

1981
Movie

This Is Elvis

2012
Movie

Elvis Found Alive

2022
Movie

Rat Pack

2020
Movie

Double Elvis

2023
Movie

Rock: the origin

1990
Movie

The Elvis Files

1993
Movie

Private Elvis

2013
Movie

Propaganda

2024
Movie

My Way

2000
Movie

One Night With You

2017
Movie

Free to Rock

2003
Movie

Elvis: The Journey

2005
Movie

Why Elvis?

1994
Movie

The Elvis I Knew

2018
Movie

Game Changers

2018
Movie

Elvis: Strung Out

2020
Movie

My Darling Vivian

2009
Movie

Sweet Karolynne

1994
Movie

Forrest Gump

2006
Movie

Året var 1956

2022
Movie

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