Elvis Presley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Log in / create account Article Discussion Read View source View history Elvis Presley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page For other uses, see Elvis (disambiguation) and Elvis Presley (disambiguation). Contents a Featured content Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of Elvis Presley Current events the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by Random article the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the Donate to Wikipedia "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". Interaction Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began Help his career there in 1954 when Sun Records owner Sam About Wikipedia Phillips, eager to bring the sound of African-American Community portal music to a wider audience, saw in Presley the means to Recent changes realize his ambition. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Contact Wikipedia Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was one of the originators of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven Toolbox fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor Inc., acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Lift, Print/export Parker, who would manage the singer for overv. Precision two 2011 Inc. 30, decades. Presley's first RCA single, "HeartbreakAugust Hotel ", Languages released in January 1956,Systems, was a number on one hit. He Afrikaans became the leadingLifeline figure ofarchived the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television Publicity photo for Jailhouse Rock (1957) appearancesFlexible and10-35987 chart-topping records. His energized Aragonés No. interpretations of songs, many from African American Background information Azərbaycanca sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him Birth name Elvis Aaron Presley enormously popular—and controversial. In November Беларуская 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Born January 8, 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. Беларуская Conscripted into military service in 1958, Presley (тарашкевіца) relaunched his recording career two years later with Died August 16, 1977 (aged 42) Bikol Central some of his most commercially successful work. He Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. staged few concerts, however, and, guided by Parker, Genres Rock and roll, pop, Bosanski proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making rockabilly, country, blues, Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them Brezhoneg gospel, R&B critically derided. In 1968, after seven years away from Български the stage, he returned to live performance in a celebrated Occupations Musician, actor Català comeback television special that led to an extended Las Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano Česky Vegas concert residency and a string of profitable tours. Years 1953–77 In 1973, Presley staged the first concert broadcast Cymraeg active globally via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii, seen by Dansk approximately 1.5 billion viewers. Prescription drug abuse Labels Sun, RCA Victor Deutsch severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly Associated The Blue Moon Boys, The Eesti in 1977 at the age of 42. acts Jordanaires, The Imperials Ελληνικά Presley is regarded as one of the most important figures Website elvis.com Español of 20th-century popular culture. He had a versatile voice Esperanto and unusually wide success encompassing many genres, Euskara including country, pop ballads, gospel, and blues. He is the best-selling solo artist in the history of popular music.[1][2][3][4] Nominated for 14 competitive Grammys, he won three, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36. He has been inducted into four music halls of fame. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley[08/30/2011 4:53:26 PM] Elvis Presley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fiji Hindi Føroyskt Contents [hide] Français 1 Life and career Frysk 1.1 Early years (1935–53) Gaeilge 1.2 First recordings (1953–55) Gaelg 1.3 Commercial breakout and controversy (1956–58) Gàidhlig 1.4 Military service and mother's death (1958–60) Galego 1.5 Focus on movies (1960–67) 贛語 1.6 Comeback (1968–73) 한국어 1.7 Health deterioration and death (1973–77) 1.8 Since 1977 Hrvatski Ido 2 Musical style 2.1 Influences Bahasa Indonesia 2.2 Genres Íslenska 2.3 Vocal style and range Italiano Questions over cause of death 3 עברית Basa Jawa 4 Racial issues 5 Influence of Colonel Parker and others Kapampangan 5.1 Parker and the Aberbachs 5.2 Memphis Mafia - () 6 Sex symbol Kiswahili 7 Legacy Inc., Кырык мары 8 Discography Lift, Latina 8.1 Number one albums v. Precision30, 2011 Latviešu 8.2 Number one singles Inc. on August Lëtzebuergesch 9 Filmography Systems, Lietuvių 10 See also Lifeline archived Lumbaart Flexible 10-35987 11 NotesNo. Magyar 12 Citations Македонски 13 References 14 Further reading 15 External links Bahasa Melayu Life and career Mirandés Монгол Early years (1935–53) Nāhuatl Nederlands Childhood in Tupelo Nedersaksisch Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, 日本語 Mississippi, to 18-year-old Vernon Elvis and 22-year-old Norsk (bokmål) Gladys Love Presley.[5] In the two-room shotgun house Norsk (nynorsk) built by his father in readiness for the birth, Jesse Garon Occitan Presley, his identical twin brother, was delivered 35 Олык Марий minutes before him, stillborn. As an only child, Presley O'zbek became close to both parents and formed an unusually tight bond with his mother. The family attended an Assembly of God church where he found his initial musical Pangasinan inspiration.[6] Papiamentu Presley's ancestry was primarily a Western European mix: Presley's birthplace in Tupelo, On his mother's side, he was Scots-Irish, with some Polski Mississippi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley[08/30/2011 4:53:26 PM] Elvis Presley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia French Norman; one of Gladys's great-great-grandmothers Português was Cherokee.[7]b His father's forebears were of Română Scottish[8] or German[9] origin. Gladys was regarded by relatives and friends as the dominant Runa Simi member of the small family. Vernon moved from one odd job to the next, evidencing little Русиньскый ambition.[10][11] The family often relied on help from neighbors and government food assistance. In Русский 1938, they lost their home after Vernon was found guilty of altering a check written by the landowner. Sardu He was jailed for eight months, and Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives.[12] Shqip In September 1941, Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where his instructors Sicilianu regarded him as "average".[13] He was encouraged to enter a singing contest after impressing his Simple English schoolteacher with a rendition of Red Foley's country song "Old Shep" during morning prayers. The Slovenčina contest, held at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1945, saw his first public Slovenščina performance: dressed as a cowboy, the ten-year-old Presley stood on a chair to reach the Ślůnski microphone and sang "Old Shep". He recalled placing fifth.[14] A few months later, Presley received for his birthday his first guitar. He had hoped for something else—by different accounts, either a Српски / Srpski bicycle or a rifle.[15][16] Over the following year, he received basic guitar lessons from two of his Srpskohrvatski / uncles and the new pastor at the family's church. Presley recalled, "I took the guitar, and I watched Српскохрватски people, and I learned to play a little bit. But I would never sing in public. I was very shy about it."[17] Suomi Entering a new school, Milam, for sixth grade in September 1946, Presley was regarded as a loner. Svenska The following year, he began bringing his guitar in on a daily basis. He would play and sing during Tagalog lunchtime, and was often teased as a "trashy" kid who played hillbilly music. The family was by then living in a largely African American neighborhood.[18] A devotee of Mississippi Slim's show on the Tupelo radio station WELO, Presley was described as "crazy about music" by Slim's younger brother, Тоҷикӣ a classmate of Presley's, who often took him in to the station. Slim supplemented Presley's guitar [19] Türkçe tuition by demonstrating chord techniques. When his protégé was 12 years old, Slim scheduled him for two on-air performances. Presley was overcome by stageInc., fright the first time, but succeeded Українська Lift, in performing the following week.[20] v. Precision 2011 Inc. 30, Tiếng Việt Teenage life in Memphis August Volapük Systems, on In November 1948, the family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. After residing for nearly a year in Winaray Lifeline archived rooming houses, they were granted a two-bedroom apartment in the public housing complex known Flexible 10-35987 as the Courts.No.[21] Enrolled at Humes High School, Presley received only a C in music in eighth Yorùbá grade. When his music teacher told him he had no aptitude for singing, he brought in his guitar the 粵語 next day and sang a recent hit, "Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Me", in an effort to prove Žemaitėška otherwise. A classmate later recalled that the teacher "agreed that Elvis was right when he said that 中文 she didn't appreciate his kind of singing."[22] He was generally too shy to perform openly, and was occasionally bullied by classmates who viewed him as a "mama's boy".[23] In 1950, he began practicing guitar regularly under the tutelage of Jesse Lee Denson, a neighbor two-and-a-half years his senior. They and three other boys—including two future rockabilly pioneers, brothers Dorsey and Johnny Burnette—formed a loose musical collective that played frequently around the Courts.[24] That September, he began ushering at Loew's State Theater.[25] Other jobs followed during his school years: Precision Tool, Loew's again, and MARL Metal Products.[26] During his junior year, Presley began to stand out more among his classmates, largely because of his appearance: he grew out his sideburns and styled his hair with rose oil and Vaseline.