Elvis Aaron Presley

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Elvis Aaron Presley Born January 8, 1935 Died
August 16, 1997
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• Elvis was born in Tupelo Mississippi.
• He had a twin brother named Jessie Garon Presley
  who died at birth.
• In 1948 Elvis and his mother moved to Memphis
  Tennessee.

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• Musical Influences Pop, R B,Country, and
  Gospel.
• His singing career began in 1954 with Sun records.

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Elvis made 33 films and sold over one billion
records.
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14 Grammy nominations and 3 wins, as well as the
Grammy lifetime achievement award at the age of
36.
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In 1956 Elvis made three appearances on the Ed
Sullivan show. More than 42 million viewers-82.6
percent of the national television audience tuned
in to see Elvis the pelvis do his thing. Ed
Sullivan introduce Elvis by telling the viewers
that this is a decent, fine boy yet he still
ordered the cameras to film only from the waist
up.
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Elvis severed two years in the united States Army.
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• He married Priscilla on May 1, 1967.
• They had one daughter on February 1,1968 and
  named her Lisa Marie.
• They divorced in 1973.

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Elvis spent the late 60s and 70s (until his
death) performing concerts around the world.
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Elvis Presley the King of Rock-and-Roll