Elvis Aron Presley - The King!!! - Guitar Man

Elvis Aron Presley

The King really needs no introduction.

Rather than choose one of his mainstream songs I have included (yet another!!) personal favourite Elvis Track which doesn't get half as much air-play as his other hits. But I think is DEFINITELY ONE OF HIS BEST (along with, "In The Ghetto" anyway)

Elvis Aron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 at around 4:13 a.m. in a two-room shotgun house in East Tupelo, Mississippi to Vernon Elvis Presley and Gladys Love Smith, a sewing machine operator and a truck driver.

His twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, was stillborn, thus leaving him to grow up as an only child. The surname Presley was Anglicized from the German name "Pressler" during the Civil War.

His ancestor Johann Valentin Pressler emigrated to America in 1710.

Elvis was mostly of Scottish and English descent, although his family tree also includes Native American, German roots.

Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known simply as Elvis, and also known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" or just "The King" was an American singer, music producer and actor. Elvis was a giant in the modern entertainment industry and of American culture. His image is iconic.

Graceland, the estate in Memphis, Tennessee where he lived for 20 years, and died, was designated a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006.

Long after his death at age 42, Presley remains a popular and enigmatic star. Throughout his musical career of over two decades, Presley set records for concert attendance, television ratings and record sales. According to the RIAA, Presley remains the biggest selling solo artist in U.S. music history in 2006, more than a quarter of a century after his death.

He had 104 singles in the US top 40, almost twice as many as the runner-up, with 17 of these reaching number one according to Billboard's 2005 revised methodology.
Presley's continuing worldwide popularity has resulted in his global sales reaching an estimated one billion records to date.

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