Elvis Presley

By Annabelle Bottorff

  • Born

    Tupelo, MS

  • Elvis Presley's First Guitar

    He was 11 years old.

  • Radio Show

    Radio show offered Elvis (age 12) a chance to sing live on air, but he was too shy to go on.

  • First Concert

  • "Heartbreak Hotel"

    His breakthrough hit was Heartbreak Hotel, released in 1956 - a song inspired by a newspaper article about a local suicide.

  • Release of first album

  • Start Military

  • End of Military

  • Grammy's

  • Married

    Priscilla Presley

  • Elvis Presley's Daughter, Born

    Lisa Marie Presley

  • Songs

    At the end of his death they finally realized that Elvis recorded more than 600 songs, but did not write any of them.

  • Death