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Elvis Presley, "King of Rock n' Roll", is born
January 8, 1935
Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S
Elvis Aaron Presley had a twin named Jessie Garon Presley. Sadly, Jessie was stillborn -
Elvis Presleys Teenage Life
Elvis Presley recieved a C average in music for eighth grade. When his teacher told him he had no aptitude for singing he brought in a guitar and sang a recent hit "Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Me". -
Elvis Presley lied to get a job.
Elvis Presley lied about his age so he can get a job at uphol stereo speakers company -
Elvis Graduates High School.
Elvis graduated from L.C. Humes High School. -
Elvis Presley's first Album.
The Elvis Presley album, Elvis Presley's first album is released and it sells over one million copies. -
Elvis Presley on the Milton Berle Show
Elvis Presley preformed on the Milton Berle Show on June 5th on NBC's Hollywood Studio. During Mr. Presley's preformance he used energetic exagerated body movement which caused a storm of contoversy. -
Elvis Presley's first motion Picture, "Love me Tender".
Elvis also started making movies in 1956, his first film was "Love Me Tender", acting had been his dream for a long time. -
Elvis Presley sails to Honolulu, Hawaii
Elvis Presley's mom doesn'y like elvis flying all the time so he sails to honolulu, Hawaii. He lived there from 1957-1977. -
Elvis Presley joined the military and lost his mother.
Elvis Presley joined the military and went on a two week leave, his mother was diagnosed with hepatitis which worsened very rapidly. Elvis ordered for an emergeny leave and just two days after he arrived to his mother, she died of heart failure. -
Elvis Presley is back!
Mr. Presley returned to television on May 12th as a guest on the Frank Sinatra Timex Special which was pretty ironic for both stars, given Sinatra excoriation of rock and roll. -
The Beatles visit Elvis
The Beatles visit with Elvis for several hours at his home in California and have an informal jam. -
Elvis Presley visited the President.
Elvis Presley visited the Rresident Richard Rixon at the white house and asked him if he could be a federal agent-at-large in the bureau of narcotics and dangrous drugs. -
Elvis's preforms his last concert.
Elvis performs his last concert at Indianapolis' Market Square Arena. -
Elvis Presley died at age 42 in Memphis Tennessee
Approximately 80,000 people lined up where Elvis Presley's body was buried next to his mother. Billy Mann accepted $18,000 to secretly photograph the corpse, his picture ended up on the National Enquirer's biggest selling issue ever. -
Elvis Presley, important Quotes
Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.
--Elvis Presley When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis.
--Elvis Presley When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.
--Elvis Presley
