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Elvis Presley came from a very poor family. He was born on 8 January 1935 in Mississipi.
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Elvis loved music, and when he was 13 years old, his mother bought him a guitar. In the same year Elvis and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee.
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One day in 1954 he went to a recording studio called Sun Records. He wanted to make a record for his mother’s birthday. The secretary at the studio heard Elvis and she told her boss, Sam Phillips. Phillips became Elvis’ manager and Elvis made his first single.
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In 1955 Elvis appeared on TV in New York.
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After his first time appearing on a T.V program, a year later he decided to go to Hollywood and make his first film "Love Me Tender"
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In 1958 Elvis joined the American army and went to Germany.
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When he returned to the United States in the early 60s, pop music was not the same. British groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were the new stars.
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Elvis was a millionaire, but he was very lonely man. In his last years he became fat and depressed. He died of a heart attack on 16 August 1977 in his mansion at Graceland, Memphis.