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Elvis was born into a poor family in Mississippi.
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On October 3, 1945, he made his first public performance in a singing contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show at the suggestion of his teacher, Mrs.
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Elvis' parents bought him a guitar for his 11th birthday. It was love at first sight.
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In September 1948, the Presley family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, allegedly because Vernon—in addition to needing work—had to escape the law for transporting bootleg liquor.
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In September 1950, Presley occasionally worked evenings as an usher at Loew's State Theater—his first job—to boost the family income, but his mother made him quit as she feared it was affecting his school work.
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On July 18, 1953, Presley went to Sun Records' Memphis Recording Service to record "My Happiness" with "That's When Your Heartaches Begin," supposedly as a present for his mother although it was months after her birthday.
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After doing well on the radio, Elvis and his group performed at a live show. The crowd loved him.
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"Colonel" Tom Parker became Presley's manager, signing him to a one year contract, plus renewals.
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After doing well on the radio, Elvis and his group performed at a live show. The crowd loved him. Then later Elvis got a recording contract with RCA records.
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Elvis Presley was the name of Elvis Presley's debut LP. It was released on RCA Victor, in mono, catalogue number LPM 1254, in March 1956. The album spent ten weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart in 1956, the first rock 'n' roll album ever to make it to the top of the charts.
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Country vocalists The Jordanaires accompanied Presley on The Steve Allen Show and their first recording session together produced "Any Way You Want Me", "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog". The Jordanaires would work with the singer through the 1960s.
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Elvis bought his now-famous home in Memphis, TN. He named it Graceland.
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Elvis was inducted into the United States Army draft. He showed up for duty with pride.
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Gladys Love Smith Presley
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Elvis was honorably discharged from the army. He returned home and made a record-breaking album called GI Blues.
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Elvis met President Richard Nixon at the White House.
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Elvis married a woman named Priscilla.She was an american actress. They had met while Elvis was in the army in Germany.
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Elvis' Lifetime Achievement Award came from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
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Presley's final performance was in Indianapolis at the Market Square Arena,
According to many of his entourage who accompanied him on tour, it was the "best show he had given in a long time" with "some strong singing". -
"Drug use was heavily implicated" in Presley's death, writes Guralnick. "No one ruled out the possibility of anaphylactic shock brought on by the codeine pills ... to which he was known to have had a mild allergy." A pair of lab reports filed two months later each strongly suggested that polypharmacy was the primary cause of death; one reported "fourteen drugs in Elvis' system, ten in significant quantity."
