Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American businessman, entrepreneur, singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of European-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll, though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral well-being of the European-American youth. In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961), and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.

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Elvis Presley

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Elvis the man who shook up the world

Elvis Presley's Graceland His Life, His Story

Il cantante del luna park

Viva Las Vegas

Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Elvis: The Men Who Knew Him Best

Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody

The Movie Orgy

Elvis Presley Show

Avventura in oriente

Bionde, rosse, brune...

Miliardario... ma bagnino

Paese selvaggio

Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style

The Real Buddy Holly Story

Elvis on Tour

Il monte di Venere

Il delinquente del rock'n'roll

Cento ragazze e un marinaio

For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival

Fermi tutti, cominciamo daccapo!

Guai con le ragazze

Elvis Unleashed

3 fusti, 2 bambole e... 1 tesoro

Fratelli rivali

Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

Amami teneramente

Lo sceriffo scalzo

Per un pugno di donne

La via del male

Cafè Europa

La stella di fuoco

Pugno proibito

L'idolo di Acapulco

Voglio sposarle tutte

Live a Little, Love a Little

Un uomo chiamato charro

Pazzo per le donne

Frankie e Johnny

A tutto gas

Change of Habit

Blue Hawaii

Stay Away, Joe

Paradiso hawaiano

Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii

Elvis & Priscilla: Conditional Love

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961

Elvis in Concert

Mondo Elvis

Scotty - L'amante segreto di Hollywood

Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert

Elvis '68 Comeback Special Edition

Elvis '56

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Elvis: The Other Side

The Elvis Conspiracy

Elvis Presley: The Classic Broadcasts

The Last 24 Hours: Elvis Presley

Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special

Elvis by the Presleys

The King - Luci ed ombre del Re

ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas

Little Richard: I Am Everything

Elvis The Great Performances Vol. 1 Center Stage

The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years

The Definitive Elvis: The Memphis Years

The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel

This Is Elvis

Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley

Elvis Found Alive

Elvis: The Lost Performances

Christmas at Graceland