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Elvis Presley Rock musician

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jan 8, 1935
  • Died: Aug 16, 1977

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King".

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, when he started to work with Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who was to manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number-one hit in the US. He became the leading figure of rock and roll after a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records.

Those people in New York are not gonna change me none.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

I hope I didn't bore you too much with my life story.

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend.

Just because I managed to do a little something, I don't want anyone back home to think I got the big head.

I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money.

Too much TV hurts movies.

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.'

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.

When I get married, it'll be no secret.

I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.

From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.

More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me.

Until we meet again, may God bless you as he has blessed me.

Those movies sure got me into a rut.