[485] His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. Album Honors", "Elvis Presley: Head Trauma, Autoimmunity, Pain, and Early Death", "Elvis Presley's Billboard Chart Records", "Elvis Presley Earns Highest-Charting Billboard Hot 100 Hit Since 1981 as 'Blue Christmas' Jingles In at No. [example needed][386][387] Notable among African-American entertainers expressly rejecting this view was Jackie Wilson, who argued, "A lot of people have accused Elvis of stealing the black man's music, when in fact, almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis. 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. [250] Presley and his wife filed for divorce on August 18. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. [363] The number five "She's Not You" (1962) "integrates the Jordanaires so completely, it's practically doo-wop". "[265] More recent research has revealed that Francisco did not speak for the entire pathology team. [479][480], As an album artist, Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He. [62] At the end of the month, they appeared at the Overton Park Shell, with Slim Whitman headlining. Headquarters Company, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, Gordon Stoker backing vocals, piano, organ, accordion, percussion (195659, 196068, 196971; died 2013), Hoyt Hawkins backing vocals, piano, organ, percussion (195659, 196068, 196971; died 1980), Hugh Jarrett backing vocals (195658; died 2008), Bobby Emmons electric piano, organ (1969), Red West, Sonny West, and Dave Hebler as told to, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 04:25. "I think I was . "[427], Larry Geller became Presley's hairdresser in 1964. It was like he whispered his dream in all our ears and then we dreamed it, said Springsteen at the time of Presleys death. He was scheduled to perform 57 shows over four weeks, beginning July 31. According to Guralnick, one can hear "in the halting chords and the somewhat stumbling rhythm both the unmistakable emotion and the equally unmistakable valuing of emotion over technique. I know that. April 15, 2015 On July 18th, 1953, an 18-year-old then-unknown Elvis Presley walked into Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue, the home of Sam Phillips' Sun Records in Memphis, where. "Elvis was viewed as a joke by serious music lovers and a has-been to all but his most loyal fans. [107] Presley's gyrations created a storm of controversy. "[36], Presley, who received no formal music training and could not read music, studied and played by ear. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elvis-Presley, Memphis Music Hall of Fame - Biography of Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), Elvis Presley - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up), Q&A: Austin Butler on what 'Elvis' taught him about fear, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1986), Elvis Presley's single Milkcow Blues Boogie. He was on the verge of quitting until Presley ordered the Hill and Range personnel out of the studio. "[215] In May, the brand-new International Hotel in Las Vegas, boasting the largest showroom in the city, announced that it had booked Presley. [186], G.I. Although none of them became a national hit, by August 1955, when he released the fifth, Mystery Train, arguably his greatest record ever, he had attracted a substantial Southern following for his recordings, his live appearances in regional roadhouses and clubs, and his radio performances on the nationally aired Louisiana Hayride. "[127], The audience response at Presley's live shows became increasingly fevered. RCA Victor publicity referred to its "mild rock beat"; discographer Ernst Jorgensen calls it "upbeat pop". I don't want to do anything to make people dislike me. . "[446] John Lennon said that "Nothing really affected me until Elvis. [225] Presley never grew comfortable with the Hollywood scene, and most of these relationships were insubstantial. He sings country songs, soul songs and rockers with real conviction, a stunning achievement. [19][20] The family often relied on help from neighbors and government food assistance. [227] In late February, Presley performed six attendance-recordbreaking shows at the Houston Astrodome. June Juanico of Memphis, one of Presley's early girlfriends, later blamed Parker for encouraging him to choose his dating partners with publicity in mind. The family attended an Assembly of God church, where he found his initial musical inspiration. The films' rapid production and release scheduleshe frequently starred in three a yearaffected his music. Orlando discussed how much Elvis liked the song. [114] Just before the final rehearsal for the show, Presley told a reporter, "I'm holding down on this show. He was jailed for eight months, while Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives. In the first, shot in Omaha on June 19, Presley's voice, Guralnick writes, "is almost unrecognizable, a small, childlike instrument in which he talks more than sings most of the songs, casts about uncertainly for the melody in others, and is virtually unable to articulate or project". He knew all of Hank Snow's songs,[37] and he loved records by other country singers such as Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Ted Daffan, Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmie Davis, and Bob Wills. He was 42 years old. Moore recalled, "He'd start out, 'You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog,' and they'd just go to pieces. "[372] Marsh describes the vocal performance on "Can't Help Falling in Love" as one of "gentle insistence and delicacy of phrasing", with the line "'Shall I stay' pronounced as if the words are fragile as crystal". [111] To Presley's displeasure, he soon found himself being referred to as "Elvis the Pelvis", which he called "one of the most childish expressions I ever heard, comin' from an adult". "[149] Asked for a response, Presley said, "I admire the man. 1954, Elvis had a chance to sing at The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. Letra para The First Noel (2008) por Elvis Presley. Elvis sang in public for the first time when he was 10 years old. He moved his body with a lack of pretension and effort that must have made Jim Morrison green with envy. Elvis said he had 'never had a singing lesson in his life' According to Wolfson, quoting Jerry Osborne in his 2000 book Elvis: Word for Word, Elvis made it clear in one 1956 interview that. [93] Extending Presley's by-now customary backup of Moore, Black, Fontana, and Hayride pianist Floyd Cramerwho had been performing at live club dates with PresleyRCA Victor enlisted guitarist Chet Atkins and three background singers, including Gordon Stoker of the popular Jordanaires quartet, to fill in the sound. "[117] In August, a judge in Jacksonville, Florida, ordered Presley to tame his act. Chuck D said that he had intended to attack white culture which hailed Presley as a "king" without acknowledging the black artists before him. Elvis Presley's tale began in 1953 when an 18-year-old Elvis entered a recording studio to cut two songs on an acetate disc for $4. "[121] In fact, Presley was shown head-to-toe in the first and second shows. 1954 In 1954, Elvis began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. [435], For much of his adult life, Presley, with his rise from poverty to riches and fame, had seemed to epitomize the American Dream. His license was suspended for three months. [216] Costume designer Bill Belew, responsible for the intense leather styling of the Comeback Special, created a new stage look for Presley, inspired by Presley's passion for karate. [353] In "That's All Right", the Presley trio's first record, Scotty Moore's guitar solo, "a combination of Merle Travisstyle country finger-picking, double-stop slides from acoustic boogie, and blues-based bent-note, single-string work, is a microcosm of this fusion". In early 1958 Elvis Presley was drafted by the U.S. Army. As Keisker reported, "Over and over I remember Sam saying, 'If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars. [247] The Presleys separated on February 23, 1972, after Priscilla disclosed her relationship with Mike Stone, a karate instructor Presley had recommended to her. A journalist with the national African-American weekly Jet, Louie Robinson, pursued the story. Bond rejected him after a tryout, advising Presley to stick to truck driving "because you're never going to make it as a singer". Yet, in every appearance on television, he appeared affable, polite, and soft-spoken, almost shy. To further take advantage of Presley's popularity, four musical numbers were added to what was originally a straight acting role. Preachers frequently objected to the lewd movements but audiences reacted with screams and swoons. [285] Perhaps his most critically acclaimed recording of the era came that year, with what Greil Marcus described as his "apocalyptic attack" on the soul classic "Hurt". [313] While a 1981 trial of Presley's main physician, George C. Nichopoulos, exonerated him of criminal liability for his death, the facts were startling: "In the first eight months of 1977 alone, he had [prescribed] more than 10,000 doses of sedatives, amphetamines, and narcotics: all in Elvis' name." Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis and Gladys Love (ne Smith) Presley in a two-room shotgun house that his father built for the occasion. "[97] It became the first rock and roll album to top the Billboard chart, a position it held for 10 weeks. A few days later, Presley made an outdoor concert appearance in Memphis, at which he announced, "You know, those people in New York are not gonna change me none. Though the camerawork was relatively discreet during his debut, with leg-concealing closeups when he danced, the studio audience reacted in customary style: screaming. January 08 1946 January 08 Elvis Presley receives his first guitar In competing versions of the story, what Elvis Presley really wanted for his birthday was a rifle or a bicycleboth fairly. 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. On the set of Jailhouse Rock, Presley granted Robinson an interview, though he was no longer dealing with the mainstream press. In his free time, he would head down to Beale Street, the heart of Memphis's thriving blues scene, and gaze longingly at the wild, flashy clothes in the windows of Lansky Brothers. [348] In the 68 Comeback Special, Elvis took over on lead electric guitar, the first time he had ever been seen with the instrument in public, playing it on songs such as "Baby What You Want Me to Do" and "One Night". Sun received a total of $35,000; Elvis got $5,000. [137] Two days later, the Memphis draft board announced that Presley would be classified 1-A and would probably be drafted sometime that year. Alexander now serves as Graceland's Ambassador. Some of the songs, like "That's All Right", were in what one Memphis journalist described as the "R&B idiom of negro field jazz"; others, like "Blue Moon of Kentucky", were "more in the country field", "but there was a curious blending of the two different musics in both". He was devastated by the book, and tried unsuccessfully to halt its publication by offering money to the publishers. [412], Lacker was instrumental in convincing Presley to record with Memphis producer Chips Moman and his handpicked musicians at American Sound Studio in early 1969. Elvis was big, then he got bigger. "[428] Thereafter, Geller supplied him with books on religion and mysticism, which Presley read voraciously. [159], On March 24, 1958, Presley was drafted into the United States Army at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. By 1968 the changes in the music world had overtaken Presleyboth movie grosses and record sales had fallen. She recalled of their encounter, "He was so anti-drug when I met him. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. Phillips quickly began taping; this was the sound he had been looking for. An extraordinary compass and a very wide range of vocal color have something to do with this divergence of opinion. [286] Dave Marsh wrote of Presley's performance: "If he felt the way he sounded, the wonder isn't that he had only a year left to live but that he managed to survive that long. Though they were brought back on a per diem basis a few weeks later, it was clear that they had not been part of Presley's inner circle for some time. "[253], In January 1973, Presley performed two benefit concerts for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in connection with a groundbreaking TV special, Aloha from Hawaii, which would be the first concert by a solo artist to be aired globally. [93] Parker finally brought Presley to national television, booking him on CBS's Stage Show for six appearances over two months. Billed as "The Atomic Powered Singer," the rising star had just . [300] "For some reason perhaps involving a reaction to the codeine and attempts to move his bowels he experienced pain and fright while sitting on the toilet. Of the $40,000, $5,000 covered back royalties owed by Sun. Several weeks worth of recording sessions ensued with a band consisting of Presley, guitarist Scotty Moore, and bassist Bill Black. "[410] Presley's friend Marty Lacker regarded Parker as a "hustler and a con artist. She was laid to rest at her father's Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee , on January 22. In reality, had he lived, he would have been an octogenarian. [487] He has the third-most gold singles (54, behind Drake and Taylor Swift),[488] and the eighth-most platinum singles (27). It was to be Presley's last public performance for seven years. In 1950, he began practicing guitar regularly under the tutelage of Lee Denson, a neighbor two and a half years his senior. [338], In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film Elvis, a biopic about Presley's life, was released in theaters. FREDDIE MERCURY loved Elvis Presley from the beginning and revealed the cheeky truth behind his personal tribute to The King. [23][24] Over the following year, he received basic guitar lessons from two of his uncles and the new pastor at the family's church. [13] His mother and the rest of the family believed that her great-great-grandmother, Morning Dove White, was Cherokee. Best received by critics was Elvis Country, a concept record that focused on genre standards. [75][76] Presley made his first television appearance on the KSLA-TV television broadcast of Louisiana Hayride. [306], While an autopsy, undertaken the same day Presley died, was still in progress, Memphis medical examiner Jerry Francisco announced that the immediate cause of death was cardiac arrest. Francisco had not only presumed to speak for the hospital's team of pathologists, he had announced a conclusion that they had not reached. Much of Elvis in Memphis, as well as "Suspicious Minds", cut at the same sessions, reflected this new rock and soul fusion. By Stefan Kyriazis 20:02, Mon, Dec 30, 2019 | UPDATED: 20:36, Mon, Dec . There are no jeans because Mr. Presley grew up in public housing, and, Mr. Kern said, "denim reminded Elvis of being poor, so he did not wear denim as an adult." (Elvis did wear jeans in some movies, when the character called for it. All 119 References in We Didnt Start the Fire, Explained. [105] After a show in La Crosse, Wisconsin, an urgent message on the letterhead of the local Catholic diocese's newspaper was sent to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. "[150], Leiber and Stoller were again in the studio for the recording of Elvis' Christmas Album. He'd do something one time and then he would expand on it real quick. He asked Nixon for a Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge, to add to similar items he had begun collecting and to signify official sanction of his patriotic efforts. In the mid-1970s, many of his singles found a home on country radio, the field where he first became a star. Grossly overweight, his mind dulled by the pharmacopia he daily ingested, he was barely able to pull himself through his abbreviated concerts. '"[209], Buoyed by the experience of the Comeback Special, Presley engaged in a prolific series of recording sessions at American Sound Studio, which led to the acclaimed From Elvis in Memphis. [93] While Presley was not an innovative guitarist like Moore or contemporary African-American rockers Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, cultural historian Gilbert B. Rodman argued that the album's cover image, "of Elvis having the time of his life on stage with a guitar in his hands played a crucial role in positioning the guitar as the instrument that best captured the style and spirit of this new music. As described by Bobbie Ann Mason, "At the end of the show, when he spreads out his American Eagle cape, with the full stretched wings of the eagle studded on the back, he becomes a god figure. By 1977 journalist Tony Scherman, "Presley had become a grotesque caricature of his sleek, energetic former self.". '"[225] Presley was not only deeply opposed to recreational drugs, he also rarely drank. Pressed on whether he had learned anything from the criticism to which he was being subjected, Presley responded, "No, I haven't, I don't feel like I'm doing anything wrong. (For a variety of reasons, he never performed outside North America.) "Elvis was surrounded by black . May 1967: Elvis and Priscilla Presley go on a honeymoon Following their nuptials, the pair spent a full month at a five-bedroom, five-bathroom estate in Palm Springs, California, called the. [103] He began a tour of the Midwest in mid-May, taking in 15 cities in as many days. This sound was the hallmark of the five singles Presley released on Sun over the next year. [188] As described by John Robertson, it exemplifies the Nashville sound, the restrained, cosmopolitan style that would define country music in the 1960s. His gospel album He Touched Me, released that month, would earn him his second Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance, for that year's Grammy Awards. "[315] Writer Frank Coffey thought Presley's death was due to "a phenomenon called the Valsalva maneuver (essentially straining on the toilet leading to heart stoppageplausible because Elvis suffered constipation, a common reaction to drug use)". [351], Presley was a central figure in the development of rockabilly, according to music historians. They arrived at a startling synthesis, eventually dubbed rockabilly, retaining many of the originals blues inflections but with Presleys high tenor voice adding a lighter touch and with the basic rhythm striking a much more supple groove. Those who regarded him as commercial hype without talent expected him to fade away. No, Elvis never sang or recorded Leonard Cohens "Hallelujah", since that song was written 7 years after Elvis died. [194] As the decade wore on, the quality of the soundtrack songs grew "progressively worse". [347] Presley played lead guitar on one of his successful singles called "Are You Lonesome Tonight". I think Jailhouse Rock is coming out September 16th release date. [e] According to Whitburn's analysis, Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna;[469] per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Some commentators have claimed that Parker orchestrated an appearance of censorship to generate publicity. The historian Marty Jezer wrote that Presley began the "biggest pop craze" since Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra and brought rock and roll to mainstream culture: "As Presley set the artistic pace, other artists followed. His television appearances, especially those on Ed Sullivans Sunday night variety show, set records for the size of the audiences. [184][185], Presley returned to television on May 12 as a guest on The Frank Sinatra Timex Specialironic for both stars, given Sinatra's earlier excoriation of rock and roll. A Musical Melting Pot Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. [135] In his first full year at RCA Victor, then the record industry's largest company, Presley had accounted for over 50 percent of the label's singles sales. [26] Presley was a devotee of Mississippi Slim's show on the Tupelo radio station WELO. [395] In his Presley obituary, Lester Bangs credited him as "the man who brought overt blatant vulgar sexual frenzy to the popular arts in America". In this way, it is likely that Presley's heavy . Upon his return to the States, he picked up pretty much where he had left off, churning out a series of more than 30 movies (from Blue Hawaii [1961] to Change of Habit [1969]) over the next eight years, almost none of which fit any genre other than Elvis movie, which meant a light comedic romance with musical interludes. Following the show, he became obsessed with the idea that the men had been sent by Mike Stone to kill him. Presley was already a flamboyant personality, with relatively long greased-back hair and wild-coloured clothing combinations, but his full musical personality did not emerge until he and the band began playing with blues singer Arthur (Big Boy) Crudups song Thats All Right Mama in July 1954. [10], In September 1941, Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where his teachers regarded him as "average". "[209] Binder said of Presley's reaction, "I played Elvis the 60-minute show, and he told me in the screening room, 'Steve, it's the greatest thing I've ever done in my life. It was Presley's third straight number-one album. He responded, "That's fine for me, now how much can you get for Elvis? "[98], On April 3, Presley made the first of two appearances on NBC's Milton Berle Show. The great joke was that we were taking [illegal] drugs, and look what happened to him", a reference to Presley's early death, linked to prescription drug abuse. [39][40] He was a regular audience member at the monthly All-Night Singings downtown, where many of the white gospel groups that performed reflected the influence of African-American spiritual music. [416] In 1968, he remarked, "Before too long I'm going to make some personal appearance tours. He could not read or write music and had no formal lessons, and played everything by ear. [345] Presley played the bass line including the intro. [132], On December 4, Presley dropped into Sun Records where Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis were recording and had an impromptu jam session along with Johnny Cash. It is sung, played and written, for the most part, by cretinous goons. Also known as Welcome Home Elvis, the show had been taped in late March, the only time all year Presley performed in front of an audience. [384] Into the 21st century, the notion that Presley had "stolen" black music still found adherents. [32] That September, he began working as an usher at Loew's State Theater. [30] He was usually too shy to perform openly and was occasionally bullied by classmates who viewed him as a "mama's boy".[31]. His style of musiccombining country (called hillbilly in those days), gospel, blues, pop crooning, and rhythm and blues with his unique singing and dancing talentscan truly be said to have originated a particular brand of rock 'n' roll later dubbed rockabilly . In late April, Presley began a two-week residency at the New Frontier Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Joseph Davis, who had conducted thousands of autopsies as Miami-Dade County coroner,[314] declared at its completion, "There is nothing in any of the data that supports a death from drugs. ELVIS PRESLEY's first live performance took place 75 years ago this week and he finished far from first place. Austin Butler has taken some flack for holding onto his Elvis accent long after actually playing Elvis. One of the examiners, E. Eric Muirhead, "could not believe his ears. Another associate of Presley's, John O'Grady, argued that the bodyguards were dropped because their rough treatment of fans had prompted too many lawsuits. He was 19 years old; a good-looking boy with acne on his neck, long sideburns, and long, greasy hair combed in a ducktail that he had to keep patting down. His one specialty is an accented movement of the body primarily identified with the repertoire of the blond bombshells of the burlesque runway. His outbursts continued with such intensity that a physician was unable to calm him, despite administering large doses of medication. He later claimed that he intended the record as a birthday gift for his mother, or that he was merely interested in what he "sounded like", although there was a much cheaper, amateur record-making service at a nearby general store. When Presley began recording for RCA in January 1956, he did in fact request The Jordanaires for his first-ever session with backing vocalists, but Chet Atkins instead hired brothers Ben and Brock Speer to sing with 31-year-old Gordon Stoker. [405] Other respected songwriters lost interest in or simply avoided writing for Presley because of the requirement that they surrender a third of their usual royalties. They and three other boysincluding two future rockabilly pioneers, brothers Dorsey and Johnny Burnetteformed a loose musical collective that played frequently around the Courts. Recording sessions for the King Creole soundtrack were held in Hollywood in mid-January 1958. [296] Presley's final concert was held in Indianapolis at Market Square Arena, on June 26, 1977. From John Lennon to Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan to Prince, it was impossible to think of a rock star of any importance who did not owe an explicit debt to Presley. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmed rehearsal and concert footage at the International during August for the documentary Elvis: That's the Way It Is. [321], Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), the Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), the Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), the Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007), and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). But, as with artistic merit, the commercial returns steadily diminished. [278][279] All three of his competitive Grammy wins out of 14 total nominations were for gospel recordings. It was amazing how popular I became in school after that. The London Palladium offered Parker US$28,000 (equivalent to $207,000 in 2021) for a one-week engagement. He walked on stage and held onto the mic for the first thirty minutes like it was a post. I mentioned to him that I smoked marijuana, and he was just appalled. A release date for "Love Me Tender" is August 12. Priscilla said that due to their age difference, when they met, he told her: "Why, youre just a baby.[173] They would eventually marry after a seven-and-a-half-year courtship. It topped the charts in over 20 countries and was included in a compilation of Presley's number-one hits, ELV1S, which was also an international success. The physician who delivered him wrote "Elvis Aaron Presley" in his ledger. On hearing reports of the meeting, Paul McCartney later said that he "felt a bit betrayed. Literally millions of peoplean entire generation or twodefined their sense of personal style and ambition in terms that Elvis first personified. It also included a reimagined duet with Lisa Marie, on the album's title track. [196] The Jordanaires' Gordon Stoker describes how Presley would retreat from the studio microphone: "The material was so bad that he felt like he couldn't sing it. Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977), often referred to mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer, actor and Sergeant in the United States Army.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 . He not only injected the tunes with his own vocal character but also made guitar, not piano, the lead instrument in all three cases. Elvis' breakthroughs are underappreciated because in this rock-and-roll age, his hard-rocking music and sultry style have triumphed so completely. [349] Presley played the back of his guitar on some of his hits such as "All Shook Up", "Don't Be Cruel", and "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear", providing percussion by slapping the instrument to create a beat. [110] Ed Sullivan, whose own variety show was the nation's most popular, declared him "unfit for family viewing". How did Elvis die? One of Presley's cousins, Billy Mann, accepted US$18,000 (equivalent to $80,000 in 2021) to secretly photograph the body; the picture appeared on the cover of the National Enquirer's biggest-selling issue ever. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. Among the 27 films he made during the 1960s, there were a few further exceptions. The correct spelling of his middle name has long been a matter of debate. He began recording at RCAs studios in Nashville, Tennessee, with a somewhat larger group of musicians but still including Moore, Black, and Fontana, and began to create a national sensation with a series of hits: Heartbreak Hotel, Dont Be Cruel, and Love Me Tender (all 1956), All Shook Up (1957), and more. [174] Media reports echoed Presley's concerns about his career, but RCA Victor producer Steve Sholes and Freddy Bienstock of Hill and Range had carefully prepared for his two-year hiatus. "[182] As a whole, the record "conjured up the vision of a performer who could be all things", according to music historian John Robertson: "a flirtatious teenage idol with a heart of gold; a tempestuous, dangerous lover; a gutbucket blues singer; a sophisticated nightclub entertainer; [a] raucous rocker".
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