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Elvis Presley was a musician, singer, and actor. He changed everything with his dancing, attitude, and music. Presley was born on January 8, 1935. He lived in Tupelo, Mississippi and moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was 13 years old in 1948. The Presley family went to a catholic church and that is where Elvis got his inspiration for music and got his first guitar at eleven. From there his music career started in 1955. The music genre he performed was rock and roll, pop, country, gospel, and blues

Tupelo, Mississippi, during his childhood. His family was poor, so in 1948, Elvis Presley’s dad, Aron Presley and mom, Gladys Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee. He finished high school there and then found his first job; it was as a truck driver. Even though Elvis Presley’s early singing was influenced by his gospel roots, when the family moved to Memphis, Elvis Presley was introduced to more varieties of music. This was mostly country western with rhythm and blues. When Elvis Presley was twenty-years

The summer after graduation (1953), Elvis stopped by the Memphis Recording Service and records a demo of “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin” as a birthday present for his mom. Sam Phillips, the producer, told his assistant to write him down in his notes. A year later, Sam Phillips called Elvis

Elvis Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in 1935. Gladys was very influential in leading Elvis towards his singing career. Elvis's accomplishments were also influenced by a man named Sam Philips, the owner of a Memphis recording studio. This led him to becoming a national phenomenon. Cloud David quoted, "The Rock and Roll philosophy created Elvis Presley and it killed Elvis Presley," (Cloud, 1999). Many people think what created Elvis to become so famous also brought him towards his downfall

Elvis Presley who grew up to be a brilliant star I. Introduction One of the most significant characters in the music history is Elvis Presley, a man who was born to be a star and to earn a widespread fame throughout his musical style. The king of pop “n” roll as he is entitled was born in 1935, Tupelo for a family used to move frequently from place to another. By attending the assembly of church, Elvis raised to have a strong faith in God where the gospel music had a great influence for him

Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. The question is was Martin Luther King assassination justified? Martin Luther King assassination wasn't justified. His assassination wasn't justified because they probably killed him because of hate, racism, and he was giving black people the right to stand up for themselves. Martin Luther King was shot standing on a balcony outside his second floor room

source is an article that was written by Jean Yothers, a reporter for the Orlando Sentinel. It happened at Orlando, Florida in May 1955. A local Texas music promoter named Tom Perryman, was describing some early Elvis shows to Last Train to Memphis author Peter Guralnick. About some 20-year-old rockabilly star capturing audiences by his rich resonant voice, ostentatious dance styles and his music variety of gospel, country-and-western and R&B rhythms. He describes how no one has

Elvis Presley is known as the King of Rock n Roll. His career span was from 1954 to 1997. He had 50 total records. Personal obstacles Elvis’ faced, he got married to Priscilla Presley in 1967. A year later he and Priscilla had a daughter. Unfortunately their marriage didn’t last and they got a divorce in 1973. After he and Priscilla got divorced, he started to get addicted to prescription drugs. He also had high blood pressure, liver damage, glaucoma and an enlarged colon. He died from a heart attack

This is a story about the famous rock and roll. He loved to play guitar but when he was little he wanted a rifle but his mom told him to get a guitar. When he got his guitar he would bring it to school every day he would play for his classmates and even the principle liked his music. When he grew up he was poor but when he played guitar the principal wanted him to play live. In his high school years he graduated from Humes high school on june 3, 1953. When elvis graduated he worked at parker machinists

erratic. He began to become unhealthy and gain allot of weight. He also started taking allot of prescription drugs and harmful things that caused him to have a heart attack at the age 42. His body was buried in Graceland with his family, located in Memphis, Tennessee. The day after his death, Elvis’s dad, Vernon Presley opened Graceland for the public to pay their respects. Sadly, many people tried to take the remains of Elvis, so Elvis and his mom were moved to a more secure part of Graceland. Elvis