In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump. == Life and career == === 1935–1953: Early years === ==== Childhood in Tupelo ==== Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis (April 10, 1916 – June 26, 1979) and Gladys Love (née Smith; April 25, 1912 – August 14, 1958) Presley in a two-room shotgun house that his father built for the occasion.
In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump. == Life and career == === 1935–1953: Early years === ==== Childhood in Tupelo ==== Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis (April 10, 1916 – June 26, 1979) and Gladys Love (née Smith; April 25, 1912 – August 14, 1958) Presley in a two-room shotgun house that his father built for the occasion.
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor.
In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump. == Life and career == === 1935–1953: Early years === ==== Childhood in Tupelo ==== Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis (April 10, 1916 – June 26, 1979) and Gladys Love (née Smith; April 25, 1912 – August 14, 1958) Presley in a two-room shotgun house that his father built for the occasion.
In 1938, they lost their home after Vernon was found guilty of altering a check written by his landowner and sometime-employer.
He was jailed for eight months, while Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives. In September 1941, Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where his teachers regarded him as "average".
The contest, held at the Mississippi–Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1945, was his first public performance.
I was very shy about it." In September 1946, Presley entered in a new school, Milam, for sixth grade; he was regarded as a loner.
As they were about to abort and go home, Presley took his guitar and launched into a 1946 blues number, Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right".
Presley was overcome by stage fright the first time, but succeeded in performing the following week. ==== Teenage life in Memphis ==== In November 1948, the family moved to Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1950, he began practicing guitar regularly under the tutelage of Lee Denson, a neighbor two and a half years his senior.
Overcoming his reticence about performing outside the Lauderdale Courts, he competed in Humes' Annual "Minstrel" show in April 1953.
By the time he graduated from high school in June 1953, Presley had already singled out music as his future. === 1953–1956: First recordings === ==== Sam Phillips and Sun Records ==== In August 1953, Presley checked into the offices of Sun Records.
He had attended several shows by Freddie Bell and the Bellboys in Vegas and was struck by their cover of "Hound Dog", a hit in 1953 for blues singer Big Mama Thornton by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
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.
Hold." In January 1954, Presley cut a second acetate at Sun Records—"I'll Never Stand in Your Way" and "It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You"—but again nothing came of it.
He'd do something one time and then he would expand on it real quick." Presley made what would be his only appearance on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry stage on October 2; after a polite audience response, Opry manager Jim Denny told Phillips that his singer was "not bad" but did not suit the program. ==== Louisiana Hayride, radio commercial, and first television performances ==== In November 1954, Presley performed on Louisiana Hayride—the Opry's chief, and more adventurous, rival.
By early 1955, Presley's regular Hayride appearances, constant touring, and well-received record releases had made him a regional star, from Tennessee to West Texas.
At the time, Presley was variously billed as "The King of Western Bop", "The Hillbilly Cat", and "The Memphis Flash". Presley renewed Neal's management contract in August 1955, simultaneously appointing Parker as his special adviser.
Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States.
With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender.
By December, RCA had begun to heavily promote its new singer, and before month's end had reissued many of his Sun recordings. === 1956–1958: Commercial breakout and controversy === ==== First national TV appearances and debut album ==== On January 10, 1956, Presley made his first recordings for RCA in Nashville.
Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work.
In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump. == Life and career == === 1935–1953: Early years === ==== Childhood in Tupelo ==== Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis (April 10, 1916 – June 26, 1979) and Gladys Love (née Smith; April 25, 1912 – August 14, 1958) Presley in a two-room shotgun house that his father built for the occasion.
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.
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.
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor.
Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42. With his rise from poverty to significant fame, Presley's success seemed to epitomize the American Dream.
In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump. == Life and career == === 1935–1953: Early years === ==== Childhood in Tupelo ==== Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis (April 10, 1916 – June 26, 1979) and Gladys Love (née Smith; April 25, 1912 – August 14, 1958) Presley in a two-room shotgun house that his father built for the occasion.
His mother, Gladys, and the rest of the family, apparently believed that her great-great-grandmother, Morning Dove White, was Cherokee; this was confirmed by Elvis's granddaughter Riley Keough in 2017.
In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump. == Life and career == === 1935–1953: Early years === ==== Childhood in Tupelo ==== Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Elvis (April 10, 1916 – June 26, 1979) and Gladys Love (née Smith; April 25, 1912 – August 14, 1958) Presley in a two-room shotgun house that his father built for the occasion.
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