INTRODUCTION
Elvis Aaron
Presley, better known as Elvis Presley was the first Rock and Roll famous singer. His voice
was powerful and seductive and he became an idol as a bat out of hell, he has
fans until nowadays.
HISTORY
He started
playing music at the age of 11, when his mum gifted him a guitar for his
birthday. In 1953 he graduated and he started working in many different jobs,
he worked at the same time as he was trying to get famous with music.
He recorded
his first single, “That’s all right”, in 1954, it was the first of a big list
of hits. He was
everywhere, on the radio, on the television even he appeared on many films as the main character! But
soon he had to stop singing and acting because his nation needed him, he went to Germany
with an operation of the USA army for a year and a half.
He returned
to the USA in 1960 and he get back the fame he has lost while he was in the
army. He made new films, those weren’t very good but the soundtrack was genial
because was Presley who composed it.
Since then
he has launched new hits, albums and soundtracks for films until he died in 1977, at
the age of 43 because of the drug addiction he has.
FAMOUS
ALBUMS
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“Elvis
Presley” 1956
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“Elvis”
1956
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“King
Coreole” 1958
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“Elvis
is back” 1960
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“G.I.
Blues” 1960
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“Something
for everybody” 1961
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“How
great thou art” 1967
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“From
Elvis in Memphis” 1969
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“Elvis
in person at the international hotel” 1969
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“Elvis
country” 1971
CURIOSITIES
When Elvis died his weight was 118
kilos!!! (206 lbs)
He fought karate.
He collected a lot of weapons, in
his collection there were more than 40 weapons between rifles, guns, automatic pistols
and Thomson submachine guns.
