ELVIS PRESLEY

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

-          “Elvis Presley” 1956

-          “Elvis” 1956

-          “King Coreole” 1958

-          “Elvis is back” 1960

-          “G.I. Blues” 1960

-          “Something for everybody” 1961

-          “How great thou art” 1967

-          “From Elvis in Memphis” 1969

-          “Elvis in person at the international hotel” 1969

-          “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.