ELVIS PRESLEY 1935 1977 ROCK N ROLL SINGER PRESLEY ELVIS 1935 1977 ARTS AMERICAN CULTURE ELVIS PRESLEY WAS BORN IN TUPELO MISSISSIPPI AFTER THE FAMILY MOVED TO MEMPHIS TENNESSEE PRESLEY BEGAN HIS MUSIC CAREER BETWEEN 1954 AND 1955 PRESLEY RECORDED 15 SONGS FOR SAM PHILLIPS PRESIDENT OF SUN RECORDS COLONEL TOM PARKER THEN BECAME PRESLEY'S MANAGER AND MOVED HIM TO RCA RECORDS IN 1956 DURING THIS TIME PERIOD PRESLEY DOMINATED THE MUSIC CHARTS WITH SONGS SUCH AS HEARTBREAK HOTEL DON'T BE CRUEL AND HOUND DOG PRESLEY HAD 14 CONSECUTIVE RECORDS SELL OVER ONE MILLION COPIES EACH PRESLEY ALSO APPEARED IN MOVIES LIKE LOVE ME TENDER AND ON TELEVISION SHOWS INCLUDING THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW PRESLEY'S SUGGESTIVE DANCING ON THE SHOW WAS SUCH THAT HE WAS SHOWN ONLY FROM THE WAIST UP IN 1958 PRESLEY JOINED THE ARMY AND SERVED FOR TWO YEARS HE RETURNED TO MUSIC AND MOVIES AND WAS THE HIGHEST PAID PERFORMER UNTIL THE BEATLES PASSED HIM IN THE MID 1960S IN 1977 PRESLEY DIED OF A DRUG RELATED HEART FAILURE IN GRACELAND HIS MEMPHIS HOME AFTER HIS DEATH GRACELAND BECAME A WELL VISITED SHRINE TO A SINGER KNOWN AS THE KING
