He was so much fun to watch in those early performances. He was just too cute!! I am really enjoying your reactions to Elvis. Thank you for this one. ❤❤❤
This is from his first year as a singer in 1956. It's one of my favorite songs from his first album, which my dad had. I listened to that album on constant repeat.
The Jordanairre's back up group was Elvis' go to group for many recordings. Because they became famous for working with him, the got more work with other stars of the day...Patsy Cline, Ricky Nelson used them, so many others. Elvis actually had learned to sing growing up hearing African American blues singers and church choirs he would sneak of to watch and see...they let him sing with the choir. he and BB King became pretty good friend back in the day. so you can hear the strong influence in the way he sang this.
You could tell how hard Elvis was trying to resist moving too much because he was warned about hia s moves being provocative. It got to the point that they just had to film him from the waist up because parents said his moves were too sexual, and he got the nick name "Elvis the Pelvis". Yet, the way he moved was just how he felt the music and mild compared to performers today.
A very lovely reaction 💎! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Elvis Presley before: Don't Cry Daddy, If I Can Dream, An American Trilogy, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious Minds and Too Much. "Love Me" was not released as a single but was included on Elvis Presley's 1956 album: Elvis. The song was not released as a single to avoid confusion with Elvis Presley's single; "Love Me Tender". It was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was produced by Steve Sholes. The song reached #2 on the Hot 100 (a first for a song not coming from a released single) and #7 on the R&B chart. Elvis Presley, with The Jordanaires backing him up, performed the song live on The Ed Sullivan Show on October 28, 1956. He appeared 7 times on the show. As you can see the "Elvis Pelvis" television censorship hadn't taken place yet as they filmed his entire body. Elvis Presley included the song in the 1968 NBC Network Comeback Special and often performed it in concerts in the 1970s, including his last tour in June 1977. In Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time issue in 2008, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant recalled singing the song with Elvis in 1974: When I met Elvis with Zeppelin, after one of his concerts in the early '70s, I sized him up. He wasn't quite as tall as me, but he had a singer's build, and he was driven. At that meeting, Jimmy Page joked with Elvis that we never soundchecked - but if we did, all I wanted to do was sing Elvis songs. Elvis thought that was funny and asked me, 'Which songs do you sing?'. I told him I liked the ones with all the moods, like that great country song: 'Love Me', 'Treat me like a fool / Treat me mean and cruel / But love me'. So when we were leaving, after a most illuminating and funny 90 minutes with the guy, I was walking down the corridor. He swung 'round the door frame, looking quite pleased with himself, and started singing that song: 'Treat me like a fool'. I turned around and did Elvis right back at him. We stood there, singing to each other. What he did was he made it possible for me, as a singer, to become otherworldly. Elvis Presley Info 📰: Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. He passed away on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. Often referred to as just "Elvis", he was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Dubbed the "King Of Rock And Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Elvis Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy. Guinness World Records recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 500 million records globally. Billboard ranks Elvis Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US. Elvis Presley' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country. Elvis Presley never performed outside of North America (America & Canada). A number of sources have suggested that Elvis Presley's manager- Colonel Tom Parker, turned down lucrative offers for the singer to perform abroad because he was an undocumented immigrant and feared that he wouldn’t be allowed back into America if he traveled overseas with Elvis Presley. 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. Elvis Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of "Rockabilly music", an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of Country music and Rhythm and Blues. In 1955, drummer DJ Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Elvis Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his record contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Elvis Presley's first RCA single: "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Elvis Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of Rock and Roll music; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral wellbeing of white American youth. In November 1956, Elvis Presley made his film debut in: Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Elvis Presley held few concerts, however, and guided by Colonel Tom Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and movie soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included: Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). 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, Elvis Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world: Aloha From Hawaii. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and Elvis Presley passed away suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42. Elvis Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. About 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Elvis Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few weeks his song: "Way Down", topped the country and UK singles chart. Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were exhumed and reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2. Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents, daughter, grandson and his paternal grandmother in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. Graceland was opened to the public in 1982. Attracting over half a million visitors annually, it became the second-most-visited home in the United States, after the White House. The residence was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006. Since his passing in 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Elvis Presley. A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. Adherents cite alleged discrepancies in the death certificate, reports of a wax dummy in his original coffin, and accounts of Elvis Presley planning a diversion so he could retire in peace. An unusually large number of fans have domestic shrines devoted to Elvis Presley and journey to sites with which he is connected, however faintly. Every August 16, the anniversary of his death, thousands of people gather outside Graceland and celebrate his memory with a candlelight ritual. "With Elvis, it is not just his music that has survived death", writes Ted Harrison. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation". Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Elvis Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He was commercially successful in many genres, including Pop, Country, Rhythm & Blues, Adult Contemporary and Gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. He also holds several records, including the most RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, Elvis Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Elvis Presley holds the records for most songs charting in Billboard's top 40 (115) and top 100 (152), according to chart statistician Joel Whitburn. Presley's rankings for top ten and number-one hits vary depending on how the double-sided "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Don't/I Beg of You" singles, which precede the inception of Billboard's unified Hot 100 chart, are analyzed. According to Joel Whitburn's analysis, Elvis Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna; per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Joel Whitburn and Billboard concur that the Beatles hold the record for most number-one hits with 20, and that Mariah Carey is second with 19. Joel Whitburn has Elvis Presley with 18: Billboard has him third with 17. According to Billboard, Elvis Presley has 79 cumulative weeks at number one: alone at 80, according to Joel Whitburn and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with only Mariah Carey having more with 91 weeks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most number-one singles on the UK chart with 21 and singles reaching the top ten with 76. ***CONTINUE BELOW***
As an album artist, Elvis Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He also holds the record for most time spent at number one on the Billboard 200: 67 weeks. In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Elvis Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: If I Can Dream and The Wonder Of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. This gave him a new record for number-one UK albums by a solo artist with 13, and extended his record for longest span between number-one albums by anybody-Elvis Presley had first topped the British chart in 1956 with his self-titled debut. As of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) credits Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the US, third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most gold albums (101, nearly twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), and most platinum albums (57). His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the 9th-most gold singles (54, tied with Justin Bieber) and the 16th-most platinum singles (27). Elvis Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007) and Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit. In 2012, the Zimbabwe and South African spider: Paradonea presleyi, was named in his honor. In 2018, RCA/Legacy released the album: Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Elvis Presley's love of Gospel music. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis Presley. It also included a reimagined duet with his daughter Lisa Marie, on the album's title track: No One Stands Alone . In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film: Elvis, a biographical film about Elvis Presley's life, was released in theaters. Elvis Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. As of August 2022, the film had grossed $261.8 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic film of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. For his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler won the Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor. In January 2023, on what would have been Elvis Presley's 88th birthday, his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar plane sold at an auction for $260,000. The plane was sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida. Miscellaneous Info 📝: Elvis Presley had an extensive list of favorite foods that needed to be kept on hand at all times in the Graceland refrigerator. However, there was one item that should always be at the ready in case he decided to eat it. That food was banana pudding. The banana pudding was made fresh each evening that he was staying at Graceland. This way if Elvis Presley wanted to enjoy his favorite dessert of vanilla wafers, banana pudding, bananas and whipped cream it would be ready. On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse Garon Presley was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery. Elvis Presley's official website is at Graceland dot com. Elvis Presley TV Concert Specials 📺: Elvis (1968) Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973) Elvis In Concert (1977) Elvis Presley Filmography 📽: Love Me Tender (1956) Loving You (1957) Jailhouse Rock (1957) King Creole (1958) G.I. Blues (1960) Flaming Star (1960) Wild In The Country (1961) Blue Hawaii (1961) Follow That Dream (1962) Kid Galahad (1962) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair (1963) Fun In Acapulco (1963) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Viva Las Vegas (1964) Roustabout (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Tickle Me (1965) Harum Scarum (1965) Frankie And Johnny (1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) Spinout (1966) Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967) Stay Away, Joe (1968) Speedway (1968) Live A Little, Love A Little (1968) Charro! (1969) The Trouble With Girls (1969) Change Of Habit (1969) Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis On Tour (1972) Elvis Presley Documentaries And Bio-Pics 🎬: Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis On Tour (1972) Elvis Presley Gladiators (1973) Elvis In Hollywood (1977) Elvis (1979) Elvis And The Beauty Queen (1981) This Is Elvis (1981) Elvis Presley's Graceland (1984) Elvis: One Night With You (1985) Elvis '56 (1985) Elvis: His Life And Times (1987) Heartbreak Hotel (1988) Elvis And Me (1988) Elvis Is Alive (1988) Elvis: The Great Performances (1990) Elvis (1990) America Comes To Graceland (1993) Elvis: The Tribute (1994) Elvis, Touch The Dream, A New Generation (1995) Elvis Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1996) Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) Finding Graceland (1999) He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (1999) Elvis Presley's Graceland (2001) Elvis Presley's Memphis (2001) A&E Biography: Priscilla Presley (2002) Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers (2002) Elvis Lives (2002) 200 Cadillacs (2002) Elvis (2005) Elvis By The Presleys (2005) Viva Elvis (2007) Protecting The King (2007) Love Me Tender... The Love Songs Of Elvis Presley (2009) Elvis Presley's Graceland: Official Video (2009) Elvis & Nixon (2016) Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018) The King (2018) ***CONTINUE BELOW***
Elvis Presley Studio Albums 📀: Elvis Presley (1956) Elvis (1956) Elvis' Christmas Album (1957) Elvis Is Back! (1960) His Hand In Mine (1960) Something For Everybody (1961) Pot Luck (1962) Elvis For Everyone! (1965) How Great Thou Art (1967) From Elvis In Memphis (1969) From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis (1969) That's The Way It Is (1970) Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971) Love Letters From Elvis (1971) Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971) Elvis Now (1972) He Touched Me (1972) Elvis (1973) *The "Fool" Album Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973) Good Times (1974) Promised Land (1975) Today (1975) From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976) Moody Blue (1977) Elvis Presley Movie Soundtrack Albums 📀: Loving You (1957) King Creole (1958) G.I. Blues (1960) Blue Hawaii (1961) Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair (1963) Fun in Acapulco (1963) Kissin' Cousins (1964) Roustabout (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Harum Scarum (1965) Frankie And Johnny (1966) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) Spinout (1966) Double Trouble (1967) Clambake (1967) Speedway (1968) Some more good Elvis Presley songs 🎶: Love Me Tender, Blue Hawaii, That's All Right, Heartbreak Hotel, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Baby Let's Play House, Blue Suede Shoes, Mystery Train, (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me), Please Don't Drag That String Around, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, One Night With You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Reconsider Baby, Viva Las Vegas, Run On, Don't, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), US Male, Indescribably Blue, Suspicious Minds, Long Black Limousine, Way Down, Burning Love, The Wonder Of You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Too Much, All Shook Up, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Party, A Fool Such As I, King Creole, It's Now Or Never, Stuck On You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, A Big Hunk o' Love, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Surrender, Wooden Heart, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Wild In The Country, Good Luck Charm, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, Anything That's Part Of You, T-R-O-U-B-L-E, She's Not You, (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame, Return To Sender, Kissin' Cousins, Love Letters, (You're The) Devil In Disguise, Guitar Man, A Mess Of Blues, Crying In The Chapel, Always On My Mind, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, Memories, Kentucky Rain, Big Boss Man, The Wonder Of You, (Such An) Easy Question, Rubberneckin', I'm Yours, Playing For Keeps, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), Hard Headed Woman, I Got Stung, My Wish Came True, Anyway You Want Me (That's How I'll Be), Frankie And Johnny, My Baby Left Me, I Want You I Need You I Love You, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, Rock-A-Hula Baby, I Feel So Bad, Puppet On A String, I Believe In The Man In The Sky, Little Sister, I Just Can't Help Believin', When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again, Don't Ask Me Why, That's When Your Heartaches Begin, I Beg Of You, Treat Me Nice, Doncha' Think It's Time, I'm Left You're Right She's Gone, Moody Blue, In The Ghetto and Blue Moon Of Kentucky. Fun Fact 🕵♂: The song: Love Me, was initially recorded by the R&B singing duo: Willy & Ruth, in 1954, garnering a review spotlight in Billboard on August 14. Willie Headen was the lead singer of a vocal group, The Honey Bears, and Ruth was the wife of another group member. That record was quickly followed the same year with cover versions by Georgia Gibbs, Connie Russell, Billy Eckstine, Kay Brown, The Four Escorts, The Billy Williams Quartet, The Woodside Sisters And The DeMarco Sisters and in January 1955 by Jimmie Rodgers Snow. Most of these records were well reviewed in the music trades, but none was a hit before Elvis Presley's version was recorded.
Btw, if you're trying to educate others about Elvis presley accomplishments small doses are much more appealing than that novel you put in a comment section. Again, no disrespect intended, more people will read information in small doses instead of avoiding/ scrolling on by extremely long mini novels.
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Earth Wind & Fire- Boogie Wonderland or The Righteous Brothers & The Blossoms- Night Time Is The Right Time Live (Righteous Brothers Discography YT channel) or Michael Jackson- Black Or White.
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He just captures your heart when he sings, for sure ❤
He was so much fun to watch in those early performances. He was just too cute!! I am really enjoying your reactions to Elvis. Thank you for this one. ❤❤❤
He was such fun. Elvis made history, by changing music, culture and style. Females had never seen a singer/performer as sexy as him.
That young guy changed the World!
Elvis, so gorgeous & goofy 🤪
This song is great! He does it well, very well on the 68 comeback special
No autotune, just oure talent.
Elvis, the ultimate rizz master 🤙
We can't get enought of Elvis
It cracks me up when the girls go wild over any little movement he does, and then Elvis giggles in response.
1950s Elvis 😍😍😍
This is from his first year as a singer in 1956. It's one of my favorite songs from his first album, which my dad had. I listened to that album on constant repeat.
The Jordanairre's back up group was Elvis' go to group for many recordings. Because they became famous for working with him, the got more work with other stars of the day...Patsy Cline, Ricky Nelson used them, so many others. Elvis actually had learned to sing growing up hearing African American blues singers and church choirs he would sneak of to watch and see...they let him sing with the choir. he and BB King became pretty good friend back in the day. so you can hear the strong influence in the way he sang this.
SUBBED, more Elvis❤
Welcome to the Elvisfamily..It is filled with LOVE and FUN❤️😉
I believe he performed on Ed Sullivan show - 3 times and sang a total of about 9 songs. Had the highest % TV rating in TV history - still to this day.
❤elvis rubberneckin from change of habit please
Oh, this here is just brilliant....Baby Elvis is so beautiful 💯⚡❤
Wow young Elvis so much charisma
You could tell how hard Elvis was trying to resist moving too much because he was warned about hia s moves being provocative. It got to the point that they just had to film him from the waist up because parents said his moves were too sexual, and he got the nick name "Elvis the Pelvis". Yet, the way he moved was just how he felt the music and mild compared to performers today.
A very lovely reaction 💎! I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Elvis Presley before: Don't Cry Daddy, If I Can Dream, An American Trilogy, Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Suspicious Minds and Too Much. "Love Me" was not released as a single but was included on Elvis Presley's 1956 album: Elvis. The song was not released as a single to avoid confusion with Elvis Presley's single; "Love Me Tender". It was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was produced by Steve Sholes. The song reached #2 on the Hot 100 (a first for a song not coming from a released single) and #7 on the R&B chart. Elvis Presley, with The Jordanaires backing him up, performed the song live on The Ed Sullivan Show on October 28, 1956. He appeared 7 times on the show. As you can see the "Elvis Pelvis" television censorship hadn't taken place yet as they filmed his entire body.
Elvis Presley included the song in the 1968 NBC Network Comeback Special and often performed it in concerts in the 1970s, including his last tour in June 1977.
In Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time issue in 2008, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant recalled singing the song with Elvis in 1974: When I met Elvis with Zeppelin, after one of his concerts in the early '70s, I sized him up. He wasn't quite as tall as me, but he had a singer's build, and he was driven. At that meeting, Jimmy Page joked with Elvis that we never soundchecked - but if we did, all I wanted to do was sing Elvis songs. Elvis thought that was funny and asked me, 'Which songs do you sing?'. I told him I liked the ones with all the moods, like that great country song: 'Love Me', 'Treat me like a fool / Treat me mean and cruel / But love me'. So when we were leaving, after a most illuminating and funny 90 minutes with the guy, I was walking down the corridor. He swung 'round the door frame, looking quite pleased with himself, and started singing that song: 'Treat me like a fool'. I turned around and did Elvis right back at him. We stood there, singing to each other. What he did was he made it possible for me, as a singer, to become otherworldly.
Elvis Presley Info 📰:
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. He passed away on August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. Often referred to as just "Elvis", he was a singer, multi-instrumentalist and actor. Dubbed the "King Of Rock And Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Elvis Presley's energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.
Guinness World Records recognizes him as the best-selling solo artist in the world, selling up to 500 million records globally. Billboard ranks Elvis Presley as the 13th Greatest Artist of all Time. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the number 1 charting album artist of all time in the US. Elvis Presley' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Elvis Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country.
Elvis Presley never performed outside of North America (America & Canada). A number of sources have suggested that Elvis Presley's manager- Colonel Tom Parker, turned down lucrative offers for the singer to perform abroad because he was an undocumented immigrant and feared that he wouldn’t be allowed back into America if he traveled overseas with Elvis Presley.
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. Elvis Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of "Rockabilly music", an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of Country music and Rhythm and Blues. In 1955, drummer DJ Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Elvis Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his record contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Elvis Presley's first RCA single: "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Elvis Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Elvis Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of Rock and Roll music; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral wellbeing of white American youth.
In November 1956, Elvis Presley made his film debut in: Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Elvis Presley held few concerts, however, and guided by Colonel Tom Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and movie soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included: Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). 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, Elvis Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world: Aloha From Hawaii. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and Elvis Presley passed away suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
Elvis Presley's funeral was held at Graceland on Thursday, August 18. Outside the gates, a car plowed into a group of fans, killing two young women and critically injuring a third. About 80,000 people lined the processional route to Forest Hill Cemetery, where Elvis Presley was buried next to his mother. Within a few weeks his song: "Way Down", topped the country and UK singles chart. Following an attempt to steal Elvis Presley's body in late August, the remains of both Elvis Presley and his mother were exhumed and reburied in Graceland's Meditation Garden on October 2. Elvis Presley is buried alongside his parents, daughter, grandson and his paternal grandmother in the Meditation Garden at Graceland. Graceland was opened to the public in 1982. Attracting over half a million visitors annually, it became the second-most-visited home in the United States, after the White House. The residence was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006.
Since his passing in 1977, there have been numerous alleged sightings of Elvis Presley. A long-standing conspiracy theory among some fans is that he faked his death. Adherents cite alleged discrepancies in the death certificate, reports of a wax dummy in his original coffin, and accounts of Elvis Presley planning a diversion so he could retire in peace. An unusually large number of fans have domestic shrines devoted to Elvis Presley and journey to sites with which he is connected, however faintly. Every August 16, the anniversary of his death, thousands of people gather outside Graceland and celebrate his memory with a candlelight ritual. "With Elvis, it is not just his music that has survived death", writes Ted Harrison. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. It is as if he has been canonized by acclamation".
Having sold roughly 500 million records worldwide, Elvis Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He was commercially successful in many genres, including Pop, Country, Rhythm & Blues, Adult Contemporary and Gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. He also holds several records, including the most RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, Elvis Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Elvis Presley holds the records for most songs charting in Billboard's top 40 (115) and top 100 (152), according to chart statistician Joel Whitburn. Presley's rankings for top ten and number-one hits vary depending on how the double-sided "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" and "Don't/I Beg of You" singles, which precede the inception of Billboard's unified Hot 100 chart, are analyzed. According to Joel Whitburn's analysis, Elvis Presley holds the record with 38, tying with Madonna; per Billboard's current assessment, he ranks second with 36. Joel Whitburn and Billboard concur that the Beatles hold the record for most number-one hits with 20, and that Mariah Carey is second with 19. Joel Whitburn has Elvis Presley with 18: Billboard has him third with 17. According to Billboard, Elvis Presley has 79 cumulative weeks at number one: alone at 80, according to Joel Whitburn and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with only Mariah Carey having more with 91 weeks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most number-one singles on the UK chart with 21 and singles reaching the top ten with 76.
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As an album artist, Elvis Presley is credited by Billboard with the record for the most albums charting in the Billboard 200: 129, far ahead of second-place Frank Sinatra's 82. He also holds the record for most time spent at number one on the Billboard 200: 67 weeks. In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Elvis Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: If I Can Dream and The Wonder Of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. This gave him a new record for number-one UK albums by a solo artist with 13, and extended his record for longest span between number-one albums by anybody-Elvis Presley had first topped the British chart in 1956 with his self-titled debut.
As of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) credits Presley with 146.5 million certified album sales in the US, third all time behind the Beatles and Garth Brooks. Elvis Presley holds the records for most gold albums (101, nearly twice as many as second-place Barbra Streisand's 51), and most platinum albums (57). His 25 multi-platinum albums is second behind the Beatles' 26. His total of 197 album certification awards (including one diamond award), far outpaces the Beatles' second-best 122. He has the 9th-most gold singles (54, tied with Justin Bieber) and the 16th-most platinum singles (27).
Elvis Presley has been inducted into five music halls of fame: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986), Country Music Hall of Fame (1998), Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2001), Rockabilly Hall of Fame (2007) and Memphis Music Hall of Fame (2012). In 1984, he received the W. C. Handy Award from the Blues Foundation and the Academy of Country Music's first Golden Hat Award. In 1987, he received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit.
In 2012, the Zimbabwe and South African spider: Paradonea presleyi, was named in his honor.
In 2018, RCA/Legacy released the album: Elvis Presley Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Elvis Presley's love of Gospel music. Produced by Joel Weinshanker, Lisa Marie Presley and Andy Childs, the album introduced newly recorded instrumentation along with vocals from singers who had performed in the past with Elvis Presley. It also included a reimagined duet with his daughter Lisa Marie, on the album's title track: No One Stands Alone .
In 2022, Baz Luhrmann's film: Elvis, a biographical film about Elvis Presley's life, was released in theaters. Elvis Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. As of August 2022, the film had grossed $261.8 million worldwide on a $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic film of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian-produced film. For his portrayal of Elvis, Austin Butler won the Golden Globe and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor.
In January 2023, on what would have been Elvis Presley's 88th birthday, his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar plane sold at an auction for $260,000. The plane was sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida.
Miscellaneous Info 📝:
Elvis Presley had an extensive list of favorite foods that needed to be kept on hand at all times in the Graceland refrigerator. However, there was one item that should always be at the ready in case he decided to eat it. That food was banana pudding. The banana pudding was made fresh each evening that he was staying at Graceland. This way if Elvis Presley wanted to enjoy his favorite dessert of vanilla wafers, banana pudding, bananas and whipped cream it would be ready.
On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron (later spelled Aaron) Presley was born at his parents’ two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, who was stillborn. The next day, Jesse Garon Presley was buried in an unmarked grave in nearby Priceville Cemetery.
Elvis Presley's official website is at Graceland dot com.
Elvis Presley TV Concert Specials 📺:
Elvis (1968)
Aloha From Hawaii via Satellite (1973)
Elvis In Concert (1977)
Elvis Presley Filmography 📽:
Love Me Tender (1956)
Loving You (1957)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
King Creole (1958)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Flaming Star (1960)
Wild In The Country (1961)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Follow That Dream (1962)
Kid Galahad (1962)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
Fun In Acapulco (1963)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Tickle Me (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1967)
Double Trouble (1967)
Clambake (1967)
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Speedway (1968)
Live A Little, Love A Little (1968)
Charro! (1969)
The Trouble With Girls (1969)
Change Of Habit (1969)
Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis On Tour (1972)
Elvis Presley Documentaries And Bio-Pics 🎬:
Elvis: That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis On Tour (1972)
Elvis Presley Gladiators (1973)
Elvis In Hollywood (1977)
Elvis (1979)
Elvis And The Beauty Queen (1981)
This Is Elvis (1981)
Elvis Presley's Graceland (1984)
Elvis: One Night With You (1985)
Elvis '56 (1985)
Elvis: His Life And Times (1987)
Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
Elvis And Me (1988)
Elvis Is Alive (1988)
Elvis: The Great Performances (1990)
Elvis (1990)
America Comes To Graceland (1993)
Elvis: The Tribute (1994)
Elvis, Touch The Dream, A New Generation (1995)
Elvis Presley: The Alternate Aloha Concert (1996)
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
Finding Graceland (1999)
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley (1999)
Elvis Presley's Graceland (2001)
Elvis Presley's Memphis (2001)
A&E Biography: Priscilla Presley (2002)
Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers (2002)
Elvis Lives (2002)
200 Cadillacs (2002)
Elvis (2005)
Elvis By The Presleys (2005)
Viva Elvis (2007)
Protecting The King (2007)
Love Me Tender... The Love Songs Of Elvis Presley (2009)
Elvis Presley's Graceland: Official Video (2009)
Elvis & Nixon (2016)
Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
The King (2018)
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Elvis Presley Studio Albums 📀:
Elvis Presley (1956)
Elvis (1956)
Elvis' Christmas Album (1957)
Elvis Is Back! (1960)
His Hand In Mine (1960)
Something For Everybody (1961)
Pot Luck (1962)
Elvis For Everyone! (1965)
How Great Thou Art (1967)
From Elvis In Memphis (1969)
From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis (1969)
That's The Way It Is (1970)
Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1971)
Love Letters From Elvis (1971)
Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas (1971)
Elvis Now (1972)
He Touched Me (1972)
Elvis (1973) *The "Fool" Album
Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake (1973)
Good Times (1974)
Promised Land (1975)
Today (1975)
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1976)
Moody Blue (1977)
Elvis Presley Movie Soundtrack Albums 📀:
Loving You (1957)
King Creole (1958)
G.I. Blues (1960)
Blue Hawaii (1961)
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
It Happened At The World's Fair (1963)
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Roustabout (1964)
Girl Happy (1965)
Harum Scarum (1965)
Frankie And Johnny (1966)
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Spinout (1966)
Double Trouble (1967)
Clambake (1967)
Speedway (1968)
Some more good Elvis Presley songs 🎶: Love Me Tender, Blue Hawaii, That's All Right, Heartbreak Hotel, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, Baby Let's Play House, Blue Suede Shoes, Mystery Train, (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me), Please Don't Drag That String Around, Santa Claus Is Back In Town, Please Don't Stop Loving Me, One Night With You, Can't Help Falling In Love, Reconsider Baby, Viva Las Vegas, Run On, Don't, Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On), US Male, Indescribably Blue, Suspicious Minds, Long Black Limousine, Way Down, Burning Love, The Wonder Of You, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Too Much, All Shook Up, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear, Party, A Fool Such As I, King Creole, It's Now Or Never, Stuck On You, Wear My Ring Around Your Neck, A Big Hunk o' Love, The Girl Of My Best Friend, Surrender, Wooden Heart, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Wild In The Country, Good Luck Charm, Your Time Hasn't Come Yet Baby, Anything That's Part Of You, T-R-O-U-B-L-E, She's Not You, (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame, Return To Sender, Kissin' Cousins, Love Letters, (You're The) Devil In Disguise, Guitar Man, A Mess Of Blues, Crying In The Chapel, Always On My Mind, I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine, Memories, Kentucky Rain, Big Boss Man, The Wonder Of You, (Such An) Easy Question, Rubberneckin', I'm Yours, Playing For Keeps, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), Hard Headed Woman, I Got Stung, My Wish Came True, Anyway You Want Me (That's How I'll Be), Frankie And Johnny, My Baby Left Me, I Want You I Need You I Love You, Bossa Nova Baby, One Broken Heart For Sale, Rock-A-Hula Baby, I Feel So Bad, Puppet On A String, I Believe In The Man In The Sky, Little Sister, I Just Can't Help Believin', When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again, Don't Ask Me Why, That's When Your Heartaches Begin, I Beg Of You, Treat Me Nice, Doncha' Think It's Time, I'm Left You're Right She's Gone, Moody Blue, In The Ghetto and Blue Moon Of Kentucky.
Fun Fact 🕵♂: The song: Love Me, was initially recorded by the R&B singing duo: Willy & Ruth, in 1954, garnering a review spotlight in Billboard on August 14. Willie Headen was the lead singer of a vocal group, The Honey Bears, and Ruth was the wife of another group member. That record was quickly followed the same year with cover versions by Georgia Gibbs, Connie Russell, Billy Eckstine, Kay Brown, The Four Escorts, The Billy Williams Quartet, The Woodside Sisters And The DeMarco Sisters and in January 1955 by Jimmie Rodgers Snow. Most of these records were well reviewed in the music trades, but none was a hit before Elvis Presley's version was recorded.
I mean no disrespect, but as a huge Elvis fan , I'm not reading that mini novel, and honestly, most won't either.
Btw, if you're trying to educate others about Elvis presley accomplishments small doses are much more appealing than that novel you put in a comment section. Again, no disrespect intended, more people will read information in small doses instead of avoiding/ scrolling on by extremely long mini novels.
Nice reaction as usual, try black limousine, shows his funeral parade, cheers from Australia.
Like up bob joyce
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Earth Wind & Fire- Boogie Wonderland or The Righteous Brothers & The Blossoms- Night Time Is The Right Time Live (Righteous Brothers Discography YT channel) or Michael Jackson- Black Or White.