"recordings has been variously calculated as 665 and 711. His career began and he was most successful during an era when singles were the primary commercial medium for pop music. In the case of his albums, the distinction between ""official"" studio records and other forms is often blurred. For most of the 1960s, his recording career focused on soundtrack albums. In the 1970s, his most heavily promoted and best-selling LP releases tended to be concert albums. TV concert specials Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one"
"Elvis (name) Elvis is a male given name. It is an anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe. However, Ailbe may itself be a gaelicisation of an Ancient British name such as Eilfyw or Eilfw, and the saint was also a popular figure in medieval Wales, where he was claimed to be of Ancient British descent. Most commonly, the name refers to American singer Elvis Presley (1935–1977). It may also be the first name of people who were born before Presley became a household name, as in the case of the former U.S. administrator Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr. (1916–1998,"
"Britain. Elvis (name) Elvis is a male given name. It is an anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe. However, Ailbe may itself be a gaelicisation of an Ancient British name such as Eilfyw or Eilfw, and the saint was also a popular figure in medieval Wales, where he was claimed to be of Ancient British descent. Most commonly, the name refers to American singer Elvis Presley (1935–1977). It may also be the first name of people who were born before Presley became a household name, as in the case of the former U.S. administrator Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr."
"President Jimmy Carter, through his mother, is thought to descend from Johann Valentin Preslar/Presler, who along with his family reached America and later the then frontier area of the central Carolinas sometime during the mid-18th century. Elvis Presley may have the same ancestor. Today, Presley ranks as the 1,825 most common surname in the United States. Also: As a first or other name: Variants of the name: Presley Most instances of the surname Presley and variants Pressley and Pressly are thought to be ultimately of English, Scottish or Welsh origin. Later, if not found in some form originating also in"
"Elvis Presley on film and television Elvis Presley (1935–1977) was an American entertainer who achieved initial success as a singer, expressing an early career goal of following in the footsteps of his role models James Dean and Marlon Brando to become a top dramatic actor. His manager Colonel Tom Parker's persistent lobbying of William Morris Agency president Abe Lastfogel for a Presley screen test paid off on March 26, 1956, when the singer auditioned at Paramount for a supporting role in ""The Rainmaker"". Although not chosen for the part, he signed a contract with Paramount producer Hal Wallis on April"
"was Elvis Presley. After graduating from high school in 1963, he moved to Europe, travelling around Paris and Liège, where he formed bands with local musicians and recorded some singles mainly in English and in French but also in Turkish. Then, in 1964, Barış Manço continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège, Belgium. He toured with his band Les Mistigris (not related to Mistigris) in Germany, Belgium, France and Turkey until 1967. In 1967, he suffered a serious car accident, after which he started to grow his signature mustache to disguise his scar. Frustrated by"
"well. In 2007, Sonny West released ""Elvis: Still Takin' Care of Business"", which was a softer look at his relationship with the King. Memphis Mafia The ""Memphis Mafia"" was the nickname given by rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley to a group of friends, associates, employees and cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect, and serve Elvis from the beginning of his career in 1954 until his death in 1977. Several members filled practical roles in the singer's life. For instance, they were employed to work for him as bodyguards or on tour logistics and scheduling. In these cases"
"including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love Presley (""née"" Smith) in the two-room shotgun house built by his father, Vernon Elvis Presley, in preparation for the birth. Jesse Garon Presley, his identical twin brother, was delivered 35 minutes before him, stillborn. Presley became close to both parents and formed an especially"
"Elvis Crespo Elvis Crespo Díaz (born July 30, 1971 in New York City) is an American-born Puerto Rican Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning merengue singer and songwriter. Crespo was born in New York City and was named ""Elvis"" after Elvis Presley. He was raised in the city of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, where he spent his childhood and adolescent years. He first gained fame in the mid-90s when he joined Grupo Mania, in Puerto Rico. Eventually he decided to try to go solo in 1998. His debut album, Suavemente was a hit, both in Latin America and in the US. The"
"old Celtic god and the Aeron chair. In the 20th century, ambiguity over the pronunciation of ""Aaron"" was created by naming children after Elvis Aaron Presley rather than after the biblical Aaron. Presley's middle name was originally ""Aron"" on his birth certificate and pronounced /ærən/ (""a-ran"" as in ""arrow"") by his parents to rhyme with his stillborn brother's name, Garon. Presley later legally amended his middle name to be spelt ""Aaron"" to match the English biblical Aaron, but without changing the pronunciation. Naming children after Presley effectively created an alternative de facto pronunciation which can now be found in the"
"Memphis Mafia The ""Memphis Mafia"" was the nickname given by rock 'n' roll icon Elvis Presley to a group of friends, associates, employees and cousins whose main functions were to accompany, protect, and serve Elvis from the beginning of his career in 1954 until his death in 1977. Several members filled practical roles in the singer's life. For instance, they were employed to work for him as bodyguards or on tour logistics and scheduling. In these cases Elvis paid salaries, but most lived off fringe benefits such as gifts, cars, houses and bonuses. Over the years, the number of members"
"a Catholic high school in the Italian North End neighborhood. He has a sister, Mary Ann, and a younger brother, James, who would later also seek a career in law enforcement, joining the DEA New England Division based in Boston. As a boy, Connolly would later tell reporters, his first memory of Whitey Bulger was of Bulger using his illicit earnings to buy ice cream cones for all the boys that swarmed around him in adoration. Connolly would later answer to the nickname Elvis because of his thick black hair and also to ""Neighbor"", because of his early years of"
"Alis Lesley Alis Lesley (born Alice Lesley, April 20, 1938) is an American former rockabilly singer, once billed as ""the female Elvis Presley."" Lesley was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Her family later moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where she attended Phoenix Junior College. She majored in television and radio, and began singing rockabilly while a student. She was discovered by Kathryn Godfrey, a popular Phoenix television personality and the sister of Arthur Godfrey. With Ms. Godfrey's help, Lesley became a local favorite following her appearances on television station KTVK and in local night clubs. Lesley achieved brief national celebrity"
"Presley Most instances of the surname Presley and variants Pressley and Pressly are thought to be ultimately of English, Scottish or Welsh origin. Later, if not found in some form originating also in Scotland, the name made its way across the border to that country, then on to Ireland and to the United States. However, some of the instances of the name in America may derive from a German surname Preslar (ultimately from Bressler, meaning 'from Breslau, Poland'), as individuals in some post-colonial American records are recorded under both names. The surname came to prominence in the person of Elvis"
"watching his property on a closed-circuit television."" According to the singer's cousin, Billy Smith, Presley spent the night at Graceland with Smith and his wife Jo many times: ""we were all three there talking for hours about everything in the world! Sometimes he would have a bad dream and come looking for me to talk to, and he would actually fall asleep in our bed with us."" Priscilla Beaulieu also lived at Graceland for five years before she and Elvis wed in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 1, 1967. Their daughter Lisa Marie Presley was born on February 1, 1968,"
"Sonny West (actor) Delbert Bryant West Jr. (July 5, 1938 – May 24, 2017), known as 'Sonny' West, was a friend and bodyguard of the late singer Elvis Presley along with his cousin Red West for sixteen years, as part of the Elvis entourage at the Elvis Memphis home Graceland, which became known as 'The Memphis Mafia'. His parents came from the Pontotoc area of Mississippi, not far from Tupelo, from where Elvis Presley came. West was one of two sons and five daughters. Both West and Elvis grew up in different lower income projects in Memphis, and though near,"
"Fame. Bill Black William Patton Black Jr. (September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He was the bassist in Elvis Presley's early trio. Black later formed Bill Black's Combo. Black was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to a motorman for the Memphis Street Railway Co. He was the oldest of nine children. His father played popular songs on the banjo and fiddle to entertain the family. Black learned to play music at the age of 14 on an instrument made by his father—a"
"Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), better known by his stage name Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, author, television presenter, and occasional actor. He began his career as part of London's pub rock scene in the early 1970s and later became associated with the first wave of the British punk and new wave movement that emerged in the mid-to-late 1970s. His critically acclaimed debut album, ""My Aim Is True"", was released in 1977. Shortly after recording it, he formed the Attractions as his backing band. His second album, ""This Year's Model"","
"as Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent and Tommy Steele, he moved in 1957 to the US, where he performed cabaret shows in the Catskills ""Borscht Belt"". He died in February 1961 of a heart attack at the age of 40, while touring in the West Indies. Lee Lawrence Lee Lawrence (born Leon Siroto, 1920 – 26 February 1961) was a British singer who was popular in the 1950s. He was born in Salford. Both his parents sang with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, and at the age of 16 he went to Italy to study opera for three years. After returning"
"That a Shame"", and ""At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)."" Boone's traditional approach to rock and roll, coupled with his All-American, clean-cut image helped bring the new sound to a much wider audience. Elvis Presley, who began his career in the mid-1950s, soon became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances, motion pictures, and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popular—and controversial during that period. Boone and Presley's styles/images represented opposite ends of"
"San Luis Potosí, Mexico. His sister is Matea V. Garcia of Chicago; his brother now dead, Jose Isabel Vega of Los Fresnos. He and his wife, Teresa Vega, named a son, Rene Elvis Vega, after Presley. In 1978, a year after Presley's early death, Vega composed a song, ""The Ballad of Elvis Presley"". He produced 3000 copies. Little Graceland is a home converted into a shrine to the man dubbed ""The King"" of rock and roll music. The museum contains many pictures of Presley, some with Vega, which the museum owner considered among his most prized possessions. Vega, with assistance"
"Lisa Marie Presley Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. She is the only child of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, as well as the sole heir to her father's estate. Presley has developed a career in the music business and has issued three albums. She has been married four times, including to singer Michael Jackson and actor Nicolas Cage, before marrying music producer Michael Lockwood, father of her twin girls. Lisa Marie was born on February 1, 1968, to Elvis and Priscilla Presley at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, nine"
"one of Elvis Presley's closest friends, reported that Elvis, as a ""twinless twin"", was plagued by guilt over the death of his infant brother, Jesse Garon, who was stillborn. Elvis had confided to Geller about his concerns that maybe he had absorbed more than his share of the nutrients while he was developing inside his mother's womb, causing his twin brother to starve to death before he was born. Elvis had also related to Geller about how his mother had tried to comfort her son by assuring him that ""they would all meet in Heaven"" after their lives on Earth"
"Lee Denson Jesse Lee Denson (August 25, 1932 – November 6, 2007) was an American rockabilly singer and songwriter. His songs have been recorded by Elvis Presley, Billy Williams, and the Kuf-Linx. Denson was born in Rienzi, Mississippi, but grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, where his family relocated when he was a baby. His father, Jesse James Denson, later ran a Pentecostal mission church in Memphis. As a child, Denson became friends with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette. After the Presley family moved to Memphis in 1948 and started attending the Pentecostal church on Poplar Street run by his father, he"
"lack of payment. Vernon and Gladys worked various jobs while in Tupelo and moved several different times during the thirteen years they resided in Mississippi. An F5 tornado struck eight miles outside the city on April 5, 1936. The one-year-old Elvis and his mother, Gladys, survived the storm because it did not destroy their house. His father, Vernon, was out of town looking for work at that time. Elvis Presley Birthplace The Elvis Presley Birthplace is a historic museum site in Tupelo, Mississippi dedicated to the preservation of the birthplace of American musician Elvis Presley. It is listed on the"
"Jimmy ""Orion"" Ellis Jimmy Hughes Bell (February 26, 1945 - December 12, 1998), who used the stage name Orion at times in his career, was an American singer. His voice was similar to Elvis Presley's, a fact which he and his record company played upon, making some believe that some of his recordings were by Presley, or even that Presley had not died in 1977. Ellis appeared with many artists including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy Wynette, Ricky Skaggs, Lee Greenwood, Gary Morris, and the Oak Ridge Boys. Ellis was born in Washington, D.C., United States, into a single"
"After leaving the Lower East Side of Springfield, Krusty started his show biz career as a street mime in Tupelo, Mississippi (a reference to Elvis Presley's birthplace). Krusty later discovered that he has a daughter named Sophie. He had met Sophie's mother when she served as a soldier in the Gulf War and he was entertaining the troops. After spending the night together, he prevented her from assassinating Saddam Hussein to protect his Saddam-themed comedy act. After that she started hating clowns, and kept their daughter a secret from Krusty. Krusty and Sophie bonded over time, and while not a"
"Charlie Hodge (guitarist) Charles Franklin Hodge (December 14, 1934–March 3, 2006), better known as Charlie Hodge, was an American singer, vocal coach and musician who was a confidant and best friend of Elvis Presley, and lived at Graceland. Born in Decatur, Alabama, Hodge began his musical career at age 17 in a gospel quartet, The Path Finders, with Bill Gaither. At 5'3"", the tenor singer used an empty Coke crate to stand on as a comedy routine while singing with the quartet. Hodge then joined The Foggy River Boys, and first met Presley in 1955 when Presley came backstage after"
"Elvis (1990 TV series) Elvis (also known as Elvis – Good Rockin' Tonight) is an American drama series about the early life of Elvis Presley that aired on ABC from February 6 until May 19, 1990 before its cancellation due to low ratings. These ten episodes, along with three unaired episodes, were edited into a four-hour mini-series titled Elvis: The Early Years. The series starred Michael St. Gerard as Presley, Jesse Dabson, Blake Gibbons, Millie Perkins, and Billy ""Green"" Bush. Elvis voice-impersonator Ronnie McDowell provided the singing voice for St. Gerard on the series. ""Elvis: Good Rockin' Tonight"" was a"
"American singer Elvis Presley. His first role in a major picture was in the 1990 film ""Ultrà"", directed by Ricky Tognazzi. Memphis won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of ""Red"" at the European Film Awards. He followed with roles in ""Pugni di rabbia"", ""La scorta"" and ""Il branco"". Memphis received national popularity with his interpretation of the compassionate ""Inspector Mauro Belli"" in Mediaset's Canale 5 television police drama series ""Distretto di Polizia"" ('Police District'), which aired for eight seasons from 26 September 2000 to November 2009. His character left the series in the sixth season of"
"Elvis Presley (album) Elvis Presley (released in the UK as Elvis Presley Rock n' Roll) is the debut studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. It was released on RCA Victor, catalogue number LPM-1254, in March 1956. The recording sessions took place on January 10 and January 11 at the RCA Victor recording studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and on January 30 and January 31 at the RCA Victor studios in New York. Additional material originated from sessions at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 5, August 19 and September 10 of 1954, and on July 11, 1955."
"would be added to eight recordings of Christmas songs for his first holiday album. Peace in the Valley (EP) Peace in the Valley is an EP by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released in April 1957 on RCA Victor Records in mono with catalogue number EPA 4054. It reached number three on the short-lived ""Billboard"" EP chart, number three on the album chart and number 39 on the singles chart. By the 1950s, Presley's hometown of Memphis, Tennessee had become a center for gospel music in the United States. Presley grew up listening to this music, and maintained an"
"Elvis Presley and Riley King, later known as B.B.King. The audience was harsh, reducing many in stature; if you could survive the unsympathetic crowds, your star would rise. As a pioneering DJ at radio station WDIA and one of the first Black announcers to air from the segregated south, his ""Tan Town Jubilee"" was broadcast across the Mississippi delta and reached both black and white audiences, introducing them to blues and gospel, mixed with the jazz and swing which the other ‘big band’ oriented ‘black’ (but white owned and programmed) did not play. His overwhelming success caused the station’s programming"