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Elvis Presley (Biography (Elvis Aaron Presley was born on january 8, 1935,…
Elvis Presley
Biography
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on january 8, 1935
Born in a house with 2 rooms
Born Tupelo Mississippi
Had a twin brother
twin brother was stillborn
Brother was named jessi Garon
Elvis was the only child in the family
Parents were named Vernon and Gladys Presley
Moved house 13 years later
Moved to Memphis Tennessee
Which was in 1948
Later on in 1953 graduated from school
Graduated at Humes high school
Elvis was inspired by music
Had a passion for music
Was inspired by
The pop songs in the country at the time
The country songs in the country at the time
Which were the gospel which heard
when he went to church
All-night gospel as well
Attended it often
The R&B at the time
he got it from the historic Beale street
When his was a teenager in Memphis
Elvis started his singing career in 1954
With highly famous Sun Records label in Memphis
in 1955 record was sold to RCA Victor
his singing technique was very unique
he was able to challenge social and racial barriers that was at the time
At age 11 he got his first guitar
He managed to win a talent show at his school
he believed in god and had faith
Success
Achieve awards
Win one of the most highest awards
During acting career
During Music career
Was able to sell over 1 billion records
All over the world
Most amount of records sold of all time
In the record selling industry
Elvis featured in 33 films
2 of them were concert documentary
which both had good financial success
31 of them were movies
That he featured in
Was Hollywood's top box office draws
Was one of the highest paid actors
Elvis has won many awards
Different type of awards
Which were represented by different countries
Norway
Yugoslavia
Japan
Australia
South Africa
England
Sweden
Germany
France
Canada
Belgium
Netherlands
Elvis has no lower than 149 songs to appear in the hot 100 billboard
In the United States
114 of them have reached into the top 40
40 of them have reached into the top 10
Top single was #1 for 80 weeks
9 other songs reached the #1 spot as well
Was the leading artist
In American country
Elvis received 14 grammy nominations
From the National academy
From the Recording artists
he won the Grammy awards 3 times which were Gospel recordings
Obstacles
Elvis Presley became a bit of a drug addict
which lead the public fin to find out about it
He later died at age 42
Due to his addiction
His family was poor
Which made it hard for him and his family
His ex-manager doubted him
Along with other who did not believe in him
He was discouraged by other people
Getting fired after performing one performance
Being jobless after he gets fired
The critics had a lot of hat towards him
The critics had a lot of hate towards him
"Black" people said
"he was the perfect example of a"
"dance thief"
"Music thief"
Overcoming obstacles
With belief
With motivation
Was able to succeed with music and acting career
Using the opportunities that were given to him
He was able to get hired again
Was able to have a job again
He later gained trust
With the "black" people
The success of his acting and music career helped him get out of poverty