Has been portrayed by Val Kilmer, Harvey Keitel, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kurt Russell, Don Johnson, Bruce Campbell, David Keith, Rob Youngblood and Peter Dobson.
Has more multiplatinum album sales than any other performer, with twelve albums selling over 2 million copies.
Has sold 1.8 billion records worldwide, more than any other artist or music group.
He and Andy Griffith debuted together, but at different times, on Steve Allen's weekly program "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show" (1956), on July 1, 1956. It was Steve Allen's second show and Elvis' appearance skyrocketed it in popularity.
He asked his father Vernon Presley to pick TV evangelist Rex Humbard to officiate at his funeral.
He bought Graceland mansion on Tuesday, March 19, 1957, from Mrs. Ruth Brown Moore for $102,500. The mansion, built of tan Tennessee limestone, consists of 23 rooms and 13.7 surrounding acres. The Music Gates were installed in April of 1957. The name "Graceland" came with the mansion, from the days when it was originally used as a church.
He did an early '60s concert in Hawaii, and donated the proceeds to help build the USS Arizona memorial.
He had two full face-lifts and rhinoplasty during the mid-1970s. On one of these visits to hospital he was accompanied by Linda Thompson.
He is credited as a co-writer of "(I'll) You'll Be Gone" (1965). This was the B side of the hit from his film Girl Happy (1965), "Do The Clam". It is found in his five-CD box set of '60s recordings. Elvis composed the lyrics and brought the song to a recording session.
He is credited as a co-writer of "(I'll) You'll Be Gone" (1965). This was the B side of the hit from his film Girl Happy (1965), "Do The Clam". It is found in his five-CD box set of '60s recordings. Elvis composed the lyrics and brought the song to a recording session. He is also listed in the writer's credits to "Heartbreak Hotel".
He is mentioned in the song "Three Minute Boy" by Marillion (from their 1998 album, "Radiation").
He is not related to Reg Presley (b: Reginald Maurice Ball), the lead singer of the popular British rock band The Troggs, which had 2 million sellers of their own, "Wild Thing" (1966) and "Love Is All Around" (1968).
He is responsible for the best selling single of the 1950s ("Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel", 1956) and that of the 1960s ("It's Now Or Never", 1960).
He named his four personal favorite films as: Rebel Without a Cause (1955), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Dirty Harry (1971) and Bullitt (1968).
He only performed two concerts outside of the United States of America. Both of them were in Canada. Therefore, all of his concerts were in North America.
He said that his favorite of all his films was King Creole (1958). He also said that the film of his that he disliked the most was s Clambake (1967).
He temporarily passed out from exhaustion, after recording "If I Can Dream".
He tried to get a print of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) to show his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, his last full day of life, on Monday, August 15th, 1977.
He unsuccessfully auditioned for CBS' "Talent Scouts" (1948) nine months before his successful debut on "Stage Show" (1954).
He used to play touch football at Whitehaven High School during the '60s and early '70s with kids around the neighborhood.