Elvis Presley Overview:

Legendary actor, Elvis Presley, was born Elvis Aron Presley on Jan 8, 1935 in Tupelo, MS. Presley died at the age of 42 on Aug 16, 1977 in Memphis, TN and was laid to rest in Graceland Mansion Estates Cemetery in Memphis, TN.

MINI BIO:

Dark, insolent-looking American rock n' roll idol who took the world, especially the teenage public, by storm in the mid-fifties and remained the world's top-selling record star for well over a decade. Nicknamed "Elvis the Pelvis" because of his hip-swivelling gyrations on stage - but films only rarely caught the electric arrogance that set audiences alight. The end came from drugs and a heart attack.

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HONORS and AWARDS:

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Recording. Presley was never nominated for an Academy Award.

BlogHub Articles:

Encore Podcast: -- Year One

By David on Jul 2, 2020 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

Encore Podcast: wasn't born in 1956, but his career was. He began the year barely known outside the south, but under the management of Col. Tom Parker he spent the year making his mark on TV variety shows hosted by Milton Berle, Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan; and his recordings for RCA, ... Read full article


Encore Podcast: -- Year One

By David on Jul 2, 2020 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

Encore Podcast: wasn't born in 1956, but his career was. He began the year barely known outside the south, but under the management of Col. Tom Parker he spent the year making his mark on TV variety shows hosted by Milton Berle, Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan; and his recordings for RCA, ... Read full article


New Podcast: -- Year One

By David on Sep 27, 2019 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

wasn't born in 1956, but his career was. He began the year barely known outside the south, but under the management of Col. Tom Parker he spent the year making his mark on TV variety shows hosted by Milton Berle, Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan; and his recordings for RCA, beginning with "... Read full article


New Podcast: -- Year One

By David on Sep 27, 2019 From The Man on the Flying Trapeze

wasn't born in 1956, but his career was. He began the year barely known outside the south, but under the management of Col. Tom Parker he spent the year making his mark on TV variety shows hosted by Milton Berle, Steve Allen and Ed Sullivan; and his recordings for RCA, beginning with "... Read full article


2012 tcm SUTS Blogathon Day 16:

By ScribeHard on Aug 16, 2012 From ScribeHard on Film

Not only is it a day fit for A king … it’s a day fit for THE King! ?With that …?well it’s one for the money … two for the show … three for the bloggers … now go cat go! The Gal Herself from One Gal’s Musings returns to the blogathon with a look at Jai... Read full article


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Elvis Presley Quotes:

Mike Windgren: [singing] Viva el vino, viva el dinero / Viva, Viva, el amor.


Ross Carpenter: [singing] When a boy like me meets a girl like you.


Maile Duval: [When Elvis gives her racy bikini] I thankyou for thinking of me.
Chad Gates: Oh I wasn't thinking of you, I was thinking of me.


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Although his height was measured as 6' when he joined the army in 1958, photographs show Elvis was wearing his army boots at the time which may have slightly increased his height.

Once sent $1,000,000 to Buford Pusser, the crimefighting Tennessee sheriff who was the subject of the 1973 film Walking Tall (1973).

He was drafted into the US Army in 1958, stationed in West Germany and discharged in 1960, achieving the rank of Private First Class. His being the army was a public relations headache, according to army documents released by the Pentagon on Thursday, June 9, 2005. "Elvis Presley will not be released in a manner different from any other inductee serving overseas," the Army's adjutant general wrote to citizens who complained following reports that the rock icon would get an early "good behavior" discharge. When he entered the army at Memphis, Tennessee, on March 24, 1958, there was a public outcry from his fans, and protests flowed to Washington, including a hand-written plea released by the National Archives and Records Administration. "Dear Mamie," one correspondent wrote to then First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. "Will you please, please be so sweet and kind as to ask Ike [President Dwight D. Eisenhower] to please bring Elvis Presley back to us from the Army? We need him in our entertainment world to make us all laugh." A 1959 Army memo set out the Presley problem: "When Private First Class Presley was first inducted, there was considerable adverse public reaction . . . alleging that he would receive preferential treatment

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