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Jane's Golden Oldies Web Harvest * MP3: full albums      click image link below      click player start button for MP3 (non stop) Elvis Presley | Elvis Aron Presley aka The King of Rock and Roll         years active: 1953-1977         genres: blues, latin pop, rock & roll, soul, country soul, pop rock, big beat, country pop | update: 2023

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 compilation by Elvis Presley released in 2010 | click Compilation Albums: The Complete Elvis Presley Masters 2010

biography:

The most famous artist of the twentieth century, Elvis Aaron Presley, was born in a small town of Tupelo in the heart of the Great Depression in the USA
He inherited the Jewish, French, German, Scottish and Cherokee roots from his parents
He had an identical twin-brother, who was stillborn
Elvis's father was jailed in 1938, and the family lost their house in Tupelo
Mrs. Presley and her son had to move to Memphis
Wherever Elvis went to school, he was bullied for his shy temper
Nevertheless, his mother had always been a devoted friend for him
The boy learned how to play the guitar and sometimes took different jobs in the evening to support the family
Around the same time, he started to wear the bright and extravagant clothes, which was one more reason for his peers to ostracize Presley
However, in 1952 Elvis won the local festival Minstrel Show
At that time, all he could think about was music, but Presley had to become a lorry driver after he finished school

Elvis's family was very religious, so he loved gospel songs since childhood
He was also fond of Afro-American music and country - thus nicknamed "hillbilly" for his tastes
However, his musical preferences let Presley get a contract with Sun Records in 1954, after he recorded a disc with covers for My Happiness and
That's When Your Heartaches Begin for his mother's birthday
Elvis started performing in Memphis bars after his singles Blue Moon of Kentucky and That's All Right became local radio hits
Elvis's style for the moment was determined as rockabilly
In 1956, the first album by the artist titled Elvis Presley was released and he became the guest musician at the most popular shows of the USA
Sexual movements of Presley at the scene were furiously blamed as immoral, but the US youth got crazy about Elvis’s mesmerizing voice
After the rock-single Hot Dog, the singer started active touring around his motherland. However, he got his draft notice and went to army in 1958
 

During his service in Germany Presley was acquainted to amphetamines and karate, he was devoted to both things during all his life
While Elvis was in the army, his severely drinking mother died - it was a big shock for the artist
He came back to civil life no ways less popular than two years ago - all this time his songs, like It's Now Or Never, were heavily rotated on the radio
In 1960, the brilliant rock & roll album Elvis Is Back! saw light
As Presley dreamt of the drama actor fame, his infamous manager Colonel Parker made Elvis act in a stream of low-quality musicals
The only advantage of these films was the presence of Elvis's soundtracks with such hits as Love Me Tender, Jailhouse Rock and Viva Las Vegas
During 60s, Presley's popularity faded, especially after his refusal from concerts for the sake of cinema career, while the artist was in drug stupor
due to personal problems
Surprisingly, in 1969, the singer came back to the studio and recorded the priceless rock & roll disc Back In Memphis
Soon he started to tour again
In 1972, he amused everyone with the passionate tune Burning Love
In 1973, Presley divorced from his unfaithful wife but did not stop touring and performing
In August 1977, on the eve of the new planned tour, Elvis died in his hotel suit
Drug overdose is called the most probable reason of his premature death
However, the legacy of Elvis is still alive - almost every year is celebrated by the release of the artist's earlier unpublished material and collections
of his hits
Thus, in 2007 the album Elvis: Viva Las Vegas was released

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