Elvis Aaron Presley
(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)
was an
American
singer and actor.
Referred to as the
"King of Rock and Roll",
he is widely regarded
as one of the most
culturally significant figures
of the 20th century.
Presley's energetic
and
sexually provocative
performance style,
combined with a
mix of influences
across color lines
during a
transformative era
in race relations,
brought both
great success
and
initial controversy.
Presley was born in
Tupelo, Mississippi;
his family moved to
Memphis, Tennessee,
when he was 13.
He began his music career
in 1954
at Sun Records
with producer
Sam Phillips,
who wanted to
bring the sound of
African-American music
to a wider audience.
Presley,
on guitar
and accompanied by
lead guitarist
Scotty Moore
and bassist
Bill Black,
was a pioneer of
rockabilly,
an uptempo,
backbeat-driven fusion
of country music
and
rhythm and blues.
In 1955,
drummer
D. J. Fontana
joined to
complete the lineup of
Presley's classic quartet
and
RCA Victor
acquired his contract
in a deal arranged by
Colonel Tom Parker,
who managed him
for the rest of his career.
Presley's first
RCA Victor single,
"Heartbreak Hotel",
was released in
January 1956
and became a
number-one hit
in the US.
Within a year,
RCA Victor
sold ten million
Presley singles.
With a series of
successful
television appearances
and chart-topping records,
Presley became
the leading figure
of the newly
popular rock and roll;
though his
performing style
and promotion of
the then
marginalized sound of
African Americans
led to him being
widely considered
a threat to the
moral well-being
of white
American youth.
In November 1956,
Presley made his
film debut in
Love Me Tender.
Drafted into
military service
in 1958,
he relaunched
his recording career
two years later
with some of his
most commercially
successful work.
Presley held
few concerts,
and,
guided by Parker,
devoted much
of the 1960s
to making
Hollywood films
and soundtrack albums,
most of them
critically derided.
Some of Presley's
most famous films
included
Jailhouse Rock
(1957),
Blue Hawaii
(1961),
and
Viva Las Vegas
(1964).
In 1968,
he returned
to the stage
in the acclaimed
NBC television comeback special
Elvis,
which led to an
extended
Las Vegas concert
residency and
several highly profitable tours.
In 1973,
Presley gave the
first concert by a
solo artist
to be broadcast
around the world,
Aloha from Hawaii.
Years of substance abuse
and unhealthy eating
severely compromised
his health,
and Presley died
in August 1977
at his
Graceland estate
at the age of 42.
Presley is
one of the best-selling
music artists in history,
having sold an
estimated
500 million records worldwide.
He was
commercially successful
in many genres,
including pop,
country,
rock and roll,
rockabilly,
rhythm and blues,
adult contemporary,
and gospel.
Presley won
three Grammy Awards,
received the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
at age 36,
and has been
posthumously
inducted into
multiple
music halls of fame.
He holds several records,
including the most
Recording Industry
Association of America
(RIAA)-certified
gold and platinum albums,
the most albums charted
on the
Billboard 200,
the most
number-one albums
by a solo artist
on the
UK Albums Chart,
and the
most number-one singles
by any act
on the
UK Singles Chart
In 2018,
Presley was
posthumously awarded
the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.
Elvis Presley :
Artist Of The Century
(Box Set)
TRACKLIST
CD 1
That's All Right
(Mama)
Good Rockin Tonight
Baby Let's Play House
Mystery Train
I Beg of You [*]
Trying To Get To You
Heartbreak Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes
Tutti Frutti [*]
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
I Got a Woman [*]
Rip It Up [*]
Long Tall Sally [*]
My Baby Left Me
Shake, Rattle and Roll [*]
Hound Dog
Any Way You Want Me
(That's How I Will Be)
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You [*]
Reddy Teddy [*]
Don't Be Cruel
Love Me Tender
Anyplace Is Paradise
All Shook Up
Got A Lot O' Livin To Do!
Blueberry Hill [*]
One Night
Jailhouse Rock
(You're So Square)
Baby I Don't Care
Too Much [*]
I Got Stung [*]
Hard Headed Woman
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
Treat Me Nice [*]
A Big Hunk O' Love
(Now And Then There's)
A Fool Such As I
CD 2
Stuck On You
Love Me
It's Now Or Never
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
A Mess Of Blues
Like A Baby
The Girl Of My Best Friend
Such A Night
Reconsider Baby
Surrender
Don't [*]
Can't Help Falling In Love
Where Do You Come From [*]
That's Someone You Never Forget
Little Sister
(Marie's The Name)
His Latest Flame
Anything That's Part Of You
Good Luck Charm
She's Not You
Return To Sender
Teddy Bear [*]
(You're The)
Devil In Disguise
Mean Woman Blues [*]
Memphis Tennessee
It Hurts Me
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Big Boss Man
Trouble
Guitar Man
Tiger Man
(Live)
CD 3
If I Can Dream
In The Ghetto
Suspicious Minds
Don't Cry Daddy
Mama Liked The Roses [*]
Yesterday
(Live) [*]
Memories [*]
Something Blue [*]
I've Lost You
After Loving You
Only The Strong Survive
The Wonder of You
Make The World Go Away [*]
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
I Just Can't Help Believin'
(Live)
I'm Leavin'
Burning Love
Always on My Mind
As Long As I Have You [*]
And I Love You So [*]
For The Good Times [*]
Please Don't Stop Loving Me [*]
He'll Have To Go [*]
My Way [*]
[*] Bonus Tracks
Not On The Box
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