Elvis Presley : By Request (Expanded Edition) *

 

I JUST CAN'T HELP BELIEVIN'

WHEN SHE SMILES

UP SOFT AND GENTLE

WITH A TRACE OF MISTY MORNIN'

AND A PROMISE OF TOMORROW

IN HER EYES

Elvis Presley : The King (Box Set)

 Elvis Aaron Presley

 (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

 was an American

 singer and actor. 

Often referred to as the

 "King of Rock and Roll"

or simply

 "The King"

 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 mixture 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

 the producer 

Sam Phillips, 

who wanted to bring 

the sound of 

African-American music 

to a wider audience.

 Presley, on guitar 

and accompanied by 

the guitarist 

Scotty Moore 

on lead and the bassist 

Bill Black, 

was a pioneer of rockabilly,

 an uptempo, 

backbeat-driven fusion of 

country music 

and rhythm and blues. 

In 1955, 

the 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 hi

t 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 his 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. 

Many 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 : The Sun Sessions

WELL, MAMA  

SHE DONE TOLD ME

PAPA DONE 

TOLD ME TOO

SON, THAT GAL

YOU'RE FOOLIN' WITH

SHE AIN'T NO GOOD FOR YOU

Elvis Presley : Artist Of The Century (Box Set)

 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.

Elvis Presley : Elvis Sings The Beatles

 

Here Is The King

Covering

The Beatles

Check It Out !!1

TRACKLIST

Hey Jude

Yesterday

 (Live)

Something 

(Live)

Lady Madonna

 (Impromptu Performance)

Little Sister/ Get Back

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Elvis Presley : The 50 Greatest Love Songs

ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT ?

DO YOU MISS ME TONIGHT ?

ARE YOU SORRY

WE DRIFTED APART ?

Elvis Presley : Moody Blue / From Elvis Presley Boulevard Memphis Tennessee

THINK SHE'S GIVIN IN

A STRANGER'S ALL YOU FIND

YEAH, IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT SHE'S ALL ABOUT

Elvis Presley : Elvis' Golden Records

There are several books that

 supposedly introduce

 the uninitiated to the King

including 

Elvis for Beginners 

and 

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Elvis

and this 1958

 compilation

 (his first)

 is an aural equivalent, 

spotlighting 

the initial 

post-Sun '56

 and '57 

hit singles

 that originally

 transformed the King

 into...well, the King!

 If you're not yet ready

 to invest in the

 King of Rock 'n' Roll box set,

 this makes for an 

excellent alternative. 

After all, 

it's awfully hard to go wrong 

with tracks like 

"Heartbreak Hotel," 

"Don't Be Cruel," 

"Hound Dog," 

and 

"Jailhouse Rock"

although they're now 

so overly familiar

 to most of us 

that they might

 as well be

 the national anthem.

 Nevertheless, 

rock & roll 

as we know it

and the very concept of 

"rock star"

essentially began here.

--Bill Holdship

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