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Elvis Aaron Presley (Tupelo, Mississippi, born 8 January 1935, died August 16, 1977), also known as “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll” is the biggest selling solo artist of all time beating both The Beatles and Michael Jackson by selling in estimation of 1 Billion Records+, is an American singer, song producer and actor, who began his music career at Sun Records in the spring of 1954 when Sam Philips recorded Elvis performing several of Elvis’ favourite songs with Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass). One of these covers was a country and western song, “Blue Moon of Kentucky”.
Before Sam Philips sold Elvis’ contract to RCA in 1956 for $35,000 they had recorded six two-sided singles. Each of these recordings featured a country and western song on one side and a rhythm and blues song on the other. One of the reasons Elvis was so popular was because of his ability to merge attributes of what was perceived to be “white” (C&W) and “black” (R&B) music. An example of this is evident in Elvis’ hit song “Heartbreak Hotel” which reached #1 not only in the Pop charts, but the R&B and C&W charts as well. This was the first time that a single song held the #1 spot in all three ch...
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Top 10 Elvis Presley Songs
Jailhouse Rock
Hound Dog
Suspicious Minds
Heartbreak Hotel
Blue Christmas
Love Me Tender
All Shook Up
Blue Suede Shoes
Don't Be Cruel
Can't Help Falling In Love
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Top 10 Elvis Presley Albums
Elvis: 30 #1 Hits
Elvis' Christmas Album
Elvis Presley
The All Time Greatest Hits
Memories: The '68 Comeback Special
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Elvis Live
Elvis
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential '70s Masters
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