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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to great success—and initial controversy.
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic 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 would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of 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 prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
With his rise from poverty to significant fame, Presley's success seemed to epitomize the American Dream. He is the best-selling solo music artist of all time, and was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, R&B, adult contemporary, and gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. Presley holds several records; the most RIAA certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, and the most number-one albums and number-one singles on the UK Albums Chart and UK Singles Chart, respectively. In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Blue Suede Shoes is a piece of music that is now considered a rock and roll standard written and recorded by guitarist Carl Perkins in 1955. The song is considered to be one of the first pure rockabilly tracks to incorporate elements of blues, country and pop at the same time. The song was successfully reinterpreted by Elvis Presley who recorded a famous cover shortly after the Perkins original was released.
Johnny Cash unknowingly laid the foundation for the song in late 1955, as Perkins, Cash, Elvis Presley, and other Louisiana Hayride artists toured the southern United States. Cash told Perkins about a black aviator he had met while serving in the military in Germany. The guy referred to his regulatory military aviator shoes as "blue suede shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about it. Carl replied, “I don't know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes? "
On December 4, 1955, while in concert, Perkins noticed a couple dancing near the stage. As he performed, in the pause between songs Carl heard someone yelling loudly "Uh-uh, don't step on my skin!" ("Don't step on my suede!"). Carl looked down and saw that the boy was wearing blue suede shoes, and one of them had been inadvertently stepped on by the girl. Perkins thought, "Good God! He has such a pretty girl next to him and all he can do is think of her blue suede shoes!"
That same evening Perkins began work on a song about the curious fact he had witnessed.
As announced by the guitarist himself, he completed the song on December 17, 1955.
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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known simply as Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to great success—and initial controversy.
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic 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 would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of 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 prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
With his rise from poverty to significant fame, Presley's success seemed to epitomize the American Dream. He is the best-selling solo music artist of all time, and was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, R&B, adult contemporary, and gospel. He won three Grammy Awards, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame. Presley holds several records; the most RIAA certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, and the most number-one albums and number-one singles on the UK Albums Chart and UK Singles Chart, respectively. In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Blue Suede Shoes is a piece of music that is now considered a rock and roll standard written and recorded by guitarist Carl Perkins in 1955. The song is considered to be one of the first pure rockabilly tracks to incorporate elements of blues, country and pop at the same time. The song was successfully reinterpreted by Elvis Presley who recorded a famous cover shortly after the Perkins original was released.
Johnny Cash unknowingly laid the foundation for the song in late 1955, as Perkins, Cash, Elvis Presley, and other Louisiana Hayride artists toured the southern United States. Cash told Perkins about a black aviator he had met while serving in the military in Germany. The guy referred to his regulatory military aviator shoes as "blue suede shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about it. Carl replied, “I don't know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes? "
On December 4, 1955, while in concert, Perkins noticed a couple dancing near the stage. As he performed, in the pause between songs Carl heard someone yelling loudly "Uh-uh, don't step on my skin!" ("Don't step on my suede!"). Carl looked down and saw that the boy was wearing blue suede shoes, and one of them had been inadvertently stepped on by the girl. Perkins thought, "Good God! He has such a pretty girl next to him and all he can do is think of her blue suede shoes!"
That same evening Perkins began work on a song about the curious fact he had witnessed.
As announced by the guitarist himself, he completed the song on December 17, 1955.
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