Published video “Take My Hand, Precious Lord”.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley 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 g…
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entertainment · American singer and actor (1935–1977) · film actor · singer · composer · actor · military personnel · military officer · philanthropist · activist · musician · also Elvis Presley, Elvis, King of Rock'n'Roll, Elvis A. Presley, The King of Rock'n'Roll, Elvis Aaron Presley
Born 8 January 1935 · Died 16 August 1977 · Q303
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2026· 51 entries
Published video “Blue Christmas”.
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Published video “I'll Be Home for Christmas”.
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Published video “Here Comes Sant Right a Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)”.
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Published video “Silent Night”.
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Published video “It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)”.
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Published video “Santa Claus Is Back In Town”.
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Published video “(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley”.
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Published video “Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)”.
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Published video “I Believe”.
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Yahoo: Elvis Costello Turns 72: A Look Back at His Iconic SNL Moment and Music Career
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Yahoo: 1956 Jukebox Smash by Elvis Presley Became a No. 1 Country Hit for Willie Nelson Over 20 Years Later
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Noise11.com: Dolly Parton Refused Elvis Presley And Turned I Will Always Love You Into A Fortune
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Men's Journal: Why Dolly Parton Wouldn’t Let Elvis Presley Record Her Iconic Song
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Mshale: Nobody Could Believe Finley Barrett-Carter's Elvis-inspired Voice! | Auditions | BGT 2026 Ant And Dec (9FV6VacuKh)
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Yahoo: Dolly Parton Turned Down Elvis Presley Over Copyright Concerns in 1974
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The Commercial Appeal: Priscilla Presley shares Elvis Presley memory in Dolly Parton tribute
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AOL.com: Why Dolly Parton Refused To Let Elvis Presley Cover I Will Always Love You
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WTVA: Interview: Birthplace of Elvis Presley keeps busy
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Daily Memphian: Dolly said no to Elvis, but he — and the rest of the world — loved her anyway
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La Prensa Gráfica: Muere Shelley Fabares, diva del cine y la televisión que protagonizó tres películas con Elvis Presley
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Delaware LIVE News: Jesse Garron Brings Elvis’ Music and Showmanship to The Queen
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MILENIO: Muere Shelley Fabares, actriz de ‘The Donna Reed Show’ y compañera de Elvis Presley; esto sabemos
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IMDb: Rick Ross Feat. Project Pat: Elvis Presley Blvd (Videoclip 2014) - Imágenes
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nacion.com: Murió actriz diva del cine y la televisión que protagonizó tres películas con Elvis Presley
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Yahoo: ‘Donna Reed Show’, ‘Coach’ star Shelley Fabares, who acted with Elvis Presley, dies at 82
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Revista Semana: Falleció Shelley Fabares, reconocida actriz que trabajó con Elvis Presley; tenía 82 años
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No Film School: The Shelley Fabares Movies That Put Her Alongside Elvis Presley
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Graceland: “Elvis Presley: Christmas Peace” Vinyl Set Available for Pre-Order
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rockandpop.cl: Conquistó al mundo con protagónicos junto a Elvis Presley: Confirman muerte de querida actriz estadounidense
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Claro Sports: Quién era y de qué murió Shelley Fabares: la querida actriz que trabajó con Elvis Presley
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NTN24: Murió Shelley Fabares, la actriz que compartió pantalla con Elvis Presley en tres películas
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Published video “Few songs became as synonymous with Elvis' live performances as "See See Rider."”.
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Published video “Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel (Official Lyric Video)”.
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Public attention spiked: 39,729 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 12,480, with 1 article edits.
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“he was so afraid that he wouldn”
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“was taking care of the whole entourage. There were about 150 people I took care of. You had a couple of bands. You had the songbirds. You had the people that set up the stage... And all these people were night people, too.”
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“and, instead of playing cards, we”
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“My wife still calls me George.”
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“I just wanted to put all this behind me and go on with my life.”
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“his parents bought him this house next door so he could be close to me - 10, 20 years ago.”
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The Commercial Appeal: Elvis Presley's death on historic newspaper front pages across U.S.
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Yahoo: The year Elvis changed entertainment takes center stage at Graceland
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Published video “Elvis Presley, The Jordanaires - Don't (Official Lyric Video)”.
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Yahoo: Suzi Quatro Reveals Elvis Presley Invited Her to Graceland in 1974—But She Declined
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Robb Report: Inside Elvis Presley’s Legendary Property Portfolio
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El Sol de México: Erick David rendirá tributo a Elvis Presley y Alberto Vázquez con un show lleno de clásicos
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Hoy Digital: Elvis Presley, leyenda del rock
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Public attention spiked: 40,477 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 12,526, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Undid revision 1360675595 by Mypc252wastaken (talk) page still needed
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Public attention spiked: 40,477 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 12,480, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Undid revision 1360675595 by Mypc252wastaken (talk) page still needed
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The Guardian: Baz Luhrmann: ‘There’s the image of Elvis and then there’s the man’
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2025· 2 entries
The Guardian: The magical life of Toni Basil: how she taught Elvis, enchanted Bowie – and had a smash hit with ‘Mickey’
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Snopes rated the claim “Elvis Presley stopped a Sept. 15, 1975, performance to meet a dying 7-year-old boy.” False.
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2024· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A real drawing created by a 12-year-old Jimi Hendrix depicts Elvis Presley, who Hendrix had seen perform live in concert.” Mostly True.
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Snopes rated the claim “A real drawing created by a 12-year-old Jimi Hendrix depicts Elvis Presley, who Hendrix had seen perform live in concert.” Mostly True.
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2023· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A image accurately depicts Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley photographed together.” Fake.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A image accurately depicts Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley photographed together.” Fake.
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2022· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows a 12-year-old Madonna getting an autograph from Elvis Presley in 1970.” False.
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Baz Luhrmann's film Elvis, a biographical film about Presley's life, was released
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2021· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “In 1975, Elvis Presley gave a young blind girl $50,000 and a concert ticket — plus travel expenses — to every one of his upcoming shows.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Elvis Presley’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Nancy J. Burdine, was Jewish.” True.
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2019· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows Elvis and Lisa Marie Presley on Christmas morning.” False.
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FACTLY rated the claim “The granddaughter of Elvis Presley singing ‘It’s Now or Never’.” FALSE.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “The body of a homeless man found in San Diego is identified as Elvis Presley” False.
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2018· 5 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A photograph shows a prescription for several stimulants, sedatives, and narcotic painkillers issued to singer Elvis Presley the day before he died.” False.
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Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Donald Trump (2018).
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Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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RCA/Legacy released Elvis Presley—Where No One Stands Alone, a new album focused on Presley's love of gospel music
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President Donald Trump awarded Presley the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously
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2017· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A photograph shows Elvis Presley posing with Bruce Lee.” False.
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Joyce Rochelle Vaughn, who investigated the alleged remark since 1997, stated in her book Thirty Pieces of Silver: The Betrayal of Elvis Presley that the alleged racist comment was in fact started by white people involve
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2015· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “The body of a homeless man found in San Diego has been identified as that of Elvis Presley.” False.
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And 2016, two albums setting Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, If I Can Dream and The Wonder of You, both reached number one in the UK
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2012· 1 entry
The spider Paradonea presleyi was named in his honor
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Budapest (2011).
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “Christmas With Elvis Presley”.
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2006· 2 entries
Returned to the top spot the next two years, and ranked fourth in 2009
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RCA issued a virtually complete disc of the event, in best-ever quality
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2005· 2 entries
Another three reissued singles, "Jailhouse Rock", "One Night"/"I Got Stung", and "It's Now or Never", went to number one in the UK
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Forbes magazine named Presley the top-earning deceased celebrity for the fifth straight year, with a gross income of $45 million
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2003· 1 entry
A remix of "Rubberneckin'", a 1969 recording, topped the US sales chart, as did a 50th-anniversary re-release of "That's All Right" the following year
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1999· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Elvis Presley's backup singers walked out on a concert after he remarked that their breath "smelled like catfish."” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “A musician for whom a young Elvis Presley auditioned advised him to "stick to driving a truck, because you'll never make it as a singer."” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A musician for whom a young Elvis Presley auditioned advised him to "stick to driving a truck, because you'll never make it as a singer."” True.
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1994· 1 entry
The Presley autopsy report was reopened
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1993· 3 entries
Released album “Gold Collection Vol. 2”.
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Released album “Gold Collection Vol. 1”.
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Released album “Gold Collection Vol. 3”.
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1987· 1 entry
Received the American Music Awards' Award of Merit
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986).
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1984· 7 entries
Released album “I Can Help”.
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Released album “32 Film-Hits,Vol 1”.
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Released album “Sweet Songs”.
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Released album “Elvis, Scotty and Bill: In the Beginning”.
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Released album “Rocker”.
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Released album “Merry Christmas”.
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Released album “Elvis’ Gold Records, Volume 5”.
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1983· 6 entries
Released album “His Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Love Songs”.
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Released album “The Complete Bonus Songs”.
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Released album “A Legendary Performer, Volume 4”.
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Released album “Elvis Forever: 32 Hits”.
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Released album “Elvis Sings Inspirational Favorites”.
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1982· 5 entries
Released album “Suspicious Minds”.
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Released album “Memories of Christmas”.
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Released album “Historia de la música rock - 26”.
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Released album “Elvis Presley (La grande storia del rock)”.
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Released album “By Request”.
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1981· 3 entries
Released album “Guitar Man”.
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Released album “Always on My Mind”.
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Released album “The History of Rock, Volume One”.
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1980· 3 entries
Released album “Inspirations”.
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Released album “Country Classics”.
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Released album “Elvis Presley”.
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1979· 4 entries
Forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht reviewed the reports and concluded that a combination of depressants had resulted in Presley's accidental death
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Released album “Our Memories of Elvis, Volume 2”.
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Released album “The King...Elvis”.
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Released album “Welcome to My World”.
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1978· 4 entries
Released album “A Legendary Performer, Volume 3”.
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Released album “From Elvis With Love”.
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Released album “Elvis Sings For Children And Grownups Too!”.
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Released album “He Walks Beside Me: Favorite Songs of Faith and Inspiration”.
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1977· 25 entries
Presley was scheduled for an evening flight from Memphis to Portland, Maine, to begin another tour
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Died 1977-08-16.
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Released album “Double Dynamite”.
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“Chciałbym występować na całym świecie. Wybrałem Las Vegas, ponieważ przyjeżdżają tu ludzie z całego świata.”
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“Opis: odpowiedź na pytanie o dalsze plany po wyjściu z wojska.”
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“Opis: żartobliwie z uznaniem o wykonaniu przez Presleya piosenki Blue Moon of Kentucky.”
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“Opis: o filmie Elvis: Tak to jest.”
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Released album “Moody Blue”.
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“Moja wymarzona dziewczyna musi mieć nie mniej niż 24 lata, nie może palić i pić. Jej wzrost powinien wynosić 165–175 cm, a wymiary 85-80–85.”
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“Opis: o stanie Elvisa po odejściu od niego żony.”
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“Opis: o pracy nad filmem Jailhouse rock.”
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“Opis: o ciężkiej pracy nad koncertami.”
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Released album “C’mon Everybody”.
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“The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about. I didn't realize that my body was moving. It's a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, "What'd I do? What'd I do?" And he said, "Whatever it is, go back and do it again.”
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“(en) The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about. I didn't realize that my body was moving. It's a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, "What'd I do? What'd I do?" And he said, "Whatever it is, go back and do it again.”
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“Opis: odpowiedź na pytanie, jak oceniłby Elvisa Presleya w skali od 1 do 10.”
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“Przez całe życie matka była dla mnie wszystkim. Czuję się tak, jakbym stracił nie tylko matkę, ale i najbliższego przyjaciela, kolegę, kogoś, z kim mogłem rozmawiać o wszystkim. Gdy miałem kłopoty, mogłem przyjść do niej w środku, a ona wstawała i starała się mi pomóc.”
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“Opis: pytany o różnice między Amerykankami i Niemkami.”
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“Opis: o swoich rodzicach.”
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“Jeżeli w każdym filmie śpiewa się po dziesięć lub więcej piosenek, to ani film, ani piosenki nie mogą być dobre.”
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“Jest tylko jeden powód, dla którego żałuję, że musiałem opuścić armię. Tym powodem jest Priscilla. Jest bardzo dojrzała i inteligentna. (…) myślę, że jest to najładniejsza dziewczyna, jaką kiedykolwiek widziałem. Ma cudowne błękitne oczy i jest śliczną brunetką. W Niemczech spotykałem się z wieloma dziewczętami, zarówno Niemkami, jak i Amerykankami, ale Priscilla przewyższa je wszystkie.”
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“Gdybym tej muzyki nie czuł, nie próbowałbym jej śpiewać.”
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“Opis: reakcja na głosy krytyki.”
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“Chciałbym spotkać prostą dziewczynę, która będzie szczęśliwa, robiąc normalne, codzienne rzeczy. Chciałbym, żeby lubiła filmy, hamburgery, coca-colę i muzykę. Nie ożenię się, dopóki nie znajdę takiej dziewczyny, nawet gdyby miało to nastąpić, gdy będę miał 30, 40, a nawet 50 lat.”
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“Boję się intelektualistów – powodują niezgodę i zazdrość. Trzymam się z daleka od tych, którzy mogą wpędzić mnie w kłopoty. Przebywam z ludźmi swojego pokroju.”
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1976· 8 entries
Vernon Presley—who had become deeply involved in his son's financial affairs—had fired "Memphis Mafia" bodyguards Red West (Presley's friend since the 1950s), Sonny West, and David Hebler, citing the need to "cut back on
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Released album “From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee”.
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Released album “A Legendary Performer, Volume 2”.
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Released album “Elvis in Hollywood”.
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Released album “Blue Christmas”.
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Released album “Disque D’or / “Pure Gold””.
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RCA sent a mobile recording unit to Graceland that made possible two full-scale recording sessions, but the recording process had become a struggle for him
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Released album “Les 40 Plus Grands Succes Originaux”.
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1975· 9 entries
Released album “Today”.
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Released album “Solid Rocks”.
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Released album “Easy Come, Easy Go”.
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Released album “The Sun Sessions”.
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Released album “40 Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Elvis Forever”.
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Released album “Pure Gold”.
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Released album “Promised Land”.
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Released album “20 Fantastic Hits”.
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1974· 2 entries
Released album “Good Times”.
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Released album “A Legendary Performer, Volume 1”.
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1973· 6 entries
Released album “Raised on Rock / For Ol’ Times Sake”.
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Released album “Elvis”.
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Released album “A Portrait in Music”.
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Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii
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Released album “Separate Ways”.
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Released album “Rock ’n’ On, Volume 2”.
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1972· 4 entries
Released album “Burning Love and Hits From His Movies”.
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Released album “He Touched Me”.
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Released album “Elvis Now”.
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Released album “Sings Hits From His Movies”.
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1971· 8 entries
Released album “Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas”.
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Released album “I Got Lucky”.
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Released album “The Other Sides: Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Volume 2”.
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Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1971).
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Released album “Love Letters From Elvis”.
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Released album “Elvis Country: I’m 10,000 Years Old”.
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An affair he had with Joyce Bova resulted—unbeknownst to him—in her pregnancy and an abortion
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Released album “You’ll Never Walk Alone”.
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1970· 7 entries
Presley engineered a meeting with US President Richard Nixon at the White House, where he explained how he believed he could reach out to the hippies to help combat the drug culture he and the president abhorred
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Released album “That’s the Way It Is”.
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Released album “Almost in Love”.
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Released album “Let’s Be Friends”.
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For the first of the year's two-month-long engagements, performing two shows a night
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Released album “Please Don’t Stop Loving Me”.
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Released album “Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits, Vol. 1”.
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1969· 3 entries
Released album “Back in Memphis”.
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Released album “From Elvis in Memphis”.
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Released album “Elvis Sings Flaming Star”.
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1968· 4 entries
During a period when he had grown deeply unhappy with his career
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Released album “Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 4”.
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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
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Released album “The Rockin' Days”.
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1967· 2 entries
In a brief ceremony in their suite at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas
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Released album “How Great Thou Art”.
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1965· 1 entry
Released album “Elvis for Everyone!”.
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1963· 1 entry
Released album “Elvis’ Golden Records, Volume 3”.
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1962· 1 entry
Released album “Pot Luck”.
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1961· 1 entry
Released album “Something for Everybody”.
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1960· 4 entries
Released album “His Hand in Mine”.
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Released album “Elvis Is Back!”.
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And was honorably discharged three days later
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Presley continued to perform rock and roll, but the characteristic style was substantially toned down
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1959· 4 entries
Released album “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong: Elvis’ Gold Records, Volume 2”.
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Released album “A Date With Elvis”.
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Released album “For LP Fans Only”.
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Sight and Sound's Peter John Dyer described his onscreen persona as "aggressively bisexual in appeal"
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1958· 6 entries
Presley was assigned to the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32d Armor, 3d Armored Division, at Ray Barracks, West Germany, where he served as an armor intelligence specialist
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Presley was drafted into the United States Army at Fort Chaffee in Arkansas
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Released album “Elvis’ Golden Records”.
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And "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" and the number-one "A Big Hunk o' Love" in 1959
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“Opis: w liście do Dolores Hart o śmierci swojej matki w 1958.”
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Relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work
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1957· 4 entries
Released album “Elvis’ Christmas Album”.
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Released album “The Best of Elvis”.
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“Opis: jedyny komentarz ws. powołania do wojska w 1957.”
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His first gospel record was released, the four-song EP Peace in the Valley
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1956· 5 entries
Released album “Rock ’n’ Roll”.
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Was seen by approximately 60 million viewers—a record 82
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Presley made his first recordings for RCA Victor in Nashville
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Transformed the field of popular music and had a huge effect on the broader scope of popular culture
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Recalled how in his childhood he would listen to blues musician Arthur Crudup—the originator of "That's All Right"—"bang his box the way I do now, and I said if I ever got to the place where I could feel all old Arthu
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1954· 2 entries
At Sun Records with the producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience
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With Elvis Presley's first release, on the Sun label", writes Craig Morrison
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1953· 5 entries
“Opis: w 1953 Elvis Presley przybył do studia Sama C. Phillipsa, by nagrać amatorską płytę – prezent dla matki. Marion Keisker, była eks-miss Radia Memphis, przyjmowała jego zamówienie, a kiedy usłyszała oryginalne brzmienie głosu Presleya, zdążyła zarejestrować końcowy fragment jednej piosenki i drugą w całości.”
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Singing and playing "Till I Waltz Again with You", a song by Teresa Brewer
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Presley checked into Memphis Recording Service, the company run by Sam Phillips before he started Sun Records
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For blues singer Big Mama Thornton by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
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Studied at Humes Preparatory Academy Middle School (1953).
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1950· 1 entry
Presley began practicing guitar under the tutelage of Lee Denson, a neighbor
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1945· 1 entry
When he was 10; he sang "Old Shep" and recalled placing fifth
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1938· 1 entry
Lost their home after Vernon was found guilty of altering a check and was jailed for eight months
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1935· 2 entries
In Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love (née Smith) and Vernon Presley
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Born 1935-01-08.
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