ELVIS PRESLEY 1935 - 1977 A SHORT HISTORY

HE BEGAN LIFE IN TUPELO , MISSISSIPPI   HE BECAME A SUPERSTAR, A FANTASY FIGURE, AN IDOL.   HE WAS 18 WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE MEMPHIS RECORDING STUDIO.   HE CHANGED THE SOUND OF POPULAR MUSIC   HE WAS 20 AND RCA RECORDS SIGNED HIM TO A CONTRACT FOR $35,000   HIS RECORDS HAVE SOLD OVER 500,000,000 WORLDWIDE   HE WAS 21 WHEN HE RECEIVED $10,000 FOR PERFORMING IN HIS          HOMETOWN AND GAVE IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE OF TUPELO.   HE RAISED $100,000 IN A BENEFIT CONCERT TO HELP THE USS ARIZONA   MEMORIAL HONOURING SEAMEN WHO DIED AT PEARL HARBOUR.   HE WAS 21 WHEN HE STARRED IN HIS FIRST MOVIE.   HE MADE 33 MOVIES AND BECAME ONE OF HOLLYWOODS TOP BOX OFFICE   ATTRACTIONS   HE WAS 21 AND HE MADE HIS TELEVISION DEBUT ON CBS AS A GUEST OF   THE DORSEY BROTHERS.   HIS OWN NBC TV SPECIAL "ALOHA FROM HAWAII WAS VIEWED BY ONE   BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.   HE WAS 21 AND HE MADE HIS FIRST LAS VEGAS APPEARANCE.   HE WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PAID PERFORMERS IN THE HISTORY OF   LAS VEGAS IN SELLOUT APPEARANCES AT THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.   HIS CONCERT TOURS WERE SEEN BY MILLIONSOF FANS FROM SEATTLE   TO NEW YORK'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, HE NEVER PLAYED TO AN   UNSOLD SEAT.   HE IS THE STORY OF A RAW TALENT THAT BECAME MAGIC FOR MILLIONS   OF PEOPLE. HIS IS THE  STORY OF HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, OF GROWTH IN   STYLE AND STAGE PRESENCE AND WARMTH. IT IS THE STORY OF AN   ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE CHARISMA, A UNIQUE PERSONAL POWER THAT   INSPIRED A KIND OF AWE AMONG HIS FANS - AND THERE ARE MILLIONS   OF THEM.   HIS NAME WAS ELVIS ARON PRESLEY : THE MAN WHOSE RECORDED VOICE   HAS BEEN HEARD BY MORE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAN THAT OF ANY   OTHER PERFORMING ARTIST.....;... THE MAN WHO IS KNOWN TO ALL   THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HEARD THAT VOICE SIMPLY AS - ELVIS