Elvis Presley era

Elvis Presley Born:

Tupelo, Mississippi 1935

Elvis Presley Died:

Memphis, Tennessee 1977

In 1949,__________________. They moved to a lower socioeconomic area____________________________

1.when Elvis was 13, The Presley family moved to Memphis.

2.after losing their home due to Elvis’ dad spending almost a year in jail for forging a $4 check.

Memphis was where Elvis became_______________________. He would attend___________________. He also _____________________.This was a time when most teenagers started to enjoy rhythm and blues.

1-ingratiated into Black American culture.

2-black churches, where he would enjoy gospel music

3- fell in love with rhythm and blues music.

Sam Phillips, who owned Sun Records, was looking to help spread the popularity of rhythm and blues. When Elvis, along with “Scotty” Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (standup bass),____________________________ “That’s All Right” that Sam Phillips found the sound he was looking for.

came to record some tracks for Sam Phillips, it wasn’t until they were messing around with Arthur Crudup’s

Elvis’ version of “That’s All Right” (1954)

became his first hit, being constantly played on local radio stations.

Elvis and his trio first performed the Louisiana Hayride in November 1954.

This performance was broadcast to 168 radio stations across 28 states.

By August 1955

, Colonel Tom Parker, who was widely known as one of the best promoters in the music business, signed Elvis and his trio to Hank Snow’s (the #1 country artist at the time) tour.

Eventually, realizing Elvis would outshine his small independent label,

Sam Phillips, with heavy help from Tom Parker, would garner a deal worth $40,000 to RCA, making it the biggest record label deal.

In 1956,

 Elvis’ self titled first album became the first Rock and Roll album to reach the top of the Billboard charts, where it stayed for several weeks.

After several different TV appearances and rising popularity on the radio, Elvis would___

become a national star after his first Ed Sullivan appearance in 1956.

His popularity was a double edged sword. While teenagers drove his ever-rising popularity, conservative America rejected Elvis’ hip-gyrating, sexually charged behavior.

On March 24, 1958, Elvis received his draft letter and was enlisted in the United States Army. In Germany, Elvis would meet Priscilla Beaulieu, the daughter of an american general

Tom Parker's steady stream of unreleased music kept Elvis’s popularity alive.

When Elvis returned to America after'______________________________

being honorably discharged in 1960, Tom Parker would set him up with several hollywood films. In these films, Elvis is seen as a well behaved, clean shaven American man. This was an attempt to shape up his bad boy image, and it seemed to work.

Most of the 1960s saw Elvis as more of a film star than a performing musician, even though his films all had him singing songs throughout.

It wasn’t until the 1968 special, when Elvis had his first live performance in 7 years, that Elvis focused his career back on music. Later known as the, ____________ this special catapulted Elvis back to the top of the carts. It re-invigorated his musical career, and reminded Elvis that he was at his best when he was in control.

‘68 Comeback Special

In 1969, Tom Parker got Elvis a deal to be in residency for the_________________________n Las Vegas. This deal was initially for 57 shows over 4 weeks, but as we saw in the movie, Elvis never left that gig.

brand new International Hotel

 Elvis and Priscilla separated. Their relationship had been on a downward trend for some years, and Priscilla finally was fed up with who Elvis was becoming.

In 1972,

From this point, Elvis continued into decline______________r, had prescribed him approximately 10,000 doses of various drugs in an 8th month period. Elvis would start to ramble incoherently during his Vegas performance at the International Hotel.His paranoia increased, his depression increased. His last performance was June 26,1977, just two months before he died.

 Dr. Nick, his personal doctor,