Elvis Presley

The Essential Elvis Presley (2007)

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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Presley's 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, brought both great success and initial controversy.



Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. His music career began there in 1954, at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on 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 managed him for the rest of his life. Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the US. Within a year, RCA Victor would sell ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular rock and roll; though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral well-being of white American youth.



In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. Presley 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. Some of Presley's most famous films included Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961), and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed NBC 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. However, years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating severely compromised his health, and Presley died unexpectedly in August 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.



Presley is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales estimated around 500 million records worldwide. He was commercially successful in many genres, including pop, country, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, 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. He holds several records, including the most RIAA-certified gold and platinum albums, the most albums charted on the Billboard 200, the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the UK Albums Chart, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart. In 2018, Presley was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.



T R A C K L I S T



CD 1



01. That’s All Right, Mama

02. Baby, Let’s Play House

03. Mystery Train

04. Heartbreak Hotel

05. I Was The One

06. Blue Suede Shoes

07. Hound Dog

08. Don’t Be Cruel

09. Love Me Tender

10. All Shook Up

11. (There’ll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)

12. Jailhouse Rock

13. Trouble

14. Fever

15. It’s Now Or Never

16. Reconsider Baby

17. Are You Lonesome Tonight?

18. Little Sister

19. Follow That Dream

20. Can’t Help Falling In Love



CD 2



01. Return To Sender

02. (You’re The) Devil In Disguise

03. Bossa Nova, Baby

04. Viva Las Vegas

05. Big Boss Man

06. A Little Less Conversation

07. If I Can Dream

08. Memories

09. In The Ghetto

10. Suspicious Minds

11. Don’t Cry Daddy

12. Kentucky Rain

13. Polk Salad Annie

14. The Wonder Of You

15. I Just Can’t Help Believin’

16. Burning Love

17. Always On My Mind

18. Steamroller Blues

19. Hurt

20. Moody Blue





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