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Elvis Aaron Presley January 8 1935 – August 16 1977 Was An American Singer And Actor. Regarded As One Of The Most Significant Cultural Icons Of The 20th Century He Is Often Referred To As The "King Of Rock And Roll" Or Simply "the King". 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. Accompanied By Guitarist Scotty Moore And Bassist Bill Black Presley 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 The Singer 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. 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 Made Him Enormously Popular—and Controversial. 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 Movies 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 Just 42 Years Of Age. Presley Is One Of The Most Celebrated And Influential Musicians Of The 20th Century. Commercially Successful In Many Genres Including Pop Country Blues And Gospel He Is The Best-Selling Solo Artist In The History Of Recorded Music. He Won Three Competitive Grammys Received The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award At Age 36 And Has Been Inducted Into Multiple Music Halls Of Fame.
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Elvis Aaron Presley January 8 1935 – August 16 1977 Was An American Singer And Actor. Regarded As One Of The Most Significant Cultural Icons Of The 20th Century He Is Often Referred To As The "King Of Rock And Roll" Or Simply "the King". 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. Accompanied By Guitarist Scotty Moore And Bassist Bill Black Presley 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 The Singer 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. 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 Made Him Enormously Popular—and Controversial. 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 Movies 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 Just 42 Years Of Age. Presley Is One Of The Most Celebrated And Influential Musicians Of The 20th Century. Commercially Successful In Many Genres Including Pop Country Blues And Gospel He Is The Best-Selling Solo Artist In The History Of Recorded Music. He Won Three Competitive Grammys Received The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award At Age 36 And Has Been Inducted Into Multiple Music Halls Of Fame.
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Elvis Also Known As Elvis Presley No. 2 Is The Second Studio Album By American Rock And Roll Singer Elvis Presley Released By RCA Victor On October 19 1956 In Mono. Recording Sessions Took Place On September 1 September 2 And September 3 At Radio Recorders In Hollywood With One Track Left Over From The Sessions For Presley's Debut Album At The RCA Victor Recording Studios On January 30 In New York. It Spent Four Weeks At #1 On The Billboard Top Pop Albums Chart That Year Making Presley The First Recording Artist To Have Both Albums Go Straight To Number One In The Same Year. It Would Go On To Spend 5 Weeks At #1 In Total. It Was Certified Gold On February 17 1960 And Platinum On August 10 2011 By The Recording Industry Association Of America. It Was Originally Released In UK In 1957 As Elvis Presley No. 2 With A Different Front Cover On His Master's Voice CLP1105 . It Was Also Cataloged As Rock 'n' Roll No. 2. RCA Victor Producer Steve Sholes Had Commissioned Two New Songs For This Batch Of Sessions "Paralyzed" From Otis Blackwell And "Love Me" From Jerry Leiber And Mike Stoller The Authors Of Presley's Summer Hit Of 1956 "Hound Dog " The First Record To Top All Three Of The Billboard Singles Charts Then In Existence Pop R&B And C&W. Presley Decided Upon Three Little Richard Covers And Selected Three New Country Ballads Respectively From Regular Everly Brothers Writer Boudleaux Bryant And Guitarist Chet Atkins Sun Staff Musician And Engineer Stan Kesler And Aaron Schroeder And Ben Weisman. The Latter Two Contracted To Hill And Range The Publishing Company Of Presley's Manager Colonel Tom Parker Would Write Dozens Of Songs For Presley Through The 1960s. Also Included Was The Song With Which Presley Won Second Prize At A Fair In Tupelo When He Was Ten Years Old Red Foley's 1941 Country Song "Old Shep." With All But One Track On The Album Recorded At A Single Set Of Sessions Over Three Days In September Presley And His Touring Band Of Scotty Moore Bill Black And D.J. Fontana Along With The Jordanaires Managed To Recreate The Loose Feel From Sun Studio Days Mixing Rhythm And Blues And Country And Western Repertoire Items As They Had On All Of His Sun Singles. They Reinforced This Effect By Including Material Echoing His Very First Sun Record A Blues By Arthur Crudup Author Of "That's All Right Mama " And A Song Recorded By Bluegrass Founder Bill Monroe "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again." The Sessions Were Attended By A Few Outsiders Namely His Current Girlfriend At The Time Actress Natalie Wood And Actor Nick Adams Both Of Whom Had Starred In Rebel Without A Cause Presley's Favorite James Dean Film. Steve Sholes Was The RCA Man At The Session And Handled The Paper Work And Such But Elvis Himself Chose The Songs And Led The Session. The Piano Player On This Album Is Not Registered In The Official RCA Victor Archives Except For The Song "So Glad You're Mine" Which Was Cut At A Previous Session In New York. In A 1984 Interview Conducted By Jan-Erik Kjeseth Gordon Stoker Of The Jordanaires Stated That He Was The Piano Player On Most Of The Songs On The Album. In An Article Written By Kjeseth For The Flaming Star Magazine It Was Argued That The Piano Player On "Love Me" "Old Shep" And "How's The World Treating You" Was Elvis Himself. Ernst Jørgensen Writer Of Elvis Presley - A Study In Music Seems To Be Of The Same Opinion. Kjeseth Also Claims That Elvis Played The Piano On The Single From This Session "Playing For Keeps". Again Jørgensen Seems To Be Of The Same Opinion. Gordon Stoker Played The Piano On "Rip It Up" And "Anyplace Is Paradise". RCA First Reissued The Original 12 Track Album On Compact Disc In 1984. This Issue In Reprocessed Fake Stereo Sound Was Quickly Withdrawn And The Disc Was Reissued In Original Monophonic. RCA Reissued An Expanded Edition Of The Album In 1999 And Again In 2005. For The 1999 Reissue Six Bonus Tracks Were Added That Were Both Sides Of Three Singles Altering The Running Order. Four Of The Tracks Were Chart-Toppers "Love Me Tender" "Too Much" And The Double-Sided Classic "Hound Dog" And "Don't Be Cruel". Bonus Tracks Recorded On July 2 At RCA Studios In New York City In September At Radio Recorders And "Love Me Tender" At 20th Century Fox Stage One During The Sessions For Love Me Tender. The 2005 Reissue Was Remastered Using DSD Technology With The Six Bonus Tracks Appended In Standard Fashion In The Following Order "Playing For Keeps" "Too Much" "Don't Be Cruel" "Hound Dog" "Any Way You Want Me That's How I Will Be " And "Love Me Tender". This Acclaimed Latest Remaster Was The Handiwork Of Audio Restorer Kevan Budd Who Also Drew Praise For His 2005 Remasters Of Presley's First And Third Albums Respectively Elvis Presley And Loving You As Well As The 2004 Upgrade Known As Elvis At Sun. These Rock-N'roll Tapes May Have Been Among Those Possibly Dumped Into The Delaware River Near RCA Victor's Camden New Jersey Plant In The Late 1950s. In 2014 Elvis Was Reissued On The Follow That Dream Label In A Deluxe Edition Consisting Of 2 Discs Packaged In A 7-Inch Sleeve. The First Disc Contains The Original Album Plus Every Known Outtake From The Labor-Day 1956 Sessions. The Second Disc Features A Live Concert Held At Hirsch Coliseum Youth Center Louisiana State Fairgrounds On December 15 1956.