ELVIS PRESLEY

BY RALUCA VELEA
BEFORE STARTING HIS CAREER

– Elvis Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two rooms houses in
TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, on January 8, 1935.
– His twin brother, Jesse Garon, he did, leaving Elvis alone.
HIS FIRST GUITAR

– On Elvis ‘’ eleventh birthday, his parents bought him a guitar.

– With the help oh his uncle Johnny and pastor Frank Smith of the Assembly of
god Church, which the Presleys were now attending, he learned some basic
cords.
MUZICAL INFLUENCE

– Elvis ” musical influences were the pop and country music of the time ,the
gospel music he heard in church.
– With a sound and style that uniquely musical influence and blurred and
challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new
era of American music and popular culture.
GETTING TO SUN

– Soon after Elvis graduated in June of 1953, he began to explore the possibilities
of singing professionally. In July, he went to 706 Union.
– In July, I went to 706 UNION Avenue, a facility owned and run by Sam Phillips,
where you could walk in and, for the amount of $3.98, record a two-sided
record of your own performance.
THE CONCERT STAGE

– When Elvis returned to the live stage after the success of hid 1968 television
special and the wrap-up of his Hollywood movie contract obligations, he
opened at the International Hotel in Las Vegas in the summer of 1969 for a 4-
week, 57-show engagement that broke all existing Las Vegas attendance
records.
WHAT CAUSED ELVI’S DEATH

– Elvis died because he had a stomach problem and for this reason his heart blew.
– The world says he died of drug abuse. But this is false.