The King ain't dead; he just went home.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in 1935 in a two-room house in Tupelo,
Mississippi. His mother Gladys worked as a cotton picker, while his
father Vernon drifted from job to job.
"Elvis has left the building." Who said it first?
Horace Lee
Logan, founder and longtime producer of Louisiana Hayride, the country-music
radio show that gave Elvis his big break
Elvis and President Richard Nixon in 1970, when Elvis suggested
he be made a Federal Agent-at-Large in the fight against drugs and
"Communist brainwashing".
"Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside. " - Elvis Presley
Popular music icon Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee. He was
42. The death of the "King of Rock and Roll" brought legions of
mourning fans to Graceland, his mansion in Memphis. Doctors said he
died of a heart attack, likely brought on by his addiction to
prescription barbiturates.