Elvis Aaron Presley was born in 1935 in Tupelo, Ms. and he was welcomed to gospel music when he was a child. Presley starting playing guitar at a young age. In 1956, he became a national sensation and had rock music dominated until 1963. Presley sang country, rock ‘n’ roll, and rhythm and blues. Some of his most popular songs were “Hound Dog,” “Love Me Tender,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” and “Heartbreak Hotel.” Presley’s pelvic vibrations that was wildly sexual is what mainly skyrocketed him to fame. Popular interest in the king of rock ‘n’ roll has remained high, even though he is no longer here with us. Presley appeared in thirty-three motion pictures from 1956 to 1972. Those included Love Me Tender (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957), and Follow That Dream (1962). Elvis Presley’s house Graceland, which is in Memphis, Tenn., has been turned into a very popular tourist attraction and pop culture’s shrine (Elvis Presley 1). Substance abuse played a huge part to the king of rock ‘n’ roll’s death. Because of drugs, he died at the age of forty-two. Presley was overweight, had eye trouble, and was very depressed. His manager, Joe Esposito, found him fully clothed laying on his bed. Esposito then called an ambulance and Presley’s doctor.…show more content… He broke out of the clean image of the teen idols of the day which rose him to fame in 1956. Presley became increasingly depressed when he could not keep, twenty year old Southern beauty consultant, Ginger Alden by his side. Presley and Alden frequently argued in public. Because of Presley not getting his way, he would throw a tantrum. Which led to him firing a shotgun in the air at his home after a fight with her. In the late fifties, Presley entered the U.S Army just when he was at the height of his fame. He was surpassed by a new social mood represented by the Beatles and Rolling Stones just shortly after (Roderick
