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ELVIS MP3 AUDIO CLIPS & MORE
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One of the very special aspects of Elvis
Presley's character was his generosity of spirit. He expressed it with
benefit concerts and charitable donations that were well known by the public.
But most of what he did for others was done quietly, without publicity.
Elvis never once forgot what it was like to want, to need, to do without.
He spent most of his life bringing happiness to others, endlessly giving to
those around him. It is one of the things that we admired the most about him.
Please visit The
Elvis Presley
Charitable Foundation
Elvis Presley (1935-1977), American singer and actor, one
of the most popular and influential entertainers of the 20th century. Presley
is renowned as an early pioneer of rock music, fusing the sounds of country
music and rhythm-and-blues influences with what was then the new rock-and-roll
style. His unprecedented, electrically charged performances also helped make
Presley one of the first mass idols of American popular culture.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. He attended Pentecostal
churches in his youth, and there he heard gospel music. He also listened to
blues and country-and-western music and won a talent contest at the age of ten
for a rendition of the ballad “Old Shep” (1933), written by country singer Red
Foley. In his teens, Presley taught himself to play the guitar.
Following high school, Presley worked as a truck driver. In 1953, while
recording some songs as a birthday gift for his mother at a studio in Memphis,
Tennessee, Presley impressed the studio manager with his unique vocal style,
demonstrating both outstanding range and the influences of African American
music. Studio owner Sam Phillips promptly signed Presley to his fledgling
record label, Sun Records. After recording some country-tinged singles in 1954
for Sun (such as “That’s All Right Mama” and “Blue Moon of Kentu.
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