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Elvis Aaron Presley, in the humblest of circumstances, was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child. He and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1948, and Elvis graduated from Humes High School there in 1953.

Biography Elvis’ musical influences were the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church and at the all-night gospel sings he frequently attended, and the black R&B he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager. In 1954, he began his singing career with the legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences 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.


Elvis Aaron Presley, conosciuto in tutto il modo solo con il suo primo nome, è considerato una delle figure più importanti nella musica e nella cultura popolare del Ventesimo secolo. Egli ha cambiato completamente lo scenario della musica americana con un suono e uno stile che hanno unito elementi musicali diversi e apparentemente lontani. Nel corso della sua vicenda artistica egli ha messo in moto una rivoluzione musicale che ha scatenato una trasformazione culturale che ha toccato il mondo.