Elvis Presley's effect on the world of popular music spans six decades from the fifties through to the 21st. His flambouant dress style is mirrowed throughout the world, especially in Porthcawl every September when the Elvis look-a-like train takes a holt in the south Wales holiday town.
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His stage act, along with a vast wardrobe of dazzling sequinned jackets and trousers with the extremely wide belts give the Elvis look-a-likers an equally vast repertoire in their shows and also in their costume.
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Elvis Presley's singing career started in the early fifties singing rhythm & blues. He moved on in later life to sing rock'n'roll.
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He joined the Army in the late fifties and served for two years, I think it was during this time he set foot in Britain, not for a concert or even to record songs.
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His plane landed somewhere in Scotland, and whilst possibly waiting for a re-fuel he placed his foot on British soli for the first and last time. He never came back to Britain to either record or do any concerts.
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Elvis Presley left the army with an honourable discharge in 1960 with the rank of sergant. Music recording had changed since Elvis had bee in the army, and when he whent back in to the recording studios he was able to use a three track recording machine.
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Elvis made tv performances with stars such as Frank Sinatra who had previously complained about the type of music Elvis was singing.
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Early in 1966 Elvis proposed to his girlfriend, Priscilla they married in the following May at the Alladin Hotel, where his manager laid on a photo shoot.
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In the early sixties Elvis did not have much to sing about apart from the fact that his wife had Priscilla given birth to ta daughter Lisa Marie. His music career had taken a bit of a nose dive with nothing he recorded do very well.
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Later that same year his manager, Colonel Parker organised a tv show that would not only boost Elvis's image, but would also give the tv company high audience figures.
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It was billed as the "68 Comeback Special", Clad in leather, and singing in a style reminiscent of his earlier days.
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Elvis got a standing ovation from a large and enthusiastic crowd, including famous actors and singers when he took to the stage in Las Vegas for the first time since he had sung on stage in this city since 1956.
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In 1970 Elvis appeared at the International Hotel where he performed twice a night for a month. RCA recorded the show and the best material was laid down in an album "On Stage"
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In August 1970 he wore a jump suit for the first time which would eventually become synonymous with his act.
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During this period of time Elvis was threatened with being kidnapped and even killed. The FBI took this threat seriously enough with security being increased over the next few months.
Phone calls were recieved threatening his life, and demanding money to the tune of $50.000.
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Elvis started on a concert tour, the first he had done since 1958. He took a months rest before starting more tours in the following October and November.
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In April 1972 Elvis started an unprecedented 14 day tour which included 4 sold out concerts in Madison Square Gardens, New York.
RCA taped the show for a live album.
After this performance he recorded "Burning Love" his last top ten hit in the US charts
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Despite all the glitter and glamour that was Elvis Presley, his personal life was the complete opposite.
Spending so much time on the road and not with his wife, made Priscilla and Elvis distant.
It was reported that he had been unfaithful to Priscilla before they were married and also after.
But he was furious with her behaviour when it was found that she was having an affair with a mutual friend.
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The couple separated in Feb 1972 after being together for 13 years.
Elvis lived with LindaThompson who was a songwriter and Memphis beauty queen until a few months before his death.
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The following year Elvis and Priscilla both filed for divorce.
In the same month Elvis performed two concerts for a cancer charity in Hawai.
The show, budgeted at a record $2.5 million, raised $85,000—more than three times what had been anticipated.
Elvis's outfit became the most recognized example of the elaborate concert costumes with which his latter-day persona became closely associated.
As described by "At the end of the show, when he spreads out his American Eagle cape, with the full stretched wings of the eagle studded on the back, he becomes a god figure.
The accompanying album, released in February, went to number one, spending a year on the charts. It proved to be Presley's last U.S. number 1 pop album during his lifetime.
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Towards the end of his singing career Elvis was looking grotesque. He was overweight, unable to stand upright his mind was playing tricks on him and he wasn't able to complete shows. All that mattered was to keep the King on his feet and uprighrt.
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As the months past it was becoming clearer that it was difficult for Elvis to perform with any sense of pride. He statred to spend more time in his room reading spiritual books and recounting some of his favourite episodes of "Monty Python" his own japes.
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His final performance came in 1977 at the Market square Arena in Indionapolis. A book Elvis: What happened? in August was published, written by Steve Dunlevy and the three bodyguards that had been fired.
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The book opnend up to the world Elvis's torrid time on drugs. He was clearly upset about what had been printed, despite it being the truth. He felt betrayed by the people he thought were his friends.
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He was due to fly out for another concert in Memphis on the 16th August 1977. However he was found in his bathroom by his fiancee. Attempts to revive him failed, and death was officially pronounced at 3:30 pm at the Baptist Memorial Hospital. Presley had died "at a time when it could only help his reputation", biographer Samuel Roy later stated
A special thanks to all those who have contributed to Wikepedia and all so to the thousands of Elvis fans who have kept the King alive.
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