Facts about Elvis Presley: Stats, Music and Movies

Here are some interesting facts about Elvis Presley.

Born: January 8, 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi
Siblings: A twin brother that was stillborn named Jesse Garon Presley
Parents: Gladys Love and Vernon Elvis Presley
High School: Humes High School
First record for Sun Studios: "Good Rockin' Tonight" and "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" on September 25, 1954.
First Network TV Appearance: "Stage Show" hosted by the Dorsey brothers on July 5, 1954. Elvis, Scotty Moore and Bill Black (the Blue Moon Boys) sang "That's all Right(mama)."
First Commercial Record Release: July 19, 1954 "That's all right(Mama)" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
First Screen Test: April 1, 1956 Paramount Studios. A scene from "The Rainmaker"
First Film: "Love me Tender"August 23, 1956 signed with Paramount Pictures on April 6, 1956
Purchased Graceland: March 1957
First Record for RCA: "I Got a Woman" on January 27, 1956. However it was not the first to be released.
First Record to Hit #1: "Heartbreak Hotel," which was also his first to actually be released by RCA
Inducted into the Army: March 24, 1958
Spouse: Priscilla Beaulieu whom he married at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas on May 1, 1967
Children : Lisa Marie Presley born February 1, 1968
Found dead by Ginger Alden: August 16, 1977
Graceland Opened to the Public: June 7, 1982

Controversial "Facts" about Elvis

• The spelling of his middle name on his birth certificate is smudged and it's never been clear if it is Aaron or Aron.
• When Elvis was only 10, he entered The Mississippi-Alabama State Fair and Dairy Show. Not able to reach the microphone, he had to stand on a chair and sing "Old Shep" unaccompanied. He won 2nd place, $5.00, and was able to ride on the rides for free.
• For Elvis's 11th birthday his parents bought him his first guitar for $7.75. He had wanted a bicycle but the guitar was all they could afford.

Elvis Presley's Movie Career
During Elvis' career he made 33 movies, two documentaries and two TV specials.

"Love Me Tender" - 1956 with Richard Egan, Debra Paget and James Drury
"Loving You" - 1957 with Dolores Hart, Wendell Corey and Lizabeth Scott
"Jailhouse Rock" - 1957 with Judy Tyler and Mickey Shaugnnessy
"King Creole" - 1958 with Walter Mathau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Dean Jones and vic Morrow
"G.I. Blues" - 1960 with Juliet Prowse, Jeremy Slate and Robert Ivers

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