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Elvis Aaron Presley (Tupelo, Mississippi, 8 January 1935 – Memphis, Tennessee, 16 August 1977). Also known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" was an American singer, song producer and actor, who began his music career at Sun Records in the spring of 1954 when Sam Philips recorded Elvis performing several of Elvis' favourite songs with Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass). One of these covers was a country and western song, "Blue Moon of Kentucky". |
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News in english
about Elvis Presley
(August / 2009)
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash on 'Sun Gospel' CD Date: 01 Aug 2009
Los Angeles Times -
It has long been assumed that Sun Records founder Sam Phillips didn't like gospel music because he discouraged his greatest discoveries, including Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, from recording spiritual music for his Memphis label in the 1950s. But it turns out Phillips loved gospel music -- he just didn't think he could successfully market it in the mid-1950s when his rock and country records ...
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A pill for every ill: Two million Brits have become addicted to prescription drugs Date: 01 Aug 2009
Independent -
What do Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley have in common? They were all taking tranquillisers – prescription drugs for insomnia, depression, anxiety – at the time of their deaths. The results of toxicology tests undertaken after Jackson's death in June are expected to reveal the presence of drugs to alleviate pain, depression and anxiety, and will inevitably ...
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Elvis Presley's 'Ed Sullivan Show' performances arrive on DVD Aug. 4 Date: 01 Aug 2009
New Orleans Times-Picayune -
Songs include 'Don't Be Cruel,' 'Love Me Tender,' 'Hound Dog' and 'Heartbreak Hotel.'
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Septuagenarian Elvis, comedy thriller take long route to DVD release Date: 01 Aug 2009
Memphis Commercial Appeal -
Elvis Presley made 31 movies as an actor, and not one of them lost money. As Oscar-winning producer Hal B. Wallis once said: "A Presley picture is the only sure thing in Hollywood."
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I'm all shook up Date: 01 Aug 2009
Wichita Falls Times Record News -
Charles Stone shook things up working for tour promotions company Concerts West. But he was the one who was all shook up the day he called his boss and, instead, ended up talking to Elvis Presley’s manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
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Draper ending storied Junaluska career Date: 02 Aug 2009
Asheville Citizen-Times -
LAKE JUNALUSKA — Glenn Draper first set foot on the grounds of Lake Junaluska in 1954, the same year the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown vs. The Board of Education and Elvis Presley cut his first singles for Sun Records.
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Longtime radio broadcaster signs books, shares stories Date: 02 Aug 2009
The Longview News-Journal -
HENDERSON — Most people's memories of Elvis Presley are of an image on a movie screen or, at best, a figure on a concert stage. For longtime East Texas broadcaster Tom Perryman, however, the memories are personal.
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Elvis at his best Date: 02 Aug 2009
Toronto Sun -
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