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          Elvis Presley: King of rock and roll
          [ 2007-08-15 16:27 ]

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          ANNOUNCER:

          Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in VOA Special English. Today Rich Kleinfeldt and Steve Ember tell about one of America’s most popular singers, Elvis Presley.

          (MUSIC)

          VOICE ONE:

          That song, “Hound Dog,” was one of Elvis Presley’s most popular records. It sold five million copies in 1956. Music industry experts say more than one thousand million of Elvis’s recordings have sold throughout the world. He was a success in many different kinds of music -- popular, country, religious, and rhythm and blues.

          Elvis Presley won many awards from nations all over the world, yet he did not record in any language other than English. He never performed outside the United States, except for three shows in Canada. Yet, his recordings and films have been, and are still, enjoyed by people all over the world.

          VOICE TWO:

          Elvis Aaron Presley was born in the southern town of Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935. His family was extremely poor. During his childhood, he sang in church with his parents. He also listened to music that influenced his later singing, including country, rhythm and blues, and religious music. Elvis and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when he was thirteen.

          After high school, he had several jobs, including driving a truck. In 1953, he made his first recording of this song, “My Happiness”:

          (MUSIC)

          VOICE ONE:

          Elvis Presley recorded the song at the Memphis Recording Service. The story is that he paid four dollars to make a recording for his mother. A woman who worked at the public recording studio had another job with a local independent record company called Sun Records. She made a second recording of Elvis’s songs because she thought the owner of Sun Records should hear him sing.

          VOICE TWO:

          The owner of Sun Records, Sam Phillips, had been looking for a white performer who could sing black rhythm and blues. He suggested Elvis work with a guitar player and a bass player. Several months later Mister Phillips agreed to have the group make a record. It was released on July 19, 1954. One of the songs was “That’s All Right”:

          (MUSIC)

          The record sold well in Memphis, and was played a lot on local radio stations. To let others hear Elvis, Sam Phillips organized a series of performances at country fairs in the area. One of the people who heard Elvis perform at these shows was Colonel Tom Parker. Elvis signed an agreement that Colonel Parker would organize his appearances.

          One of Elvis’ first new recordings became a huge hit, and led to his many appearances on television. It was “Heartbreak Hotel”:

          (MUSIC)

          VOICE ONE:

          By the middle of the 1950s, Elvis Presley was known around the world as the young man who moved his hips in a sexual way as he sang rock and roll music. Many adults said he and his music were bad influences on young people. Young women loved him. Huge crowds attended his performances.

          He made his first movie in 1956. It was “Love Me Tender.” The title song was a big hit.

          (MUSIC)

          VOICE TWO:

          Elvis Presley was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood for a number of years in the 1950s. He acted in thirty-one movies.

          In 1958, just as he finished making the movie “King Creole,” Elvis received notice that he had to serve in the United States Army.

          He was stationed in Germany where he lived in a large house and dated a lot of

          Elvis and Priscilla Presley

          Elvis and Priscilla Presley

          beautiful women. One young girl he met in Germany was Priscilla Beaulieu, the daughter of an Army officer. She was fourteen years old. Later, after Elvis had finished his army service, she came to live with him in Memphis. They married in 1967, when she was twenty-one years old. He was thirty-two. They became parents nine months later of a baby girl, Lisa Marie.

          VOICE ONE:

          Colonel Parker made sure that songs Elvis had recorded earlier were released during the years he was in the army. So Elvis was just as popular after his military service as he was before it.

          Elvis Presley won three of the music industry’s highest award, the Grammy. He received the first one in 1967. It was for “How Great Thou Art,” an album of religious music.

          (MUSIC)

          VOICE TWO:

          Elvis returned to performing live shows in 1969, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He then traveled around the country performing before huge crowds. He began to take drugs to help him sleep. He gained a lot of weight so he took drugs to help control his weight. And he took extremely strong drugs to reduce pain.

          Elvis also suffered from the emotional sickness, depression. It became worse after his marriage ended. Elvis never permitted Priscilla to stay with him in Las Vegas or travel with him around the country. He also did not want Priscilla to see other people when he was away from home. And he spent time with other women. Priscilla finally left him in 1972 for another man.

          VOICE ONE:

          Elvis Presley released many recordings of his performances during the 1970s. He also enjoyed great success on television. His 1973 television show from Hawaii was seen in forty countries by more than 1,000 million people.

          His last record album was called “Moody Blue.” He recorded it in 1976. One of its hit songs was called “Way Down”:

          (MUSIC)

          VOICE TWO:

          Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977. First reports said he had a heart attack, but later tests showed many drugs in his body. Experts agree that these drugs probably caused his death.

          Hundreds of thousands of people still visit his home, Graceland, in Memphis every year. Fans continue to buy his music, making him the most popular recording artist ever. Elvis Presley remains the undisputed King of Rock and Roll.

          (MUSIC: "Good Rockin' Tonight")

          ANNOUNCER:

          This program was written by Nancy Steinbach. Rich Kleinfeldt and Steve Ember were the narrators. The producer was Paul Thompson. I’m Faith Lapidus. Listen again next week for another PEOPLE IN AMERICA program in VOA Special English.

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