As we cannot present him with a beautiful pair of blue suede shoes, we are honoring him with these fascinating facts that you may not know about.
Here are eight things we all decided to learn about the legendary Hound Dog:
1. Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, where he was raised by loving working-class parents who had very little money.
2. Elvis had a twin brother, Jessie Garon, who was stillborn, according to Elvis Presley’s official website. Elvis used to talk about his twin brother in adulthood.
3. Before his music career took off, Elvis was a truck driver at an electricity company while attending a night school where he studied to be an electrician. He quit his job in 1954, when he started to travel and record music with local musicians Scotty Moore and Bill Black.
4. Elvis bought Graceland for $ 102,500 when he was 22 for him, his parents and his paternal grandmother to live. The house is now considered a national historic landmark and receives more than 500,000 visitors each year, according to the Graceland website.
5. Elvis played a large role in the national vaccination effort during the polio outbreak in the 1940s.
On October 28, 1956, the star received his polio vaccine on “The Ed Sullivan Show” while millions of viewers watched – a move that helped to convince teenagers and young adults (people who did not think they were at risk of contracting the disease ) that they needed the vaccine to protect others from the deadly virus.
6. Elvis served in the army for two years during the height of his fame.
Chosen at the age of 23, Elvis ended up serving in Germany where, among opening thousands of fan letters, he met 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, whom he would marry in 1967 and divorce six years later.
7. Elvis was a black belt in karate and carried the certificate in his wallet until his death.
8. Elvis was introduced to five Halls of Fame: Rock ‘n’ Roll, Country, Gospel, Rockabilly and R&B. He has sold more than a billion records worldwide.
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