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Sai Chaganti Ms. Case English I Honors 12 April 2024 The Journey of Elvis Presley From being dirt poor to being known as the King of Rock and one of America's greatest performers, Elvis Presley started with just a band. Still, as soon as his albums started to become hits, Elvis Presley became the “idolized teenager” of his decade. With his TV shows hitting record-size audiences and controlling the pop music charts, Elvis Presley was the face of the music industry. Even though Elvis Presley became popular soon after publishing his records, he had to go through many challenges to succeed. Presley overcame many obstacles to propel his success and build the legacy he has today through overcoming the difficulties of a poor background and lifestyle, becoming the face of the American military as well as creating …show more content…

Presley grew up with a poor background and according to Dave Marsh, and, with his family, was off welfare for only a few weeks when producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records, a local blues label, responded to his audition tape with a phone call (Dave Marsh). With an unprivileged lifestyle, understanding how Elvis did not have many opportunities but being determined to succeed is what ended up saving him. No one believed in Elvis and soon after he graduated, Elvis recorded two songs but no studios gave him any offers and right after his first concert, according to this article, his manager said, You ain't goin' nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck (Elvis Presley- From Failure to King of Rock and Roll). Elvis Presley s tenacious behavior caused him to be the person he is today. Understanding how hard it must have been to go from rock bottom and having no hits and no support through it, to becoming one of the greatest artists of all time shows the true character of Elvis Presley and foreshadows the way he became

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