Elvis Presley Elvis and his family moved to Tennessee, and later on he then graduated from Humes Middle School in Tennessee, 1953. By 1954 his singing career started with the legendary “Sun Records” label in Memphis. Then by 1956 he became an international sensation! He became known as the “Rock and Roll King.” Said Adam Woog. But after a couple years of all the fame Elvis was overtaken by the fame and loss, and he put himself in a real difficult position that ended up ending his career and his life. Elvis was born January 8, 1935 in a two-room shack in a small farming community of Tupelo, Mississippi. There was his father Vernon, he worked a lot of jobs and some of them were quit odd. His mom Gladys, stayed at home most of the time. His family was rather poor and couldn’t afford much. Elvis did have a twin brother Jesse Aaron Presley, but he was a stillborn, so Elvis’s parents treated him with very special care. …show more content…
His uncle then taught him some basic notes, but the radio exposed him to a bigger variety of musical styles. When Elvis was older he went to Memphis Recording Service and he ended up recording two pop hits there called “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin.” He then made a single called “Milkcow Blues” but by then the fame from his first album died down a little so these songs weren’t as