Elvis Presley

10 Interesting facts about Elvis Presley

#	Top 10 Interesting Facts
1	He is a singer and an actor. 'Of course :)'
2	He is also called king of rock n roll.
3	In 1968, after making movies in Hollywood and having been away from the stage for seven years, he returned to live performances in a television special.
4	In 1973, Presley staged the first global live concert via satellite (Aloha from Hawaii), reaching at least one billion viewers live and an additional 500 million on delay.
5	Among his many awards and accolades are 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received at age 36.
6	On October 3, 1945, he made his first public performance in a singing contest at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show at the suggestion of his teacher, Mrs. J.C. Grimes.
7	His third job was driving a truck for the Crown Electric Company. He began wearing his hair longer with a ducktail; the style of truck drivers at that time.
8	Presley was an untrained musician who played by ear as he didn't read music. Later, as a young singer, his recording sessions were "still heavily influenced by the songs he had heard on the jukebox and radio.
9	On January 10, 1956, Presley made his first recordings for RCA in Nashville, Tennessee.
10	On April 1, Presley launched his acting career with a screen test for Paramount Pictures, and signed a seven year contract with them on April 25. His first motion picture, Love Me Tender, was released on November 21.

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