Elvis Presley was born in 1935 in Mississippi and grew up in a poor but religious family. He showed an early talent for singing and won local competitions, but worked other jobs until he was discovered by record executive Sam Phillips in 1954. Elvis went on to international fame as one of the earliest pop and rock stars, winning numerous music awards. He married Priscilla in 1967 but they later divorced, and Elvis struggled with prescription drug abuse which contributed to his death at age 42 in 1977.
2. • Elvis Aaron
Presley was
born on
January 8th
1935, in East
Tupelo,
Mississippi.
3. • Elvis grew up in
a poor but
religious home
which was
typical of the
deep south of
the United
States. His
parents, Vernon
and Gladys
Presley, were
kind and loving.
4. • While he was still
a child, Elvis won
several talent
competitions.
After he left
school, he
worked as a
cinema usher
and a truck
driver.
5. • The first person to
realize that Elvis was
a good singer was
Sam Phillips, the
owner of a record
company called Sun
Records. He began
his career in 1954.
6. • In November 1956, he made his film
debut in “Love Me Tender”. In late
1956, he was an international
sensation and won six gold discs.
These were the
first of many
which he won
during his life.
7. • Elvis and Priscilla got
married in 1967 in Las
Vegas, Nevada and they
had one daughter: Lisa
Marie Presley.
After being married
for only 8 years
they got divorced.
8. • Prescription drug
abuse severely
compromised his
health, and he
died suddenly in
1977 at the age of
42.
