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Life of Elvis Presley

Early life

Birth

01/08/1935 - 01/09/1935

Elvis is born but his twin dies.

first song ("My Happiness Thats When Your Heartaches begin")

08/01/1953 - 08/02/1953

19th birthday falls in love with Dixie Locke she was 15

01/08/1954 - 01/09/1954

New song "Blue Moon Of Kentuky"

07/01/1954 - 07/02/1954

Nervously moves his legs to the beat.

07/21/1954 - 07/22/1954

Introduces rock and roll and its dance moves

Bill board magazine names his song #3 in top selling record artist

08/01/1954 - 08/02/1954

Bob Neal becomes manager

12/02/1954 - 12/03/1954

Education

His school life

5th grade put in to talent contest

10/03/1944 - 10/04/1944

Teacher thought he sang amazing

9th grade fails music

1/1/1950 - 1/2/1950

Teacher thought he couldn't sing

10th grade joins R.O.T.C

1/1/1951 - 1/2/1951

11th grade starts his hair styles and side burns

1/1/1952 - 1/2/1952

Meets best friend for life (Red West)

01/13/1952 - 01/14/1952

Graduation

06/26/1953 - 06/27/1953

Famous life

First car (used lincoln)

01/01/1955 - 01/02/1955

Kernal wants Elvis to come to R.C.A records

04/01/1955 - 04/02/1955

Buys a pink cadillac and writes on the side: Elvis Presley-Sun Records

05/10/1955 - 05/11/1955

Parents sign a contract letting him pretty much own Elvis

06/01/1955 - 06/02/1955

Sam sold Elvis's contract and tapings for over $35,000 and RCA bought it all

12/01/1955 - 12/02/1955

Elvis and Dixie Break up

12/11/1955 - 12/12/1955

Makes first single with RCA called "Heart Break Hotel"

01/01/1956 - 01/02/1956

Ed Sullivan gives Elvis bad criticism

02/01/1956 - 02/02/1956

Ed Sullivan apologized & put him on the show

02/27/1956 - 02/28/1956

1st Movie: Love Me Tender

03/01/1956 - 03/02/1956

2nd movie "Loving You"

01/01/1957 - 01/02/1957

Elvis Bought Graceland

02/01/1957 - 02/02/1957

3rd Movie Jail House Rock

05/01/1957 - 05/02/1957

Scotty, Bill, and DJ quit after salary gets cut

05/01/1957 - 05/02/1957

Drafted into a mandatory drafting for the army

06/01/1957 - 06/02/1957

His Mom Gets sick and dies

01/01/1958 - 01/02/1958

Career Down Hill

Starts Taking amphetamines or awake pills

01/01/1959 - 01/02/1959

Angry Dad is seeing someone else

02/01/1960 - 02/02/1960

Meets Priscilla Beaulieu and they start dating she is 14 he is 24

03/01/1960 - 03/02/1960

Priscilla starts taking pills to keep up

01/01/1963 - 01/02/1963

Loosing fans beacuse there all adults not teenagers

01/01/1964 - 01/01/1967

Elvis Married Priscilla she was 21 he was 31

05/01/1967 - 05/02/1967

loosing money has to fire some people

06/01/1967 - 06/02/1967

decides to tour again and Lisa Marie is born

02/01/1968 - 02/02/1968

Writes letter to president Nixon about drug problems in America

12/21/1970 - 12/22/1970

Elvis Presley and Priscilla get divorced

10/09/1973 - 10/10/1973

Now wearing white bell bottom jumpsuits with capes and aviator glasses

10/11/1973 - 01/01/1975

Started Canceling performances due to breathing problems

10/11/1973 - 01/01/1975

Taking many different types of pain killers

10/11/1973 - 01/01/1975

In and out of the hospital for breathing problems

01/02/1975 - 01/01/1977

Schedules new tour dates

06/01/1977 - 06/02/1977

Elvis Dies

08/15/1977 - 08/16/1977

Found 14 different drugs in his system. Buried in Memphis

Gets pain killers from many different doctors found in bathroom unresponsive

08/15/1977 - 08/16/1977