Known as the king, he went from the top of artistic popularity to the bottom of the well at the end of his life.
Rockabilly was Elvis’s favorite style to sing and young people to dance.
If we ask who the King of Rock and Roll There is only one answer, this was Elvis Presley. With his incredible interpretations, he brought to the West a style of music that later became the most popular for at least 50 years. But the top of stardom did not last as much as everyone expected. Only with 42 years he was already very affected both physically and mentally.
From a young age, he managed to expand African -American music. Using a mixture between country music and Rhythm and Blues, it generated what is known as Rockabilly, a fast tempo style driven by a constant rhythm. Together with guitarist Scotty Moore and bass player Bill Black, the Sun Records label led him to the top.
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The story of Elvis Presley, the King of Rock
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935. His parents were Vernon Elvis Presley and Gladis Love Presley. When he was 13, the whole family moved to Memphis, in Tennessee, where he began his career in 1954, discovered by Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, who decided to hire him when in August 1953 he registered for the first time in Its offices with the intention of paying for a few minutes to use the study and record a double -sided acetate disc: My Happiness and That’s When Your Heartaches Begin.
His fusion style of African -American music quickly caught the entrepreneur’s attention, and after he tried luck in a quartet of voices and was rejected, everything was ready to retain him and start recording. When he joined with Scotty Moore and Bill Black he found the black sound in white interpreters that he was looking for so much and success soon arrived.
Elvis: of fame and millions to debts
Alone, ruined, obese, aware of its self -destruction and without control over its immense talent; In that state was “El Rey”, on August 16, 1977. This was said idol fallen, did what could above the stage.
His wife, Priscilla, abandoned him in 1972, tired of the constant infidelities, and consider that this was one of the last reasons why he stopped living to live, in addition to being “tired of being himself.” That period of his life was tremendously disappointing; He was depressed, plunged into drugs and tired of the endless tours to which he was subjected.
Finally, on August 16, 1977 he was found dead, because of an overdose.
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