His last fiction film, Change of Habit (1969), deals with several social issues romance within the clergy, an autistic child, almost unheard of in 1969, rape, and mob violence. Critics panned most of his films, but they did very well at the box office, earning upwards of $150 million total. Through the 1960s, Elvis settled in Hollywood, where he starred in the majority of his thirty-three movies, mainly musicals, acting alongside some of the most well known actors in Hollywood. Elvis' military service and the "British Invasion" of the 1960s reduced his concerts, though not his movie/recording income. There he met 14-year old army damsel Priscilla Ann Wagner ( Priscilla Presley), whom he would eventually marry after an eight-year courtship, and by whom he had his only child, Lisa Marie Presley. In 1958, Elvis was drafted into the military, and relocated to Bad Nauheim, Germany. In 1956, following his six television appearances on The Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show", Elvis was cast in his first acting role, in a supporting part in Love Me Tender (1956), the first of 33 movies he starred in. Teenage girls became hysterical over his blatantly sexual gyrations, particularly the one that got him nicknamed "Elvis the Pelvis" (television cameras were not permitted to film below his waist). Presley had a versatile voice and had unusually wide success encompassing other genres, including gospel, blues, ballads and pop music. He recorded songs in the rock and roll genre, with tracks like "Jailhouse Rock" and "Hound Dog" later embodying the style. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing 'black' and 'white' sounds, made him popular - and controversial - as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. He began his career as a performer of rockabilly, an up-tempo fusion of country music and rhythm and blues, with a strong backbeat. He began singing locally as "The Hillbilly Cat", then signed with a local recording company, and then with RCA in 1955.Įlvis did much to establish early rock and roll music.
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After graduating from high school in Memphis, Elvis took odd jobs working as a movie theater usher and a truck driver for Crown Electric Company. In 1953, he attended the senior prom with the current girl he was courting, Regis Wilson. In 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. Elvis Aaron Presley was born on Januin East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley).
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