![]() ![]() 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. 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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