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Elvis
Presley film cells
are available in a variety of formats from
standard presentations to full montages. The 'King'
of Rock 'n Roll, although deceased, still sells
millions of records every year - He Lives!
| His family
moved to Memphis when he was thirteen. After working as a movie theater usher
and a truck driver he began singing locally as 'The Hillbilly Cat', then signed
with a local recording company, then in 1955 with RCA. He
did much to establish early rock and roll music, bringing black blues singing
into the white, teenage mainstream. Teenagers became hysterical over his sexual
gesturing and particularly his 'Elvis the Pelvis' gyrations (TV cameras were not
permitted to film below his waist). When
he died he had sold over 600,000,000 singles and albums. The first of his 33 films
was 'Love Me Tender' (1956); none were critical successes, but they did very well
at the box-office earning upwards of $150,000,000. Military service and the British
invasion of the 1960s reduced his concerts, though not his movie/recording income.
He made a comeback in the 1970s, but increasing weight and intense dependence
upon stimulants and depressants took their toll. Since his death his Memphis home
Graceland has become a shrine for followers, with impersonation and purported
sightings have become stock subjects for humorists - does he work in a chip shop
in Scotland, has he been spotted in Tesco's, was he abducted by aliens??? The
conspiracy theories keep coming!
He is without doubt the greatest singer of his time,
with his music forever changing the path of music in
our history. The next biggest 'music celebrity' was
The Beatles during the last 60's and 70's, and there
has yet to be any group or individual that has influenced
the industry in such a massive way as they did.
We have many presentations available
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