[366], While Presley performed several of his classic ballads for the '68 Comeback Special, the sound of the show was dominated by aggressive rock and roll. The music icon lived in the mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, before he died in 1977, aged 42, and its long-term future has . On Aug. 16, 1977,. In order to view the gallery, please allow Manage Cookies. The following year, he began bringing his guitar to school on a daily basis. "[380] In Pleasants' view, his voice was "variable and unpredictable" at the bottom, "often brilliant" at the top, with the capacity for "full-voiced high Gs and As that an opera baritone might envy". He recorded few new straight rock and roll songs thereafter; as he explained, they had become "hard to find". [436] He has inspired a legion of impersonators. [352] In "That's All Right", the Presley trio's first record, Scotty Moore's guitar solo, "a combination of Merle Travisstyle country finger-picking, double-stop slides from acoustic boogie, and blues-based bent-note, single-string work, is a microcosm of this fusion". Then as the song comes to an end and with a slight smile, turns to his guest and nods with satisfaction as everyone applauds for more. Hess himself thought that while others might have voices the equal of Presley's, "he had that certain something that everyone searches for all during their lifetime. Their age difference wasn't a problem for Elvis, who thought he could mold Priscilla into his ideal. [280] However, the recording process had become a struggle for him. The ten-year-old Presley stood on a chair to reach the microphone and sang "Old Shep". [347] In the 68 Comeback Special, Elvis took over on lead electric guitar, the first time he had ever been seen with the instrument in public, playing it on songs such as "Baby What You Want Me to Do" and "One Night". They had also studied his hospital records, which included two admissions for drug detoxification and methadone treatments. Everybody turned around and looked when he was over there. [32] That September, he began working as an usher at Loew's State Theater. [236], The US Junior Chamber of Commerce named Presley one of its annual Ten Most Outstanding Young Men of the Nation on January 16, 1971. "[25], In September 1946, Presley entered a new school, Milam, for sixth grade; he was regarded as a loner. Francisco had offered a cause of death before the autopsy was complete; claimed the underlying ailment was cardiac arrhythmia, a condition that can be determined only in someone who is still alive; and denied drugs played any part in Presley's death before the toxicology results were known. According to Elvis legend, Presley was shot only from the waist up. Let's face it: I can't sing like Fats Domino can. Already an international star, he was attracting fans even where his music was not officially released. Haley observed that Presley had a natural feel for rhythm, and advised him to sing fewer ballads. "[214] In May, the brand-new International Hotel in Las Vegas, boasting the largest showroom in the city, announced that it had booked Presley. According to Moore, "His movement was a natural thing, but he was also very conscious of what got a reaction. It was to be Presley's last public performance for seven years. The Presley family has a tragic real-life story, and their scandals aren't limited to just the hip-swiveling "Hound Dog" singer.His ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and daughter Lisa Marie Presley . [10], In September 1941, Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where his teachers regarded him as "average". Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. "Like everyday, I couldnt have made it through without these three by my side. [419] In 1957, Robert Mitchum asked Presley to costar with him in Thunder Road, which Mitchum was producing and writing. I mentioned something once in a guarded moment. Security men came to Presley's defense, and he ejected one invader from the stage himself. [337] The film has grossed $261.8 million worldwide against its $85 million budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing music biopic of all-time behind Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and the fifth-highest-grossing Australian produced film. [420] According to George Klein, one of his oldest friends, Presley was also offered starring roles in West Side Story and Midnight Cowboy. [405], By 1967, Parker's contracts gave him 50 percent of most of Presley's earnings from recordings, films, and merchandise. RCA Victor publicity referred to its "mild rock beat"; discographer Ernst Jorgensen calls it "upbeat pop". Bond rejected him after a tryout, advising Presley to stick to truck driving "because you're never going to make it as a singer". Hundreds of people descended on Presley as he stepped from the bus; photographers then accompanied him into the installation. [377] Guralnick describes the song's delivery as of "almost translucent eloquence so quietly confident in its simplicity". After the tour, the single "Burning Love" was releasedPresley's last top ten hit on the US pop chart. Mornings are the hardest. The couple tied the knot in May 1967 and welcomed their only daughter together, Lisa Marie Presley, one year later. "[157] A brief soundtrack session on February 11 marked another endingit was the final occasion on which Black was to perform with Presley. Intellectual. [298] By this point he suffered from glaucoma, hypertension, liver damage, and an enlarged colon, each magnifiedand possibly causedby drug abuse. Elvis has emerged as a great artist, a great rocker, a great purveyor of schlock, a great heart throb, a great bore, a great symbol of potency, a great ham, a great nice person, and, yes, a great American. [124][125] Presley's performance of his forthcoming single, the ballad "Love Me Tender", prompted a record-shattering million advance orders. [415] In 1968, he remarked, "Before too long I'm going to make some personal appearance tours. But, throughout the past 45 years, the Tennessee mansion has still remained . As Marsh described, Presley was "arguably the greatest white gospel singer of his time [and] really the last rock & roll artist to make gospel as vital a component of his musical personality as his secular songs". Unlike others in the Memphis Mafia, he was interested in spiritual questions and recalls how, from their first conversation, Presley revealed his secret thoughts and anxieties: "I mean there has to be a purpose there's got to be a reason why I was chosen to be Elvis Presley. The same year, Presley became the first rock and roll singer to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award (then known as the Bing Crosby Award) by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Grammy Award organization. We live in this every. When Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met him two years later, they were astonished at his encyclopedic understanding of the blues,[342] and, as Stoller put it, "He certainly knew a lot more than we did about country music and gospel music. [346] Presley played lead guitar on one of his successful singles called "Are You Lonesome Tonight". "[107] During the performance, Presley abruptly halted an uptempo rendition of "Hound Dog" with a wave of his arm and launched into a slow, grinding version accentuated with energetic, exaggerated body movements. "[80] The blend came to be known as rockabilly. A pain thats new to me, the Daisy Jones and The Six star wrote via Instagram at the time. He'd do something one time and then he would expand on it real quick. A 14-date tour commenced with an unprecedented four consecutive sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. Though he never had any formal training, he had a remarkable memory, and his musical knowledge was already considerable by the time he made his first professional recordings aged 19 in 1954. "[209] Rumors that he would play overseas for the first time were fueled in 1974 by a million-dollar bid for an Australian tour. [422] In each case, any ambitions Presley may have had to play such parts were thwarted by his manager's negotiating demands or flat refusals. [101] The shows were poorly received by the conservative, middle-aged hotel guests"like a jug of corn liquor at a champagne party", wrote a critic for Newsweek. I don't want to do anything to make people dislike me. Album Honors", "Elvis Presley: Head Trauma, Autoimmunity, Pain, and Early Death", "Elvis Presley's Billboard Chart Records", "Elvis Presley Earns Highest-Charting Billboard Hot 100 Hit Since 1981 as 'Blue Christmas' Jingles In at No. 1", "This Fan of Charts Is No. Having sold over 400 million records worldwide, Presley is recognized as the best-selling solo music artist of all time by Guinness World Records. Knowing his wishes for his middle name, Aaron is the spelling his father chose for Presley's tombstone, and it is the spelling his estate has designated as official. It was because of Priscilla that Elvis brought horses to Graceland. His first post-Army single, the number-one hit "Stuck on You", is typical of this shift. His stylistic range now began to embrace a more contemporary rock sound as well as soul and funk. [225], Presley returned to the International early in 1970 for the first of the year's two-month-long engagements, performing two shows a night. Durch Klicken auf Alle akzeptieren erklren Sie sich damit einverstanden, dass Yahoo und unsere Partner Ihre personenbezogenen Daten verarbeiten und Technologien wie Cookies nutzen, um personalisierte Anzeigen und Inhalte zu zeigen, zur Messung von Anzeigen und Inhalten, um mehr ber die Zielgruppe zu erfahren sowie fr die Entwicklung von Produkten. Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. [406] Beginning in February 1972, he took a third of the profit from live appearances;[407] a January 1976 agreement entitled him to half of that as well. Intellectual. [281], Despite concerns from RCA and Parker, between July 1973 and October 1976, Presley recorded virtually the entire contents of six albums. Writing in 1970, critic George Melly described him as "the master of the sexual simile, treating his guitar as both phallus and girl". While Lisa Marie and Danny split in 1994, the songwriter went on to have brief marriages with Michael Jackson and Nicholas Cage. Elvis and Priscilla Presley were together for a remarkable 18 years having met in 1959 when the crooner was 24 and Priscilla a mere 14 years old. [189], Parker had by now pushed Presley into a heavy filmmaking schedule, focused on formulaic, modestly budgeted musical comedies. [47][48], In August 1953, Presley checked into the offices of Memphis Recording Service, the company run by Sam Phillips before he started Sun Records. Trading in his old guitar for $8 (and seeing it promptly dispatched to the garbage), he purchased a Martin instrument for $175 (equivalent to $1,800 in 2021), and his trio began playing in new locales, including Houston, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas. [260] It proved to be Presley's last US number-one pop album during his lifetime. His gospel album He Touched Me, released that month, would earn him his second Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance, for that year's Grammy Awards. Her second wedding was in 1994 to the late . The American Sound sessions represented a significant departure from the control customarily exerted by Hill and Range. This gallery of rarely seen family pictures shows how fond the rock n' roll legend was of his little girl. The Presleys' neighbors . [17] Elaine Dundy, in her biography, supports the belief. [95] Neal's contract was terminated, and, on March 2, Parker became Presley's manager. In 2020, Presley's son Benjamin Keough died by suicide at the age of 27. [60] During the next few days, the trio recorded a bluegrass song, Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky", again in a distinctive style and employing a jury-rigged echo effect that Sam Phillips dubbed "slapback". [3] Five years later, the Jaycees citation honoring him as one of the country's Outstanding Young Men used Aaron. [303] Alden struck a $105,000 (equivalent to $470,000 in 2021) deal with the Enquirer for her story, but settled for less when she broke her exclusivity agreement. [247] She later stated in an interview that she regretted her choice of words in describing the incident, and said it had been an overstatement. I think it's a Coke bottle. Presley, at first, insisted on pursuing higher roles, but when two films in a more dramatic veinFlaming Star (1960) and Wild in the Country (1961)were less commercially successful, he reverted to the formula. [480] In 2015 and 2016, two albums setting Presley's vocals against music by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, If I Can Dream and The Wonder of You, both reached number one in the United Kingdom. [264], On the evening of August 16, 1977, Presley was scheduled to fly out of Memphis to begin another tour. Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, to 18-year-old Vernon Elvis and 22-year-old Gladys Love Presley, in the two-room shotgun house built by his father in readiness for the birth. The live segments saw Presley dressed in tight black leather, singing and playing guitar in an uninhibited style reminiscent of his early rock and roll days. After the pop icons death in 2009, the Elvis by the Presleys star paid tribute to her late husband on her website, The person I failed to help is being transferred right now to the L.A. County Coroners office for his Autopsy. Protector. Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, who helped oversee her famous father's estate and pursued a music career of her own, has died. He later claimed that he intended the record as a birthday gift for his mother, or that he was merely interested in what he "sounded like", although there was a much cheaper, amateur record-making service at a nearby general store. There were two country songs and a bouncy pop tune. A more composed and energetic second set inspired an enthusiastic response. That month, CBS taped two concerts for a TV special, Elvis in Concert, to be broadcast in October. It was so bad the words to the songs were barely intelligible. However, the darkest secrets about Elvis Presley and his family paint the stars in a new light. "[98], On April 3, Presley made the first of two appearances on NBC's Milton Berle Show. This particulare Presley is also born in the same year, in the same State as Elvis Grandmother. on his second RCA Victor LP to the blues of "Santa Claus Is Back in Town". In September 2019, Priscilla spoke to Us about her youngest granddaughters, who were just beginning to understand their grandfathers enormous legacy. [96], RCA Victor released Presley's self-titled debut album on March 23. After the birth, Gladys was close to death and both her and Elvis were taken to Tupelo Hospital. Elvis Presley left a lasting impression on the world with his contribution to the music industry and his memory lives on with his family. Presley's ex-wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie appeared alongside Butler and the film's director, . [69][70], In November 1954, Presley performed on Louisiana Hayridethe Opry's chief, and more adventurous, rival. In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. [324], In 2005, Forbes named Presley the top-earning deceased celebrity for the fifth straight year, with a gross income of $45million. Later known as the '68 Comeback Special, the show featured lavishly staged studio productions as well as songs performed with a band in front of a small audiencePresley's first live performances since 1961. They and three other boysincluding two future rockabilly pioneers, brothers Dorsey and Johnny Burnetteformed a loose musical collective that played frequently around the Courts. Released in June 1969, it was his first secular, non-soundtrack album from a dedicated period in the studio in eight years. ", She continued: "I can almost hear his laugh, see him joking around, and know he would be staying up into the early morning hours ending at the piano singing gospel songs. The physician who delivered him wrote "Elvis Aaron Presley" in his ledger. Young Elvis and Sun Records Elvis Aron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, to Gladys and Vernon Presley. [387][388], The persistence of such attitudes was fueled by resentment over the fact that Presley, whose musical and visual performance idiom owed much to African-American sources, achieved the cultural acknowledgement and commercial success largely denied his black peers. In 1955, drummer D.J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley came by the studio but was unable to do it justice. If [Presley's] sin was his lifelessness, it was his sinfulness that brought him to life". One of the examiners, E. Eric Muirhead, "could not believe his ears. In September 2019, Priscilla spoke to Us about her youngest granddaughters, who were just beginning to understand their grandfathers enormous legacy. Berle persuaded Presley to leave his guitar backstage, advising, "Let 'em see you, son. Sometimes I am overwhelmed when I look at him.. Vernon Elvis Presley married Gladys Love Smith on June 17, 1933, in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Elvis Presley Siblings Engagement engaged 26 Jan 1977 Ginger Alden Relationship relationship began about Jul 1972 until about Dec 1976 Linda Thompson Affair affair from 1970 until 1972 Barbara Leigh Dated dated from about 1969 until about 1969 Cassandra Peterson Divorced 1 child together married 1 May 1967 divorce 23 Sep 1972 Priscilla Presley Elvis and family's net worths, ranked: from Priscilla's Graceland millions and Lisa-Marie's tax debts, to Caitlyn Jenner's ex Linda Thompson and final fiance Ginger Alden [364] Presley's output during most of the 1960s emphasized pop music, often in the form of ballads such as "Are You Lonesome Tonight? I want to see some places I've never seen before. Though Phillips no longer had the right to release any Presley material, he made sure that the session was captured on tape. He was described as "crazy about music" by Slim's younger brother, who was one of Presley's classmates and often took him into the station. The couple tied the knot in May 1967 and welcomed their only daughter together, Lisa Marie Presley, one year later. [141][142] Before the purchase, Elvis recorded Loving Youthe soundtrack to his second film, which was released in July. (Associated Press) Elvis and his ex-wife Priscilla first met in 1959 in Germany while he was serving in the military. [379], Music critic Henry Pleasants observes that "Presley has been described variously as a baritone and a tenor. [338], In January 2023 on what would have been Elvis Presleys 88th birthday his 1962 Lockheed 1329 JetStar sold at an auction for $260,000. "[37] By August, Sun had released ten sides credited to "Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill"; on the latest recordings, the trio were joined by a drummer. [292], Despite the accelerating deterioration of his health, Presley fulfilled most of his touring commitments. It was permanently revoked in the 1990s after the Tennessee Medical Board brought new charges of over-prescription. The meteoric rise and tragic fall of The King was chronicled in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis movie earlier this year. The broadcast drew an enormous viewership. Under the headline "Presley Records a Craze in Soviet", The New York Times reported that pressings of his music on discarded X-ray plates were commanding high prices in Leningrad. He was on the verge of quitting until Presley ordered the Hill and Range personnel out of the studio. In Japan, where it capped a nationwide Elvis Presley Week, it smashed viewing records. [350], Presley was a central figure in the development of rockabilly, according to music historians. [158] He died in 1965. The plane sold at the Mecum Kissimmee Collector Car auction in Florida.[339]. [368], The developmental arc of Presley's singing voice, as described by critic Dave Marsh, goes from "high and thrilled in the early days, [to] lower and perplexed in the final months. Having a small amount of his friends, family and his Memphis Mafia all gathered at Graceland. With country put on the back burner, and soul and R&B left in Memphis, what was left was very classy, very clean white popperfect for the Las Vegas crowd, but a definite retrograde step for Elvis. "He himself has been raised, like a medieval saint, to a figure of cultic status. "[209] Dave Marsh calls the performance one of "emotional grandeur and historical resonance". Here Elvis pioneered 'Rubber Legs', his signature style dance movement that he is best known for. In Special Services, he would have been able to give musical performances and remain in touch with the public, but Parker had convinced him that to gain popular respect, he should serve his country as a regular soldier. I just didn't know what to make of it. [169][170][171] Fellow soldiers have attested to Presley's wish to be seen as an able, ordinary soldier, despite his fame, and to his generosity. Though he was not top-billed, the film's original titleThe Reno Brotherswas changed to capitalize on his latest number-one record: "Love Me Tender" had hit the top of the charts earlier that month. [133] The year ended with a front-page story in The Wall Street Journal reporting that Presley merchandise had brought in $22million on top of his record sales,[134] and Billboard's declaration that he had placed more songs in the top 100 than any other artist since records were first charted. Jesse Garon, and Elvis Aron in a shotgun shack in Tupelo Mississippi. [13] His mother and the rest of the family believed that her great-great-grandmother, Morning Dove White, was Cherokee. He not only injected the tunes with his own vocal character but also made guitar, not piano, the lead instrument in all three cases. Lisa Marie Presley was nine years old when her father Elvis Presley died in 1977. Maybe it's a bit heavy. "[259] The accompanying double album, released in February, went to number one and eventually sold over 5 million copies in the United States. [372], Jorgensen calls the 1966 recording of "How Great Thou Art" "an extraordinary fulfillment of his vocal ambitions", as Presley "crafted for himself an ad-hoc arrangement in which he took every part of the four-part vocal, from [the] bass intro to the soaring heights of the song's operatic climax", becoming "a kind of one-man quartet". [26] Presley was a devotee of Mississippi Slim's show on the Tupelo radio station WELO. If we hadn't been around, he would have been dead a lot earlier. They were part of a campaign that saw the re-release of all 18 of Presley's previous chart-topping UK singles. Following the show, he became obsessed with the idea that the men had been sent by Mike Stone to kill him. After residing for nearly a year in rooming houses, they were granted a two-bedroom apartment in the public housing complex known as the Lauderdale Courts. Her marriage with the National Treasure star lasted from 2002 to 2004 and ended due to irreconcilable differences. [138], Each of the three Presley singles released in the first half of 1957 went to number one: "Too Much", "All Shook Up", and "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear". His performance, on the deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, California, prompted cheers and screams from an audience of sailors and their dates. [251] At a rare press conference that June, a reporter had asked Presley whether he was satisfied with his image. In Leiber's telling, Jean Aberbach warned them to never again "try to interfere with the business or artistic workings of the process known as Elvis Presley". In February 1972, the duo split and finalized their divorce the following year.. [200] The flow of formulaic films and assembly-line soundtracks rolled on. In 2006, the Tennessee native got married for a fourth time to Michael Lockwood. [/caption] "[181] As a whole, the record "conjured up the vision of a performer who could be all things", according to music historian John Robertson: "a flirtatious teenage idol with a heart of gold; a tempestuous, dangerous lover; a gutbucket blues singer; a sophisticated nightclub entertainer; [a] raucous rocker". He was jailed for eight months, while Gladys and Elvis moved in with relatives. "The women would jump up, just like they do for the pop shows." That would be a matter of weeks." [It symbolizes] that we will be connected eternally. "[252], In January 1973, Presley performed two benefit concerts for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in connection with a groundbreaking TV special, Aloha from Hawaii, which would be the first concert by a solo artist to be aired globally. [248] Five months later, Presley's new girlfriend, Linda Thompson, a songwriter and one-time Memphis beauty queen, moved in with him. Leiber thought there was a mistakethe sheet of paper was blank except for Parker's signature and a line on which to enter his. He was slurring. ? Lisa Marie Presley, singer and the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, has died at the age of 54, after suddenly . [118] The single pairing "Don't Be Cruel" with "Hound Dog" ruled the top of the charts for 11 weeksa mark that would not be surpassed for 36 years. He was scheduled to perform 57 shows over four weeks, beginning July 31. To further take advantage of Presley's popularity, four musical numbers were added to what was originally a straight acting role. [417] Parker ultimately squelched any notions Presley had of working abroad, claiming that foreign security was poor and the venues unsuitable for a star of his magnitude. Having successfully managed top country star Eddy Arnold, Parker was working with the new number-one country singer, Hank Snow. But Parker kept running everything into the ground. [246] The Presleys separated on February 23, 1972, after Priscilla disclosed her relationship with Mike Stone, a karate instructor Presley had recommended to her. He could barely get through the introductions. A classmate later recalled that the teacher "agreed that Elvis was right when he said that she didn't appreciate his kind of singing". After three major labels made offers of up to $25,000, Parker and Phillips struck a deal with RCA Victor on November 21 to acquire Presley's Sun contract for an unprecedented $40,000. Fans of the King will see the star at work in the RCA studios, at home with the family dog, and posing for prom night, along with . [42] He certainly listened to the regional radio stations, such as WDIA-AM, that played "race records": spirituals, blues, and the modern, backbeat-heavy sound of rhythm and blues. "[128] At the two concerts he performed in September at the MississippiAlabama Fair and Dairy Show, 50 National Guardsmen were added to the police security to ensure that the crowd would not cause a ruckus. According to friend Jerry Schilling, the special reminded Presley of what "he had not been able to do for years, being able to choose the people; being able to choose what songs and not being told what had to be on the soundtrack. Prior to his death, Benjamin was an aspiring musician and scored a five-album record deal with Universal worth $5 million. "[121] In fact, Presley was shown head-to-toe in the first and second shows. Its not really hard as Elvis was somewhat a creature of habit. Elvis' Family History Gladys and Vernon Elvis Lisa Marie Riley Keogh Benjamin Keogh Fans paid their respects at Graceland's gates on Friday, writing messages on the stone wall, leaving flowers and sharing memories of Elvis Presley's only child, who was one of the last remaining touchstones to the icon whose influence and significance still resonates more than 45 years . By his senior year, he was wearing those clothes. Other staff "could say nothing with confidence until they got the results back from the laboratories, if then. Presley is portrayed by Austin Butler and Colonel Tom Parker by Tom Hanks. Single. He married Gladys Love Smith on June 17, 1933 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. [12] He was a descendant of the Harrison family of Virginia through his ancestor Tunis Hood. "[410] The prevailing attitude may have been summed up best by the response Leiber and Stoller received when they brought a serious film project for Presley to Parker and the Hill and Range owners for their consideration. [43] Many of his future recordings were inspired by local African-American musicians such as Arthur Crudup and Rufus Thomas. [297] It was the first expos to detail Presley's years of drug misuse. In the years since Benjamins passing, Lisa Marie and Riley have frequently paid tribute to the Florida native. He was out of prison, man. Elvis Aron Presley Print Family Tree Born 8 January 1935 - East Tupelo, Lee Co., MS Deceased 16 August 1977 - Memphis, Shelby Co., TN,aged 42 years old Buried - Graceland Mansion Estates, Memphis, TN 5 files available Parents Vernon Elvis Presley 1916-1979 Gladys Love Smith 1912-1958 Spouses, children and grandchildren As described by Dave Marsh, it is "a masterpiece in which Presley immediately catches up with pop music trends that had seemed to pass him by during the movie years. A local former teacher, Alene Alexander, has taken care of the horses at Graceland for 38 years. "[110], The next day, Presley recorded "Hound Dog", along with "Any Way You Want Me" and "Don't Be Cruel". [193], In the early 1960s, the circle of friends with whom Presley constantly surrounded himself until his death came to be known as the "Memphis Mafia". [/caption] It won him his first Grammy Award, for Best Sacred Performance. "He went about as far as you could go in gospel music," said Jake Hess. 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