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Elvis

    Elvis by Albert Goldman is a book about the life and
times of the king of rock and roll. It shows how a country
boy rose up and ruled the world of music, and also showed
his downfall. It starts by telling about Elvis' childhood, and
moving to his teenage years. Elvis was always a
wholesome country boy no matter if people considered him
leud, or outrageous. In fact, Elvis was discovered when he
made a record for his mothers birthday, Elvis always
respected his parents. Next it moves on to the first few
records that Elvis cut at Sun Records with his first producer
Sam Phillips. What made Elvis different from other singers
was that he was "a white boy who could sing like a nigger."
as Sam Phillips described his style. It then moves on to
detail his breakthrough year of 1956 in which he had such
hits as Heartbreak Hotel, and Hound Dog. 1956 was the
year that Elvis took America by storm, and earned him the
title "The King of Rock and Roll". After that, it states the
hardships that Elvis faced over the next few years in the
military. These few years were not very good for Elvis, for
the first time he had to leave the US, and his beloved
mother passed away before he left for his assignment in
Germany. Moving on it tells us about his glorious return to
the United States, reclaiming his title as "King", and
moving on to something bigger and better the movies.
Over the course of the next few years Elvis made a lot of
movies, but none were liked by the critics, but t...

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Date Submitted: 10-07-07 7:17am
Category: English
Words: 735
Pages: 2.94