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-Nathaniel Nathaniel's Annotated Bibliography

//You ain't nothin' but a hound dog // Cryin' all the time. You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit //And you ain't // //no //// friend of mine. //  The famous song "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley.  Elvis is seen as a rockabilly with great hair and a smart alec. Although he was (no doubt about it,) but believe it or not he was more than that . He wrote and played non-racist music. Before I talk about his effect on the world, I'll talk about his life.

On January 8, 1935, Gladys and Vernon Presley were living in Tupelo, Mississippi. Gladys was pregnant with twins. Since they had no ultrasounds, Gladys didn't know she had twins. Then she started to go into labor. Her first child that came out was a stillborn. When all hope was lost, and then came out the other baby. He was breathing. They called this baby, Elvis Aaron Presley. The other boy, Jessie Garon Presley, was buried the next day. Elvis always thought Jessie was looking down on him from heaven.

Elvis had a hard time growing up in a poor family in a poor town during the Great Depression. Its one thing to be poor than to be poor in the 1930s. Then Vernon had been arrested for trespassing. When he got out of jail, he couldn't be drafted to the Army during World War II. But the bad luck didn't bother Elvis. One of Elvis's favorite things to do was singing. He would always sing at church with the choir. He even went to black churches and sang with the chior outside the windows because he was too shy to go in.

In 1944, the Presley’s moved to Memphis, Tennessee. There Elvis met "Alec." The nickname fits his personality. In the 1920s, he was a jazz musician. Alec was a hit in Memphis. He became Elvis's mentor. Alec taught Elvis many things, including music. One day, Alec came to Elvis's house drunk. He told Elvis that music is in "codes"(He meant chords.) Each chord had repeating 8 notes in it. Basically, Alec taught Elvis 8 note rock 'n' roll.

In his teen years, Elvis was an outsider. His hair was longer than the other boys; he wore different than everyone else, and his attitude. At Humes High School, there was a talent show. Elvis decided to have a part in the talent show, even though he is extremely shy. During the talent show, he showed off his talents, guitar playing and singing. The crowd went wild! Elvis won the talent show and became popular and got rid of his shyness. Years later in 1954, he gets record deal with Sun Records. The rest is history.

In a few years, Elvis became an international star featured in many movies and recorded many records. In 1958, he joined the Army and was sent to Germany. There he met Priscilla Ann Beaulieu, the daughter of Captain Joesph Beaulieu. Elvis was falling in love with Priscilla! They dated for many years and in 1967, they got married at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. In 1968, Elvis's daughter was born, Lisa Marie Presley.

In 1964, Elvis got competition. Beatlemania had struck the U.S.A. For the first time, Elvis was afraid that his career was in trouble. But in 1968, Elvis stared in called //The ‘68 Special// or //The ‘68 Comeback//, although the actual name of this landmark television special is //Elvis//. He sang many old songs and new ones as well. He wore the famous 2-piece leather suit.

In the 1970s, Elvis's health started to decline. In 1973, he was hospitalized with enlarged colon, pneumonia, hepatitis, and pleurisy. He also battles weight. Elvis also had marriage probl ems. In 1973, Priscilla and Elvis divorced. Dispite personal problems, Elvis still abused himself. Then in August 16, 1977 Elvis died of a stroke on his //__toilet.__// A very odd death.

Elvis didn't know it, but he changed the world. Like I said before, he made non-racist music. Without Elvis, we would have seperate radio stations. There would be no rap, disco, pop or maybe rock music. Music doesn't seem life or death, but the way I see it, racist anything is bad. For being a smart alec rockabilly with great hair, he really changed history**. **