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Read the text, and then answer the following questions.ELVIS PRESLEY
“The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It’s a natural thing tome. So to the manager backstage I said, ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said “Whatever it is, go back and do it again.” -From a 1972 taped interview used in MGM’s documentary «Elvis on Tour»
His1973 special, ''Elvis – Aloha from Hawaii live via Satellite'', was seen in over 40 countries by 1 billion to 1.5 billion people and made television history. It was seen on television in more Americanhomes than man's first walk on the moon.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon, wasstillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child. He and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, and Elvis graduated from Humes High School there in 1953.
Elvis’ musical influences werethe pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church, and the black R&B he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager.
In 1954, Elvis began his singing career withthe legendary Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955, he sold his recording contract to RCA Victor. By 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined hisdiverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture.
He starred in 33 successful films,made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on tour and in Las Vegas. Globally, his records...