Early life
Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
His parents were Vernon Elvis Presley (then 18 years old) and Gladys Love Presley (born Smith, 22) .
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Jesse Garon Presley, his twin brother, was born dead 35 minutes before him.
As an only child, he established a strong relationship with his parents, especially his mother.
The family used to attend the Assembly of God, a church of the Protestant movement, where their first musical inspiration was found.
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In August of 1953, he entered for the first time in the offices of Sun Records with the intention to pay a few minutes of stay in the studio to record a disc of acetate of double face : "My happiness" and "That is when they begin their anguish" .
He later stated that the album would be a gift to the mother, or that he was simply interested in "how to play", although in a nearby store there was an unprofessional record service.
The biographer Peter Guralnick Member since : When receptionist Marion Keisker asked what kind of singer he was, Presley replied : "I sing all kinds [of music]".
When asked how he sounded, he replied, "I do not sound like anyone else.
" After the recording, Sun's boss, Sam Phillips, asked for a Keisker who wrote the young man's name, which he did along with a personal comment : "Good ballad singer.
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"51 Presley recorded a second acetate in January 1954 - " I will never be in your way "and" It would not be the same without you " - but nothing came from there.
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