Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was the King of Rock & Roll.

Elvis Presley was born on Janury 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Elvis's family was very poor. His mom's name was Gladys and his dad Vernon was in high school, he had married Gladys when he was just 17.Later he tried to cheat someone for money which got him in jail. When he got out of jail he got a new job.

It was a church where Elvis started singing. On Elvis's eleventh birthday he got his first guitar. ''It will help you with your singing'' she said. Soon they moved to Memphis and Elvis started to learn to the guitar from a local pastor Frank Smith. Later started to record songs at sun studios, soon he became popular. Then he became a movie star which took him of music. He also bought a new home and called it Graceland. Then different bands got popular such as The Rolling Stones and The Beatles and soon Elvis came back to music to show who was the real king of Rock & Roll. Later he started to eat junk food and soon he died in a bathroom on August 16, 1977. But Elvis was the true King of Rock and Roll and nobody will forget that. Now tour are taken at his house Graceland. Once Elvis's wife(Priscilla) gave the Japanese prime minister a tour around Graceland and that was the end of the king of Rock & Roll.