ELVIS PRESLEY ''Jailhouse Rock'' Platinum LP

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Artist:Elvis Presley
Title Jailhouse Rock
Edition:: Limited Edition 5000
Size: 12 " x 16 "
Description: Each 24kt Gold Plated Record is beautifully matted and framed. They are framed under glass with an Aluminum frame (as Shown)

Elvis Presley Biography

Elvis Presley was the greatest rock and roll star of his era. In 1953, when he was 18, Elvis visited Sun Records, whose studios offered a public recording booth. As a birthday present to his mother, he recorded a version of the Ink Spots' "My Happiness" backed with "That's When Your Heartaches Begin". The studio manager, Marion Keisker, was impressed with Presley's singing and informed Sun's owner/producer Sam Phillips of the young singer. Phillips worked with Elvis for a year and in 1954 teamed him up with guitarist Scotty Moore and bass player Bill Black. Presley's debut single on Sun was "That's All Right (Mama)" and it sold 20,000 copies. Presley's last Sun single, a cover version of Junior Parker's "Mystery Train", broke Elvis nationally and was later hailed as one of the rock 'n' roll's greatest singles.

Presley replaced his manager Bon Neal with Colonel Tom Parker. Parker arranged a deal between RCA Records and Sun for RCA to pay Phillips $35,000 to release Elvis from the label. In 1956, Elvis recorded his first single at RCA studios, "Heartbreak Hotel". It became a Number 1 hit for eight weeks and made Elvis a star. It also hit Number 2 in the UK. Elvis continued with a streak of amazing hits including "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender," "All Shook Up," "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear," and many others. Elvis also began starring in hit musical movies always accompanied with soundtrack albums, including Love Me Tender, Jailhouse Rock, Loving You and King Creole.

In late 1956 it was rumored Elvis would be drafted into the Army and large amounts of songs were recorded in case he was no longer available. He was inducted into the US Armed Forces in 1958 and remained there until 1960. During that time, more singles and movies were released such as the hits "Hard Headed Woman," "A Fool Such As I," and "A Big Hunk O' Love." When Elvis returned to show business in 1960 his popularity was unchanged and he had more hits, "It's Now Or Never" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" He also resumed acting in a long string of hit movies such as G.I. Blues, Blue Hawaii, Kissin' Cousins and Viva Las Vegas.

After the 1963 number 1 hit "Devil In Disguise," Elvis' single success began to suffer, especially after the coming of the Beatles in 1964 and the British Invasion. Elvis continued to churn out singles and movies of lesser quality for the next few years. In 1968 he had a comeback with two harder edged hits written by Jerry Reed, "Guitar Man" and "US Male." They paved the way for his 1968 TV special where performed passionate versions of his great hits. The critical and commercial success of the special were followed by Elvis recording two revitalized sounding albums in 1969, From Elvis In Memphis and From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis. He was having hits again with "In The Ghetto," Suspicious Minds," and "Don't Cry Daddy."

Elvis began appearing as a live performer in Las Vegas in 1969. Unfortunately, this marked another artistic slump with the release of a series of inconsistent live albums. Elvis continued to perform live throughout the seventies but became increasingly dependent on drugs and gained a great deal of weight. He even collapsed onstage twice and on August 16, 1977 was found dead from a drug induced heart attack. He became one of the most iconographic and worshipped figures in rock and roll and countless products and re-releases have been issued since his death.