Elvis Presley

Born

8 January 1935, Tupelo, MS, United States

Died

16 August 1977, Memphis, TN, United States

Member of

The Million Dollar Quartet

Notes

Father of Lisa Marie Presley; married to Priscilla Presley [1967-73]

Also Known As

Elvis Aaron Presley, Elvis

Genres

Rock & Roll, Pop, Pop Rock, Film Soundtrack, Blue-Eyed Soul, Rockabilly

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Discography

2406

Credits 504 Filmography 57

Album

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Release Date

+45

3.41

7,618

157

7,618
157

Elvis Presley

1956

+33

3.49

1,949

1,949
41

Elvis

1956

+24

3.27

789

789
15

Loving You [motion picture soundtrack]

1957

+41

3.28

1,199

1,199
27

Elvis' Christmas Album

1957

+23

3.38

790

790
17

King Creole [motion picture soundtrack]

1958

+31

3.39

1,800

1,800
39

Elvis Is Back!

1960

+25

3.05

568

568
11

G.I. Blues [motion picture soundtrack]

1960

+14

3.19

573

573
12

His Hand in Mine

1960

+12

3.07

477

477
14

Something for Everybody

1961

+25

2.92

833

833
19

Blue Hawaii [motion picture soundtrack]

1961

+14

3.21

457

457
12

Pot Luck

1962

+13

2.73

360

360
12

Girls! Girls! Girls! [motion picture soundtrack]

1962

+16

3.33

568

568
22

How Great Thou Art

1967

+19

3.69

3,141

3,141
72

From Elvis in Memphis

1969

3.45

428

428
11

Back in Memphis

1970

+19

3.64

856

856
17

That's the Way It Is

1970

3.54

742

742
22

Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)

1971

3.23

362

362
12

Promised Land

1975

+10

3.17

295

295
14

From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee

1976

+20

3.20

547

547
19

Moody Blue

1977

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Live Album

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+22

3.94

975

975
34

Elvis: TV Special [tv soundtrack]

1968

+15

3.77

349

349
13

On Stage: February 1970

1970

3.85

325

325
5

Elvis in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

1970

+15

3.65

313

313
12

Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden

1972

+20

3.69

549

549
18

Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite

1973

3.75

2
-

Las Vegas Hilton Presents Elvis: Closing Night 1972 [archival]

2023

4.00

1
-

Opening Night 1972 [archival]

2023

3.50

1
-

Las Vegas Summer Festival 1972 [archival]

2023

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EP

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3.77

57
2

Elvis Presley

1956

3.85

107

107
4

Heartbreak Hotel

1956

3.98

62
1

The Real Elvis

1956

3.80

41
2

Elvis Presley

1956

3.73

27
-

Elvis, Volume I

1956

3.49

73
5

Love Me Tender

1956

3.25

30
2

Peace in the Valley

1957

3.32

25
2

Loving You, Vol. II

1957

3.69

136

136
4

Jailhouse Rock

1957

+10

3.78

36
-

King Creole, Vol. 1

1958

3.52

30
-

Flaming Star [motion picture soundtrack]

1961

3.36

59
3

Follow That Dream [motion picture soundtrack]

1962

3.28

55
2

Kid Galahad [motion picture soundtrack]

1962

3.37

55
2

Viva Las Vegas [motion picture soundtrack]

1964

2.60

39
2

Easy Come, Easy Go [motion picture soundtrack]

1967

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+15

3.90

736

736
20

That's All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky

1954

+11

3.82

509

509
12

Mystery Train / I Forgot to Remember to Forget

1955

+17

3.85

842

842
22

Heartbreak Hotel / I Was the One

1956

+21

4.01

1,126

1,126
30

Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog

1956

+18

3.71

567

567
10

Blue Suede Shoes / Tutti Frutti

1956

+10

3.58

491

491
8

Love Me Tender / Any Way You Want Me [motion picture soundtrack]

1956

3.71

545

545
13

All Shook Up / That's When Your Heartaches Begin

1957

+19

3.86

916

916
24

Jailhouse Rock / Treat Me Nice [motion picture soundtrack]

1957

+12

3.52

418

418
12

It's Now or Never / A Mess of Blues

1960

+14

3.47

421

421
10

Are You Lonesome To-Night? / I Gotta Know

1960

3.89

483

483
21

(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame / Little Sister

1961

3.94

804

804
13

Can't Help Falling in Love / Rock-A-Hula Baby [motion picture soundtrack]

1961

+12

3.83

593

593
10

In the Ghetto / Any Day Now

1969

+12

4.09

1,013

1,013
23

Suspicious Minds / You'll Think of Me

1969

3.39

500

500
7

A Little Less Conversation

2002 • Elvis vs JXL

Elvis Presley
Junkie XL

2.76

20
-

Can't Help Falling in Love (Mark Ronson Remix) [remixes, motion picture soundtrack]

2022 • Elvis Presley & Mark Ronson

2.91

12
-

Always on My Mind (Rehearsal) [live, archival]

2022

1.71

37
-

Toxic Las Vegas (Jamieson Shaw Remix) [motion picture soundtrack]

2023 • Elvis Presley & Britney Spears

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Music video

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3.46

5
-

A Little Less Conversation

2002 • Elvis vs JXL

Junkie XL
Elvis Presley

2.08

5
1

That's All Right

2022

Appears On

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3.69

82
4

Mystery Train [motion picture soundtrack]

1989 • Album • John Lurie

3.40

180

180
4

Big Fish [motion picture soundtrack]

2003 • Album • Danny Elfman

4.14

39
2

The History of Rock 'n' Roll

2004 • Video • Various Artists

3.80

72
2

The Future Is Unwritten [motion picture soundtrack]

2007 • Compilation • Joe Strummer

3.05

44
-

Megamind [motion picture soundtrack]

2010 • Album • Hans Zimmer & Lorne Balfe

2.83

54
-

Partners

2014 • Album • Barbra Streisand

3.59

1,326

1,326
7

Blade Runner 2049 [film score, motion picture soundtrack]

2017 • Album • Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch

2.96

76
-

Elvis [motion picture soundtrack]

2022 • Album • Various Artists

3.98

3
-

The Greatest Christmas Hits

2023 • Compilation • Pentatonix

-
-

Pop Zone

2023 • DJ Mix • Bruce

3.25

2
-

Radio JXL: A Broadcast From the Computer Hell Cabin

2003 • Album • Junkie XL

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+44

4.13

933

933
28

Elvis' Golden Records

1958

+23

4.05

1,294

1,294
36

The Sun Sessions

1976

+12

4.02

1,634

1,634
45

Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

2002

3
-

Classic Billboard Hits

2022

-
-

His Ultimate Collection

2023

4.00

2
-

Elvis Presley At 706 Union Ave: The Sun Singles 1954-55

2024

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V/A Compilation

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+10

3.86

759

759
17

Forrest Gump [motion picture soundtrack]

1994

4.26

318

318
9

Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of '50s Rock

1999

4.04

172

172
6

Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly

2006

-
-

The Memphis Blues Box: Original Recordings First Released on 78s and 45s, 1914-1969

2023

-
-

On the Dancefloor With a Fingersnap: 31 Pops to Make the Party Shake!

2023

3.00

1
-

Now That's What I Call Unforgettable

2024

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2.63

58
7

Elvis's Greatest Shit!!

1980

4.20

23
-

11: Все в порядке (That's All Right)

1989

2.94

5
-

The Last Show - Live at Market Square Garden, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 26, 1977 [live]

1995

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4.22

54
3

That's the Way It Is [archival, live sessions]

1984

4.25

58
3

Aloha from Hawaii

2004

4.43

124

124
3

Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special [live, archival]

2004

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4.00

30
4

The Jungle Room Sessions [archival, outtakes]

2000

3.97

32
-

From Elvis in Nashville [archival, outtakes]

2020

3.56

26
-

Elvis Back in Nashville [archival, outtakes]

2021

3.40

7
1

Elvis Live 1972 [live, sampler]

2023

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Elvis Presley

CurtisLoew

"Before Anyone Did Anything, Elvis Did Everything. While that is technically not true, there is no doubt that Elvis is the most important figure in the ascension of rock 'n' roll as a cultural force. He had it all: the voice, the look, the material (well, some of the time, at least), the hips, the charm, the sneer, the little hiccup in his voice...even in the later, "Fat" Elvis years, that voice was still capable of entrancing anyone who heard it.

They say everyone dies twice. Once when you take your last breath on Earth, and again when the last person speaks your name out loud. By that measure, Elvis Aaron Presley will never die."

RYM Rough Guide for Elvis Presley

(as suggested by Shrimp91)

(Poll adjudicator: troutmask)

ALL-TIME TOP FIVE:
1) Suspicious Minds (from Suspicious Minds / You'll Think of Me)
2) Can't Help Falling in Love (from Blue Hawaii)
3) Heartbreak Hotel (from Heartbreak Hotel / I Was the One)
4) Hound Dog (from Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog)
5) Jailhouse Rock (from Jailhouse Rock / Treat Me Nice)

RECOMMENDED ALBUM: ELVIS PRESLEY
RECOMMENDED COMPILATION: THE SUN SESSIONS

"It's been said a million times that Elvis' launchpad to stardom was the shoulders of countless black artists, but the sad truth is that if segregated America was gonna embrace rock and roll, it needed to have a white face. So maybe Elvis wasn't a pioneer as much as he was a conduit, but he was the artist that brought rock music into the mainstream, and the impact of that on western popular culture is immeasurable. By now you'd have to be very old to remember his heyday, but despite that and decades of imitation and caricature, his star-power endures. Even his most ardent detractors must still acknowledge just how charismatic a figure he was: the world's first and most iconoclastic bona fide rock star." - HortonHersAWho

"Very few musical entities can truly say to have changed the makeup of popular music as soon as they broke through but Elvis Presley can lay claim to this feat and then some. His exciting and then-dangerous but ultimately accessible music allowed for rock 'n' roll to become the pop music of the day. The true metric of his impact and influence on music (and popular culture) is probably incalculable at this point and it's truly impossible to imagine what the world of music could possibly look like without him as ground zero. He also just so happens to be one of the best balladeers I've ever heard with his renditions of the slower material being some of my favourites. A decent actor, too. He reinvented himself deftly in the late 60s with his comeback as a top blue-eye soul singer as well which features some of his most powerful music and lead to some reasonable gospel work. But, after all is said and done, it all goes back to the strength of his original, classic Sun Record material - that's where the legend of Elvis really began and is still some of the best music of all time." - ForeverTreesGreen

"2053: On what would have been the singer’s 85th birthday, fans flocked to Thom Yorke’s Oxfordshire mansion… No, sorry, I’m just not getting that vibe, and yet in 2020, fans did flock to Graceland on what would have been Elvis Presley’s 85th birthday, 43 years after the singer’s death. And this for an artist whose body of truly groundbreaking work is minuscule compared to almost any other artist of stature. He might even be more important as a cultural icon than as a musical icon; someone who embodied not just the American Dream, but the United States itself. Most commentators are agreed that the bulk of his 60s work – the endless soundtrack LPs as lacklustre as the movies that begat them – is below par, but while some admire the King’s immediate post-’68 material, I prefer to stick to the very early, mid-'50s material, when Elvis’ output was marked by an enthusiasm for music (any music – he was certainly eclectic in his tastes) that came at you as liberation. It was enormously revolutionary, which you wouldn’t expect from a man who was conservative in many other respects. Perhaps only someone so conservative could become so accidentally revolutionary. The happy chance that caused Elvis, Scotty Moore and Bill Black to break into “That’s All Right” as a bit of light relief during a recording session at Sun that wasn’t yielding much, might almost be a template of sorts for how the very best rock music has come about, full stop. Elvis wasn’t the first person to sing rock ‘n’ roll, nor was he necessarily the best (however you define the best), but what he did manage to do was navigate the contradictions of his time and place. His competitors turned out to be too dangerous, not dangerous enough, torn between God and the Devil’s music, too black, too ostentatiously milquetoast, given to criminal activity or fatally reckless driving, or to marrying close relatives. But Elvis – he could cause a furor swivelling his hips one minute, then record an album of spirituals the next; even in his rock ‘n’ roll heyday he managed to hint at being a good old-fashioned entertainer; and while exuding an otherness that was a revolution to everyone who became someone in the 60s, he managed to retain something about him of an ordinary bloke who got extraordinarily lucky. His sex appeal and the complexities of racial politics in America may have made him appear threatening to the adults in the room, but even that was defused when he showed himself to be a good American son by doing military service. Ultimately you can say whatever you like about Elvis, but one thing that can’t be denied is that rarely (if ever) has one person so completely transformed the musical landscape of the world." - resist_retreat

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Biography

The first huge Rock & Roll star, Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, during The Great Depression and moved to Memphis in his teens, signing with Sun Records in 1954. He cut five singles for the label, becoming a hot commodity in the process on the Country charts. After Presley and manager Colonel Tom Parker joined forces, label head Sam Phillips sold Presley's contract to RCA Records in 1955 for $35,000.

In 1956, Elvis had four No. 1 singles for RCA ("Heartbreak Hotel," "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," "Hound Dog," and "Don't Be Cruel"). Later that same year, he made his acting debut in the film Love Me Tender (1956). He would go on to star in more movies and record more No. 1 singles for two more years before being inducted into the United States Army in 1958.

After returning from his service in 1960, Presley stopped performing live; instead, he used movies to promote his music, and vice versa. The next few years would see Elvis star in multiple films per year, with several soundtrack singles accompanying them. However, by 1964, The Beatles had dethroned Elvis from the top of the rock 'n' roll world.

In the late 1960s, though, Presley started putting out more focused material, and as a result, some of his lost critical acclaim came back. The year 1969 saw "The King" return to live performing, and he would continue to tour during what turned out to be the final years of his life while frequently releasing new music.

Though he was active professionally, Presley's personal life was largely inactive. He became reclusive, rarely leaving his Memphis mansion, Graceland, and becoming addicted to numerous prescription drugs. His marriage to his longtime wife, Priscilla, fell apart. On August 16, 1977, Presley was found dead at his home at the age of 42. The cause of death remains a bit of a mystery, though most believe his drug addiction played a major role. Presley continues to have an enormous and dedicated fanbase, and his name and voice retain their popularity on everything from compilations to merchandise.

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