Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Hotel reservation - What is Elvis Presley's occupation?

What is Elvis Presley's occupation?

ElvisPresley

Elvis Presley (January 8, 1935-August 16, 1977) was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. He is an American rock singer and actor and graduated from L.C. Humes High School.

In p>1954, he made his debut by recording the song "That'sAllRight". In 1955, he signed a contract with Victory Records, a subsidiary of ABC. In 1956, his first film Love Me Tender was released, and his first studio album ElvisPresley was released in the same year. In 1958, he joined the United States Army for two years. In 196, it was named walk of fame. In 1961, he starred in the comedy film Blue Hawaii, and his soundtrack was the champion of the American album list for 2 weeks in a row. In 1968, he won the Best Sacred Performance Award in the 1th Grammy Award for his album HowGreatThouArt. In 1971, he won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1973, his live performance in Hawaii received 1 million viewers. On August 16th, 1977, he died of a heart attack at the age of 42.

in p>1986, he entered the first American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1987, the 14th american music awards awarded him a lifetime achievement award. In 1998, RCA Records awarded it a special commemorative award of "Artist of the Century". In 22, his American champion single collection Elv1s: 3 # 1 Hits was released. In 24, he ranked third among the "5 greatest pop musicians in history" selected by Rolling Stone, and in the same year, his film Elvis Presley was selected into the national film catalogue of the United States. In 28, he ranked first in the list of "artists with the most tracks on the Hot1 singles list" selected by Billboard. In 218, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Chinese name: ElvisPresley

mbth: Elvis Presley

Alias: Elvis Presley, TheKing

Nationality: USA

Constellation: Capricorn

Blood type: O

Height: 184cm

Birthplace: Mississippi, USA

Date of birth: 1933. Actor

Graduate School: L.C. Humes High School

Agency: American Radio Records Company, Victory Records

Representative works: Love me tender, Blue Hawaii, HowGreatThouArt, Elvis Presley's major achievements: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Best Sacred Performance Award in the 1th Grammy Award

14th american music awards Lifetime Achievement Award

RCA album "Artist of the Century" Special Commemorative Award

Record sales: 6 million (certified sales were 223.1 million)

characters experience

Early experience < As a child, he often sang the gospel in the church. In 1938, his father was imprisoned for tampering with the landlord's and employer's bills, and his house was confiscated, so Elvis had to move to a relative's house. In 1941, Elvis entered EastTupeloConsolidated primary school. In 1945, he participated in the Mississippi-Alabama Expo and won the second prize with an OldShep.

in p>1946, Elvis Presley entered the sixth grade in milam primary school. In 1947, he met country music singer MississippiSlim through classmates, and gave two live performances with the help of MississippiSlim in the same year. In 1948, when he moved to Memphis with his family, he began to meet some professional musicians and participated in the performance of the four-person gospel singing group "Black Forest Brothers". At the age of 16, he began to work to earn money to supplement his family.

In p>1953, I graduated from L.C. Humes High School, but only got a C in music class; In August, in order to give his mother a birthday present, he recorded the songs "MyHeppiness" and "That's SwynyourHeartachesBegin" in a recording studio under the name of Sam Phllips, the owner of SUN Records. During the recording, he met Marion Chesca and gained Marion's appreciation.

acting experience

In January p>1954, Elvis Presley recorded the songs "I'llNeverStandInYourWay" and "I'll never die" in the recording room of SUN Records Company at the invitation of Sam Phllips, but the recording effect was not satisfactory, but he still left Elvis' contact address. Subsequently, he failed in the interview of a member of a quartet; In April, he became a truck driver of Crown Power Company. On July 5th, Elvis Presley began to get attention after recording Arthur Krudupitz's R with guitarist Cody Moore and bassist Bill Black. On July 7th, Bill Monroe's song "BlueMoonofKentucky" was recorded as a cover. He changed the triple beat of the original song to four beats, and the song changed from bluegrass music style to mountain country rock style. On July 19th, I released my first commercial single record with "That'sAllRight" and "Blue Moon Fun Key" as A-Side and B-Side respectively.

In April p>1955, the rock-and-roll single "Baby Let's Display House" was released, which was a cover of Arthur Gunter's country song of the same name, and ranked in the American country song charts in August of the same year; In August, he released his solo single "MysteryTrain", which was a cover of JuniorParker's blues-style song of the same name, and it won the top spot in the American country song charts in November. In November, Sam Phllips transferred his contract with Elvis to Victory Records, a subsidiary of ABC, for $35,, and Colonel Parker became Elvis' agent.

On January 27th, 1956, he released his first single "HeartbreakHotel" under Victory Records, which won the top spot in American pop charts. In March, ElvisPresley, the first studio album, was released, which won the championship for 1 weeks in the billboard album list in the United States. In May, the folk song "IWantYou, INeedYou, ILoveYou" was released, which also won the top spot in American pop music charts. In July, the solo songs "HoundDog" and "Don'tBeCruel" were released as double-sided singles. They won the American pop charts in August and were elected to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988. In September, ABC released seven singles recorded by Elvis Presley simultaneously; In October, the second personal studio album Elvis》; was released; In November, his first film "LoveMeTender" was released, and the original song "Love Me Tender" won four music charts in the United States. In the same year, Elvis Presley gave a solo performance on the CBS TV variety show Ed Sally Wen Xiu, which attracted 55 million viewers.

In July, 1957, the autobiographical melodrama film I Love You was released in the United States. In October, the Christmas-themed studio album Elvis'ChristmasAlbum was released, and the 197 reprint of the album obtained the sales certification of American diamond records (1 million copies); In November, Elvis Presley, a melodrama film starring Elvis Presley, was released. Elvis played Vince everett, a rock fan who turned from a good boy to an extremely selfish person. The film was selected into the National Film Catalogue of the United States in 24. In addition, the theme song "JailhouseRock" won the championship in American pop music charts for seven weeks. In the same year, Elvis's songs "TooMuch", "AllShookUp" and "Let Me Be Yours" all won the American pop music charts.

In p>1958, the melodrama "The King of the Tough Guy" co-starred with walter matthau and Val Avery was released, and Elvis Presley played Danny Fisher who changed from a bad boy to a king of songs. In March, Elvis'GoldenRecords, a personal collection, was released, and the album obtained six times platinum record sales certification in the United States. In the same year, Elvis Presley's solo singles Don't and HardHeadedWoman won the American pop charts.

In p>1959, ABC published two studio albums, ForLPFansOnly and AdateWithElvis, which Elvis recorded before he joined the army. In June, the solo single "ABigHunkO'Love" was released, which won the top spot in American pop music charts. In November, the 2nd Grammy Awards were awarded, and Elvis was shortlisted for the best R in April with his song ABigHunkO'Love, and released his first studio album ElvisIsBack! 》; In August, the musical comedy film "The Trouble of Soldiers" starring Juliet Prowse was released, and Elvis played Tulsa McClane, an American soldier stationed in Germany who loved singing and dancing. In October, the soundtrack album "The Trouble of Private Soldiers" was released, which won the championship for 22 weeks in the American pop album charts and stayed in the list for 111 weeks. In November, the studio album "Hishandimine" with religious style was released; In the same year, he starred in the western film "Brothers Heroes" with barbara eden; In addition, his solo singles StuckonYou, It's Snownever and AreYouLonesomeTonight all won the American pop music charts.

In p>1961, Elvis Presley starred in the drama Country Fun directed by Philip Donne. In June, R was released in November, and the musical comedy Blue Hawaii, which co-starred with angela lansbury, was released. The box office of the film exceeded 5 million US dollars, and its soundtrack album also won the championship for 2 weeks in the American pop album charts and for 18 weeks in the British pop album charts. In the same year, his solo single Surrender won the American pop music charts.

In p>1962, Elvis Presley signed a film interpretation contract of five years and ten million dollars, and switched his career center to film. Later, he filmed the musical "Love in Love" in Florida, playing Toby, a veteran of Florida; In June, the rock-and-roll studio album PotLuck was released, which only ranked fourth in the American pop music charts, but now it has won the championship in the British pop album charts; In August, with gig young and lola albright * * * starring drama musical "Changsheng Boxing Champion" was released; In November, the musical comedy "Girl Chun Qing" starring Stella Stevens was released, and Elvis sang R for the film. In the same year, Elvis' personal rock style single "GoodLuckCharm" won the American pop music charts.

In p>1963, he co-starred with Joan O'Brien in the musical Love Song, playing rocket pilot mike edwards; In November, the musical comedy movie "Carp Jumping at the Dragon Gate" starring ursula andress was released; In the same year, Elvis' solo single "(You'rethe)DevilinDisguise" won the third place in the American pop music charts.

In p>196-28, he co-starred with ann margret in the song and dance love movie "Pink World", in which he played lucky Jackson, the episode "VivaLasVegas" in the film sold more than 1 million copies, and singers such as Bruce Springsteen and shawn colvin also covered the song. In March, the musical comedy "Kissing Cousins" starring Arthur O'Connell and glenda farrell was released; In the same year, he co-starred with barbara stanwyck in the musical drama "Wandering Singer", whose soundtrack "Roustabout" won the first place in the American pop album list.

In p>1965, Shelley Fabares co-starred in the musical love movie Daughter Music, in which Elvis Presley played the nightclub singer RustyWells;; In June, the musical comedy "Unbridled" starring Julie Adams was released; In November, the musical comedy starring Mary Ann Mobley was released, and Elvis played American actor John Nityrone who went to the Middle East to promote the film. In the same year, it also launched a personal anthology "ElvisforEveryone! 》。

In p>1966, the comedy film Love Song of the Original Boat was released, and Elvis Presley played the singer Johnny who was singing on a cruise ship on the Mississippi River. In October, he cooperated with Shelley Fabares again, starring in the musical film "Three Phoenix Rising Sun", and Elvis played the lead singer of a travel band, Mike McCaughey; In the same year, co-star Suzanna Leigh starred in the musical comedy Paradise Hawaiian.

In March, 1967, the musical film Come and Go was released, starring Elvis as Ted Jackson, the former flag designer of the US Navy. Subsequently, he co-starred with john williams in the musical film "It never rains but it pours"; In October, he released the gospel-style studio album HowGreatThouArt, for which he won the Best Sacred Performance Award in the 1th Grammy Awards. In the same month, the musical film "Tidy Beach" starring Shelley Fabares was released.

In March p>1968, the western comedy "Joe, Stay Away" starring Katy Jurado was released, which earned 1.5 million dollars at the box office. Due to the decline in movie profits, Elvis shifted his career focus to TV programs. From June 27 to 29, he recorded a personal special live program "Elvis NBC Special Program" on NBC TV, which marked Elvis' return to the music circle. The soundtrack of the program ranked second in the British pop album list. In the same year, Elvis Presley also starred in the musical action film Racing Track with nancy sinatra; In addition, Elvis played the newspaper photographer Greg Nolan in the musical comedy "Eat, Drink and Play" directed by Norman Taurog.

In p>1969, the studio album ElvisInMemphis was released, which won the first place in the British pop album list. In March, co-starred with Ina Balin.