On January 10, 1956, Presley made his first recordings for RCA in Nashville. Its extension to the singers now customary Moore, Black, and Fontana, pianist Floyd Cramer recorded RCA, the guitarist Chet Atkins, and three singers, including Gordon Stoker of the Jordanaires quartet People to fill the sound. This session produced, moody unusual "Heartbreak Hotel", released as a single on January 27. Parker finally Presley on national television, giving it Stage Show on CBS for six performances over two months. The program, produced in New York, hosted in alternate weeks by the leaders of big band and brothersTommy and Jimmy Dorsey. After the first appearance on January 28, Presley has lived in the city to record for RCA studio in New York. The session produced eight songs, including a cover of Carl Perkins rockabilly song "Blue Suede Shoes." In February, Presley "I Forget Remember To Forget", Sun recordings originally released earlier in August, reaching a peak Billboardcountry table. Neal contract was terminated and, on March 2, Parker became Presley's manager.
RCA Victor released their first album, Presley March 23. Sun joined by five unreleased recordings, seven songs recorded recently are the big variety. There are two ways state and a catchy pop song. The other center will determine the evolution of rock and roll: "Blue Suede Shoes" - "repair of Perkins in almost every way," the critic Robert Hilburn and three R & B number that has become part of the scene directory Presley for some time, including Little Richard, Ray Charles, andthe Drifters. As described by Hilburn, this "is most revealing of all. Unlike many white artists ... simplified edge R & B and outs of the original version of the song in the '50s, Presley change their shape. He not only injected with songs vocal character itself, but also a guitar, no piano, an instrument to lead in all three cases. "She became the first rock and roll album in the Billboard top, a position he held for 10 weeks. Although Presley did not like Moore or instrumentalists innovative contemporary African-American rocker Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, cultural historian Gilbert B. Rodman claims that the album cover image, "Elvis has his time on stage with a guitar in his hands to play an important role in the position of guitar ... as an instrument that most captured the style and spirit of this new music. "Milton Berle Show and" Hound Dog "
Presley made the first of two appearances on NBC's Milton Berle Show, April 3. His performance on the deck of the USS Hancock in San Diego, prompted cheers and cries of the sailors and their dates public. A few days later, the flight taking Presley's band to Nashville for a recording session left all three very shocked when the engine died and the plane descended almost Arkansas. Twelve weeks after its release, "Heartbreak Hotel" became Presley's first number one pop. In late April, Presley began a two-week stay at New Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Strip. Showed poor received by a middle-aged guests-conservative ", as the corn liquor jug some champagne," wrote the critic for Newsweek. In the midst of its Vegas, Presley, who has serious acting ambitions, has signed a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures. He began touring the Midwest in mid-May, through 15 cities in a few days. He showed some presence of Freddie Bell and grooms in Las Vegas and was impressed with their coverage "Hound Dog", a hit in 1952 for the blues singer Big Mama Thornton. This is a new closure amount to act. After the show in La Crosse, Wisconsin, an emergency message on the header of the local Catholic diocese newspaper sent FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. He warned that "Presley is a definite danger to the safety of U.S. action ... and movement as sexually exciting teenagers ... .. After the show, more than 1,000 teenage gangs of room try to Presley in the auditorium. ... Indications Presley losses not only in La Crosse are two school girls ... the abdomen and thighs was the signature of Elvis. "[88]
The Milton Berle Show appearance comes second on June 5 on NBC studios in Hollywood, in the midst of another busy visit. Berle convince the singer to leave his guitar behind the scene, advised, "Let them see you, my son." During the show, Presley was suddenly interrupted uptempo return of "Hound Dog" with a wave of his arms and launched into the version, highlight the slow grinding energetic, excessive body movement. Round Presley created a storm of controversy. Television Critics angry: Jack Gould of The New York Times wrote: "Mr. Presley was not able to clear vocals ... his sentence, if it could be called that, consist of changes in stereotypes that go with the beginner in air baths .... . a specialty is an accentuated movement of the body ... especially identified with the repertoire of bombs blonde burlesque runway. "Ben Gross of New York Daily News says that popular music" has reached the depths in the 'grunt and groin' antics of one Elvis Presley. ... Elvis, who turns her pelvis ... give an exhibition suggestive and vulgar, tinged with the kind of animalism that should be confined to dives and bordellos. "Ed Sullivan, who own variety show is the nation's most popular, said he was" unfit for family visits "Unfortunately for Presley. he soon found himself being called" the Elvis Pelvis ", which he called" one of the most childish expressions I ever heard, comin 'for adults.
Steve Allen Show and the first appearance Sullivan
Berle show attracted high ratings like that Presley recorded for July 1 hearing on Steve Allen Show on NBC in New York. Allen, not a fan of rock and roll, the introduction of a "new Elvis" in white bow tie and black tail. Presley sang "Hound Dog" less than a minute basset hound wearing a hat and tie. As described by television historian Jake Austen, "Allen thought Presley was talented and reasonable ... [she] put things so that Presley would show his remorse" Allen. For its part, has written more Later he discovered Presley "weird, thin, country-boy charisma, his wickedness is difficult to determine, and eccentricity attracted interesting" and work only singer in the "fabric comedy" traditional program. Presley to refer to Allen as the most ridiculous performance of his career. That night, he showed up at Hy Gardner Calling, a popular local television show. Pressed about whether he had learned something from the criticism he was the target, Presley replied: "No, I'm not, I do not feel like I'm doing something wrong ... I do not see. What about all types of music are a bad influence on people people when it was just music ... I mean, how rock 'n' roll to any rebel against their parents.? "
The next day, Presley recorded "Hound Dog" with "Any Way You Want Me" and "Do not Be Cruel". The Jordanaires sing in harmony, because they were on the Steve Allen Show, they will work with Presley in the 1960s. A few days later, the singer made a concert appearance in Memphis where he announced: "You know, people in New York will not change my steps. I'll show you what real Elvis is like tonight. "In August, a judge in Jacksonville, Fla., ordered Presley to tame actions. Throughout the next performance, he remained largely silent, except for wiggling his little finger suggestively in the ridiculous order. Couples single "Do not Be Cruel" with "Hound Dog" rule the charts for 11 weeks, the signs will not be exceeded for 36 years. recording sessions for the second Presley album took place in Hollywood in the first week of September. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, author of "Hound Dog", contributed "Love Me".
Allen shows with Presley for the first time, beaten The Ed Sullivan Show on CBS ratings. Sullivan, despite his announcement in June, the singer booked for three games for an unprecedented $ 50,000. The first, September 9, 1956, seen by 60 million viewers, a record 82.6 per cent of viewers. Actor Charles Laughton hosted the event, please fill in the recovery of a car accident Sullivan [93] Presley. It comes in two segments that night from the CBS television City in Hollywood. According to legend Elvis Presley has been shot only to the waist. Watch the clip shows Allen and his producer Berle, Sullivan maintains that Presley was "a certain type of device depends on the crotch of his pants leg so when he moves back and forth, you can see her pubic line . ... I think it's a bottle of Coke ... We can not have Sunday evening .. It shows the family! "Sullivan told public TV Guide," As for his turn, everything can be controlled with camera shots. "[101] In fact, Presley is shown from head to toe in first and second shows. Although the shoot was relatively calm during his debut with the foot skin close-ups when he dances, the studio audience reacted in the usual style:. Shout performance [104] [105] Presley ballad next single, "Love Me Tender," asked to destroy a record one million orders in advance. Most other single event marks the first appearance onthe Ed Sullivan Show, which made a national celebrity Presley almost unprecedented proportions.
Accompanying the increase Presley to fame, this cultural shift taking place that is good for inspiration and came to symbolize. The outbreak of "the greatest pop craze since Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra ... Presley rock'n'roll into the mainstream of popular culture," writes historian Marty yeẓer. "As Presley set the tone art, other artists to follow ... Presley, more than anyone, give them confidence in their own youth. What is different and somehow integrated first-generation American who has never felt the power of a integrated youth culture. "
Fools and their first film
public response to performing arts Presley became increasingly hot. Moore recalled, "He will start, are you well, but Hound Dog," and they only go to pieces They. Always react the same way. There will be riots every time. "During the two concerts he performed in September at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, 50 of the National Guard has added to the security police to avoid problems crowd. Elvis Presley's second album, released in October and quickly reached number one. Assessing the impact of music and culture of the records Presley "That's All Right" by Elvis, rock critic Dave Marsh wrote that "these cases, more than others, contain the seeds of what rock & roll, and very probably what can be expected. "
Presley returned to Sullivan show, hosted this time by its namesake, October 28. After the show, the crowd in Nashville and St. Louis burn on sculpture [93] His first film, Love Me Tender, was released on November 21 .. Although he was not charged for the original title of the film-The Reno Brothers-was changed to take advantage of his last number one record "Love Me Tender" hit the top of the charts earlier this month. To better capitalize on the popularity Presley, four musical numbers are added to what was initially a straight acting role. The film is highlighted by the critics but very well at the box office. Presley would receive top billing in all the films that followed, he did.
On December 4, Presley dropped into Sun Records where Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis were recording and jam with them. Although Phillips no longer entitled to free equipment Presley, he made sure the session was captured on tape. The results became legendary as "Million Dollar Quartet" recordings, Johnny Cash has long been regarded as having played well, but it does briefly introduce incitement to Phillips for a photo. Year ended with a front page article in the Wall Street Journal reports that Presley merchandise brought $ 22 million on the sale of his record, and declaration of Billboard that he has more songs in the top 100 than any other artist, since registration has been mapped. In the first full year on the RCA, one of the largest corporate music industry, Presley has donated more than 50 percent of sales of the single label.
Leiber and Stoller collaboration and notification of the draft
Presley was the third and final appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show January 6, 1957 on this occasion was shot just below the belt. Some commentators have argued that Parker set the appearance of the probe to generate publicity. [105] [114] In any event, as criticGreil Marcus explained, Presley "can not bind down. Leaving behind his soft clothing worn in the first two shows, she went out in bizarre costumes of the pasha, if this is not a harem girl. In the mark-up over his eyes, his hair falling on his face, the players are very sexual from his mouth, he played Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik, with all stops on. "In conclusion, viewing distance and oppose Sullivan, Presley sings sweet black spiritual," peace in the valley. "At the end of the event, Sullivan said Presley" a real decent, fine boy. "Two days later, the Review Board announced that it will be Presley's Memphis classified 1A and may be arranged at times this year.
All three singles released Presley in the first half of 1957 went to number one: "Too Much," "All Shook Up" and "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear". Already an international star, he attracts fans, even if the music has not been officially published. Under "Craze in Soviet Presley recording," The New York Times reported that the music by pressing on the plaque is removed price control X-ray high in Leningrad. Between filming and recording sessions, the singer also found time to buy houses 18 rooms of eight miles (13 km) south of downtown Memphis, he and his parents to Graceland. Loving You-soundtrack to the second film, released in July, the third consecutive Presley is number one album. The title song written by Leiber and Stoller, who was arrested for writing four of the six tracks recorded in session for prison Rock, Presley's next film. Indeed the track team produce the session, and they develop a close working relationship with Presley, who came to regard them as "lucky" it. their song titles yet another number one hit, like a prison Rock EP.
Presley made a short visit of three years, continues to provoke public reaction mad [120] A Detroit newspaper suggests that "the problem to go see Elvis Presley, then you're liable to be killed.. [ 121] The Villanova students pelted him with eggs in Philadelphia, and Vancouver, a crowd of rioting after the end of the show, destroying the stadium. Frank Sinatra, who inspired the famous fainting teenage girls in the 1940s, has condemned the phenomenon of new music. In a magazine article, he denounced rock and roll as "brutal, ugly, degenerate, cruel. ... It's really encouraging about the negative and destructive reactions in young people the smell of a false and fake .. It is sung, played and written, mostly by thugs stupid ... this rancid smell aphrodisiac I deplore .. "Rapid response, Presley said:" I admire people he has the right to say what he means. It was a great success and a good actor. But I think he should not say that. ... It's a trend, as he faced when he started years ago. "
Leiber and Stoller back in the studio to record Elvis' Christmas Album. Towards the end of the session, they write a song in place at the request of Presley: "Santa Claus Is Back In Town", a blues innuendo supported. Released holiday tightrope Presley album number one to four years and eventually become the best selling album of all time Christmas. After the meeting, Moore and Black-weekly pay just a single image, no sharing of the financial success of Presley resign. Although they have been reduced on a per diem few weeks later, it is clear they are not part of Presley's inner circle for some time. On December 20, Presley received his draft notice. He was given a deadline for deciding the future King Creole, which $ 350,000 has been invested by Paramount and producer of The Wallis. A few weeks after the new year, "Do not", another Leiber and Stoller air, Presley became the tenth number one seller. Only 21 months since "Heartbreak Hotel" to raise for the first time. The recording sessions for the soundtrack of King Creole was held in Hollywood in mid-January. Leiber and Stoller offers three songs and was again on hand, but it will be the last time they worked with Presley. studio session on February 1, marked another end: it is the last chance for black to go with Presley. He died in 1965.
On March 24, Presley was named to the U.S. Army as a private at Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith, Arkansas. Captain Arlie Metheny, information officer, is not ready for media attention drawn by the arrival of the singer. Hundreds of people took to Presley as she stepped off the bus, the photographer, then accompanied him down. Presley announced she was looking forward to military service, said he would not be treated differently from others: ". The army can do whatever he wanted with me "Later, at Fort Hood, Texas, Lt. Col. Marjorie Schulten give the media carte blanche for a day, after which he said Presley off-limits to the press .
Shortly after Presley started basic training at Fort Hood, he received a visit from Eddie Fadal, a businessman whom she met during a tour in Texas. Fadal reports that Presley had become convinced of his career is over, "It is very safe." During the two week holiday in early June, Presley cut five games in Nashville. He resumed training, but in early August hepatitisand her mother was diagnosed with his condition deteriorated. Presley was granted emergency leave to visit her, arriving in Memphis on August 12. Two days later he died of heart failure, aged 46. Presley destroyed, they remain very close, even in adulthood, they will use baby talk with each other and Presley the address with a company name.
After training at Fort Hood, Presley joined the 3rd Armored Division in Friedberg, Germany, October 1. Presented by Sergeant amphetamines when maneuvering, it has become "almost evangelical about their benefits," not only for energy, but to "force" and weight as well and many of his friends joined him in clothing in paradise. The army also introduced Presley to karate, where he studied seriously, and then included in his live performances. Military, must be proved Presley wanted to be perceived as an army capable of normal, despite fame, and his generosity in service. He donated the Army to pay for charity, buy a TV for the base, and buy an extra set of uniforms for everyone in his clothes.
While in Friedberg, met Priscilla Beaulieu Presley 14. They are finally getting married after dating for seven and half year. In his autobiography, Priscilla said that despite fears it could destroy his career, Presley Parker believes that to gain respect from people, he must serve the country as an ordinary soldier is not in the special services, where he will be able to give several performances of music and still associated with the public. The media echoed the concerns of Presley's career, but the producer Steve Sholes and Freddy Bienstock RCA Hill and Range carefully prepared for his two-year hiatus. Armed with a large amount of unpublished material, they continue to release regular flow of success. Between induction and discharge, Presley had ten top 40 hits, including "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" "Hard Headed Woman" bestseller, and "One Night" in 1958, and "(Now and Then There is) As I Fool number one and "A Big Hunk O 'Love" in 1959. RCA has also managed to produce a long four compilation albums of material during this period, most successful Elvis' Golden (1958), which hit number three on the LP map.
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