Elvis' famous black hair was dyed - his natural color was brown . Elvis purchased his first guitar when he was just 11 years old. He wanted a rifle, but his mama convinced him to get a guitar instead. In 1947, a local radio show offered a young Elvis (age 12) a chance to sing live on air, but he was too shy to go on. At 18, Elvis paid $4 to make his first record, a gift for his mama. In 1954, Elvis auditioned for a gospel quartet named the Songfellows . They said no. That same year, a local radio DJ played Elvis' version of That's All Right . He went on to play it 13 more times that day, but had trouble convincing his audience that Elvis was white. His nickname for his manhood was reportedly Little Elvis . His breakthrough hit was Heartbreak HOTEL , released in 1956 - a song inspired by a newspaper article about a local suicide . When performing o...
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