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"Before Elvis, everything was in black and white. Then came Elvis. Zoom, glorious technicolor."
- Keith Richards
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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...
#4 : Fun facts you may not have known about the King : " Elvis Presley "
#4. Ed Sullivan initially didn’t want Elvis on his variety program. Presley generated a lot of controversy after appearing on "The Milton Berle Show" shortly before, and Sullivan didn’t want that kind of backlash. Sullivan only changed his mind after Elvis appeared on "The Steve Allen Show" — which aired opposite "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Sunday nights — and crushed him in the ratings. MORE INFORMATION : CLICK HERE
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