The new 'bobby sox' idol, Elvis Presley, the 21 year old ex-Memphis truck driver who plays a savage guitar and works himself into a frenzy with his blues songs, has signed a long term movie contract with Hal Wallis, Hollywood, California, April 10, 1956. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)
(Original Caption) United Press photo by staff photographer Stewart Sawyer, made in Hollywood, may throw some light on the wildest exponent of rock and roll. Here is Elvis Presley, a man who never took a singing lesson in his life, yet managed to make a record ("Heartbreak Hotel") which sold more than a million copies after just a few weeks on the market. His later hits have firmly established him a top musical star — but observers along Broadway and at Hollywood and Vine are still scratching their heads, baffled by it all. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)
ELVIS: ALOHA FROM HAWAII — Aired 4/4/73 — Pictured: Elvis Presley during a live performance at Honolulu International Center in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 14, 1973 for his NBC special (Photo by Gary Null/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – AUGUST 1: Rock and roll musician Elvis Presley during a press conference after his first performance at the International Hotel on August 1, 1969 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Kino. Legenden – Elvis Presley, Presley, Elvis, Legenden – Elvis Presley, Presley, Elvis, Elvis Presley in ELVIS ON TOUR, USA, 1972. (Photo by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images)
Singer, actress choreographer and dancer Toni Basil performs on an episode of American Bandstand that aired on November 13, 1982 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ron Wolfson/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
