Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “the King”.

Backing Tracks:

A Big Hug

Ain’t That Loving You Baby

A Little Less Conversation

All Shook Up

Almost

 Always On My Mind

Amazing Grace

American Trilogy

A Mess Of Blues

Anything That’s Part Of You

 Are You Lonesome Tonight

 

Baby I Don’t Care

Barefoot Ballad

 Blue Christmas

Blue Hawaii

Blue Moon Of Kentucky

Blue Suede Shoes

Blueberry Hill

Bosom Of Abraham

Bossa Nova Baby

Bridge Over Troubled Water

 Burning Love

 

 Can’t Help Falling In Love With You

Crawfish

Crying In The Chapel

 

Devil In Disguise

Did Ja Ever

Do Not Disturb

Don’t

Don’t Be Cruel

Don’t Cry Daddy

Don’t Leave Me Now

 

Farther Along

Find Out What’s Happening

Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers

Fool Such As I

For Old Times Sake

Funny How Time Slips Away

 

G.I. Blues

 Girl Of My Best Friend

Good Luck Charm

Good Rockin’ Tonight

Guitar Man

 

Hard Headed Woman

Hawaiian Wedding Song

Heartbreak Hotel

Help Me

Help Me Make It Through The Night

His Hand In Mine

His Latest Flame

Hound Dog

How Great Thou Art

 

I Believe In The Man In The Sky

I Feel So Bad

I John

 I Just Can’t Help Believin

I Really Don’t Want To Know

I Wanna Be Free

 I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

I Was The One

If I Can Dream

If We Never Meet Again

 

I’m Coming Home

I’m Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

In My Father’s House

 In The Ghetto

 It’s Midnight

It’s Now Or Never

It Hurts Me

It’s A Sin

It’s Over

 

 Jailhouse Rock

Joshua Fit The Battle

Judy

 

King Creole

Kiss Me Quick

Known Only To Him

 

Lady Loves Me

Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Lead Me Guide Me

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear

Let Yourself Go

Little Sister

Love Letters

Love Me

Love Me – (No Backing Vocals)

 Love Me Tender

Loving You

 

Make Me Know It

 Make The World Go Away

(Marie’s The Name) Of His Latest Flame

Memphis Tennessee

Milky White Way

Moody Blue

My Boy

My Way

Mystery Train

 

Never Walk Alone

 

Oh Happy Day

Old Shep

One Night

 

Peace In The Valley

Polk Salad Annie

Precious Lord Take My Hand

Put Your Hand In The Hand

 

Raised On Rock

Return To Sender

Run On

 

Separate Ways

Shake Rattle & Roll

She’s Not You

She Thinks I Still Care

Smokey Mountain Boy

So High

Someone Bigger Than You Or I

Stranger In The Crowd

 Stuck On You

Summer Kisses, Winter Tears

Surrender

Surrender (Female Key)

Suspicion

 Suspicious Minds

Swing Low Sweet Chario

 

Teddy Bear

 That’s Alright

That’s When Your Heartaches Begin

 (Now & Then) There’s A Fool Such As I

There Goes My Everything

Too Much

Treat Me Nice

Trouble

 

Until It’s Time For You To Go

 

Viva Las Vegas

 

Walk A Mile In My Shoes

Way Down

We Call On Him

What’s She Really Like

Where Could I Go But To The Lord

Where Did They Go Lord

Who Am I

  Wonder Of You

 Wooden Heart

 

You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me

Young And Beautiful

 

 

Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley’s classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley’s first RCA single, “Heartbreak Hotel”, was released in January 1956 and became a number one hit in the United States. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, he became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll. His energised interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across colour lines during a transformative era in race relations, made him enormously popular—and controversial.

In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.

Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many

genres, including pop, country, blues, and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. He won three competitive Grammys, received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.