Labels:text | human face | man | screenshot | clock | person OCR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Presley, Elvis Elvis Presley "He danced like he was wearing out his britches from the inside," members of Elvis Presley's band used to say of the suggestive hip-shake that worried moral censors. With his groundbreaking reinvention of blues, gospel, and rock-and- roll, the former truck driver from Memphis went on to become one of the biggest-selling stars this century. The only child from a poor family, Elvis initially sang country ballads, but discovered the style that made him famous while "fooling around" in the studio. With his brooding good looks and overtly sexual delivery he dominated the charts throughout the 1950s, recording hits such as "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel." But by the mid-1960s he was considered a "has-been," diverted by manager Colonel Tom Parker into making forgettable, low-budget movies. Elvis Presley, U.S. pop star, 1935-77 Though Presley's career was revived by some highly acclaimed Las Vegas dates in 1969, the "King" was already on the downward spiral of prescriptive-drug addiction, alcohol abuse, and obesity that led to his premature death in 1977. CHRONOLOGY
