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1. 1935Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys and Vernon Presley; his twin Jesse Garon was stillborn.
2. 1954His family moved to Memphis when he was 13, and he began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips.
3. 1955In 1955 RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who became his manager.
4. 1956His first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a US number-one hit.
5. 1956He made his film debut in Love Me Tender in November 1956 and bought his Memphis mansion, Graceland, on March 19, 1957.
6. 1958Drafted into the US Army on March 24, 1958, he met Priscilla Beaulieu in Germany; they married on May 1, 1967.
7. 1968His 1968 NBC comeback special led to a Las Vegas residency, and in 1973 his Aloha from Hawaii concert was broadcast worldwide.
8. 1977His health badly damaged by substance abuse, he died at Graceland on August 16, 1977, aged 42.