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Happy Birthday Elvis!
Elvis Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He would have turned 78 this year. A multi-dimensional performer, Elvis' diverse talents are on display in the many recordings and movies that he left behind:
Careless love: the unmaking of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
The Colonel: the extraordinary story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley by Alanna Nash
Dead Elvis: a chronicle of a cultural obsession by Greil Marcus
Elvis and me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Sandra Harmon
Elvis Presley by Bobbie Ann Mason
Last train to Memphis: the rise of Elvis Presley by Peter Guralnick
Me and a guy named Elvis: my lifelong friendship with Elvis Presley by Jerry Schilling with Chuck Crisafulli
Elvis '56 [videodisc] by an Elvis '56 and Lightyear Entertainment presentation ; produced and directed by Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond ; writers, Martin Torgoff, Alan Raymond, Susan Raymond
