Elvis Aaron Presley was born 8 January 1935. He died in 1977.
I always remember his birthday - my Mum was born on 7 January and was grumpy with Nana that she didn't wait a day so she could share a birthday with EP.
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A blog post by Paul The King is gone but he’s not forgotten! quoted Gillian Welch:
Just a country boy that combed his hair
And put on a shirt his mother made
and went on the air
And he shook it like a chorus girl
And he shook it like a Harlem queen
He shook it like a midnight rambler,
baby,
Like you never seen.
This brought out some Elvis-related lyrics in the comments:
Alannah Myles:
Black velvet and that little boy’s smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that’ll bring you to your knees
Black velvet if you please.
Neil Young:
It’s better to burn out than it is to rust
The king is gone but he’s not forgotten.
Mos Def:
Elvis Presley ain’t got no soul
Bo Diddley is Rock and Roll.
Joyce Carol Oates.Waiting on Elvis, 1956
This place up in Charlotte called Chuck’s, where I used to waitress and who came in one night
but Elvis and some of his friends before his concert
at the Arena. I was twenty-six married but still
waiting tables and we got to joking around like you
do, and he was fingering the lace edge of my slip
where it showed below my hemline and I hadn’t even
seen it and I slapped him a little saying, You
sure are the one aren’t you feeling my face burn but
he was the kind of boy even meaness turned sweet in
his mouth.
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