1. Music from “The Outsiders”
Elvis, The Beatles and Hank Williams Sr.

2. Elvis Aaron Presley
King of Rock & Roll

3. Elvis: The Early Years -Born on January 8th 1935
-Grew up living in poverty
-Elvis grew up singing gospel music in church, which he also sang toward the end of his life.
-Elvis did his first recording when he was 18 years old. It cost $3.98, and it was a gift for his mother.
-Often teased in school for stuttering for being quiet, stuttering, and was often called a mama’s boy.
-At 11 years old Elvis received his first guitar for his birthday. (That guitar cost $7.90)

4. -Gospel -Country -Blues -R & B
The main styles of music that Elvis listened to were:
-Gospel
-Country
-Blues
-R & B

5. Elvis combined two styles of music in his early career that
became known as Rockabilly. It combined COUNTRY AND RHYTHM AND BLUES.
As a result of this new style of music and new style of performance, many radio stations didn’t want to play this Elvis out of fear of backlash from their listeners.
Rockabilly was not readily accepted since it was a blending of both “white” and “black” music.

6. Elvis: The Later Years
As Elvis got older, his shows became more and more extravagant. He soon became very well known for his very flashy jumpsuits, huge sunglasses, and full backup bands.

7. He gained quite a lot of weight
As Elvis became older, his popularity did decrease. However, he still could
maintain an amazing following.
As Elvis Aged:
He gained quite a lot of weight
He became increasingly private
His musical style mellowed out.
Elvis’ Death is attributed to two things:
Drug Use
He had an enlarged heart

8. Famous Elvis Songs “All Shook Up” “Teddy Bear” “Hound Dog”
“Jailhouse Rock”
“Heartbreak Hotel”
“Blue Sued Shoes”

9. The Statistics of Elvis
Elvis has sold over 1,000,000,000 Record Units worldwide!!!
(all of those zeros add up to 1 BILLION!)
“Elvis has had no less than 149 songs to appear on Billboard’s Hot 100 Pop Chart in America. Of these, 114 were in the top forty, 40 were in the top ten, and 18 went to number one. His number one singles spent a total of 80 weeks at number one. He has also had over 90 charted albums with ten of them reaching number one. These figures are only for the pop charts, and only in America. He was also a leading artist in the American country, R&B, and gospel fields, and his chart success in other countries was substantial.”

10. Hank Williams
•He was born Hiram Williams, in Mount Olive, Alabama, in 1923
•He learned gospel music from his Baptist-church organist mother and blues and pop from a black street musician.
•By age 16 formed the Drifting Cowboys and was playing on a local radio station.

11. •The early 1940’s he was performing one-nighters at roadhouses across
Alabama.
•He moved to Nashville in 1946 and signed with Acuff-Rose publishing
company and landed a recording contract with MGM the following year. His
•First release was “moving on over” made famous again in the 1970’s by
George Thorogood.

12. the first of his 11 million-selling singles.
•In 1949 he became a regular cast member of the Grand Ole Opry and he recorded “Lovesick Blues”
the first of his 11 million-selling singles.
•Williams was a prolific tunesmith, powerful singer and magnetic performer.
•His best-known songs
“Your Cheatin’ Heart,”
“Hey, Good Lookin’”
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”

13. Nelson, Johnny Cash and his own son, Hank Williams Jr.
•He also recorded some gospel-style material under the name Luke the Drifter.
•He invented the “outlaw” idiom of country performers that paved the way for artists like Willie
Nelson, Johnny Cash and his own son, Hank Williams Jr.
•Problems with drugs and alcohol led to Williams’ premature death by heart attack at age 29.
•In 1961, Williams was the first artist elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame

14. ROCK N’ ROLL
The Beatles

15. Their first hit song in America was…
The Beatles made their American Debut on the Ed Sullivan Show on February 7, 1964
Their first hit song in America was…
I Hand Want to Hold Your Hand

16. In April of 1964, the top five hits on the Billboard Charts were all by the Beatles!
#5 Please, Please Me
#4 I Want to Hold Your Hand
#3 She Loves You
#2 Twist and Shout
#1 Can’t Buy Me Love

17. consisted of…
John Lennon - Rhythm Guitar
George Harrison - Lead Guitar
Paul McCartney - Bass
Ringo Starr - Drums

18. Lennon wrote the words and McCartney wrote the music…
This songwriting team created most of the Beatle’s 20 #1 records
McCartney

19. Beatlemania was the biggest teen craze yet
Beatlemania was the biggest teen craze yet. Teens mobbed airports wore Beatle wigs and bought millions of records!

21. The Beatles broke up in 1970
John Lennon was shot in front of his apartment in 1980
George Harrison died of cancer in 2001