1. Elvis Presley 1955-1977 Jonathan Suaste 01.May.2013 Music 1010 Jack Dunn

2. First Hit! 1955 - unusual musical style, provocative gyrating hips and good looks got him a record deal with RCA Records. “Heartbreak hotel first number 1 single, and Album release. Signed a Movie deal with Paramount Pictures Jan 19th - 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) Hurricane Diane hits the northeast United States, killing 200 and causing over $1 billion in damage Disneyland opens in California on July 17 th Rosa Parks arrest in Montgomery Alabama sets the American Civil Rights Movement in Motion

3. 1956 Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time Elvis Presley's first movie, "Love Me Tender" opens in New York Presley is everywhere. Radio, T.V. and silver screen. Alabama Bus segregation laws declared illegal by US Supreme Court The Winter Olympic Games are held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 signed into law on 29th June for the construction of 41,000 miles of interstate highways over a 20-year period

4. 1957 Elvis drafted to the Army and serves a year and half in Germany. Mother dies returns to Memphis and goes back to Germany. Elvis Presley purchases a mansion in Memphis, Tennessee and calls it Graceland Meets Priscilla Beaulieu. Toyota starts selling cars in the US, the first is the Toyopet Crown Portable Radar Devices Used To Enforce Speed Limits Martin Luther King Jr heads nationwide resistance to racial segregation and discrimination in the US Federal Troops sent to Arkansas to enforce anti segregation laws

5. 1960 Elvis releases 3 records ▫Elvis is back (April) ▫GI Blues (October) ▫His hand is mine (December) Continued Acting career.\ Worked on soundtrack for next film. John F Kennedy wins presidential Election The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers are going to be sent to Vietnam Muhammad Ali wins his first professional fight after having won the Gold Medal in Rome in the Olympic games The Winter Olympic Games are held in Squaw Valley, California, United States

6. 1961 Blue Hawaii Filmed released 2 records released ▫Something for everyone ▫Blue Hawaii soundtrack released. John F. Kennedy inaugurated as President of the United States East German Authorities close the border between east and west Berlin and Construction of the Berlin Wall begins. The first six flags theme parks opens "Six Flags Over Texas" in Arlington, Texas President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build bomb shelters

7. 1962-1977 Movies & Shows Follow that Dream (1962) Fun in Acapulco (1963) Kid Galahad (1962) Girls,Girls,Girls (1962) Kissin cousins (1964) Rousta about (1964) Girls Happy(1965) Harum Scarulm (1965) Paradise Hawaiian (1966) Frankie & John (1966) Easy Come Easy go (1967) Double Double (1967) Clambake (1967 Live a Little Love (1968) Charro (1969) Change of Habit (1969) The Trouble with Girls (1969) Elvis That’s the way Its Is (1970) Elvis on tour (1972)

8. Elvis Albums 1962-1977 Pot Luck With Elvis (1962) Girls! Girls! Girls! Sound Track (1962) It Happened At The World's Fair Sound Track (1963) Fun In Acapulco [OST] (1963) Kissin' Cousins [OST] (1964) Roustabout [OST] (1964) Girl Happy (1965) Elvis for everyone (1965) Harum Scarum [OST, aka Harem Holiday] (1965) Paradise, Hawaiian Style [OST] (1966) Spin Out (1966) How Great Thou Art (1967) Double Trouble [OST] (1967) Clambake [OST] (1967) Speed Way (1967) From Elvis to Memphis (1969) Back In Memphis (1970) That’s the way it is (1970) Etc.. Moody Blue(1977) From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee (1966)

9. Elvis Life 1967-1977 Married Priscilla (1967) Lisa was born (1967) Divorced (1973) Lost Custody of Lisa(1970) Over the years began having drug Addiction problems Had a T.V. Special in (1968) Battled a weight problem Was Hospitalized for drugs Last concert was in June of 1977 in Indianapolis Died in home of August 1977 in Memphis of use of prescription drugs.

10. Important History 1962-1977 Rioting on University of Mississippi campus following Black student James Meredith attempting to enroll ending when federal troops and U.S. marshals take control. (1962) JFK Shot and Killed (1963) Three North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack the US Destroyer Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin US Congress Authorizes war against N Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution(1964) Lyndon B. Johnson announces his program to create Medicare and to expand his war on poverty(1965) The Draft Deferment Test is started in the US as a way for students to convince the Draft Board that they would serve the nation better in the quiet of the Classrooms than in the Jungles of Vietnam(1967) The first Super Bowl played between Green Bay Packers ( win 35-10 ) and the Kansas City Chiefs MLK Jr. Shot & Killed (1968) Man landed on the Moon (1969) Boeing 747 makes its first commercial passenger trip to London(1970) The Walt Disney World Resort opens in Florida on October 21 st (1971) Last US ground troops withdrawn from Vietnam (1972) World Trade Center in New York becomes the tallest building in the world (1973) Following impeachment hearings started on May 9th Richard Nixonbecomes the first US president forced to resign after the Watergate Scandal (1974) New York City avoids bankruptcy when President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion loan (1975) United States Bicentennial (1976) Jimmy Carter Elected President of United States U.S. (1977)

11. Sources http://www.thepeoplehistory.com 1955-1977 http://www.softshoe- slim.com/lists/p/presley.htmlhttp://www.softshoe- slim.com/lists/p/presley.html http://www.biography.com/people/elvis- presley-9446466?page=2