- When The Beatles came to America in 1965 there was only one person they wanted to meet: Elvis. On 8/27/65 they got their wish and, according to John Lennon, spent an enjoyable evening at the Presley home in Bel Air, CA, talking, singing and laughing with each other.
- Once an opera singer attended one of his 1950s concerts and met him backstage. The singer told Elvis that he sang like a hillbilly and needed singing lessons. Elvis replied, "Thanks for the advice, but how many of the thousands of people out there tonight came to hear you sing?".
- From the time they met until his death, he always sent a roomful of flowers to Ann-Margret whenever she opened a show in Las Vegas.
- His personal entourage were known as the "Memphis Mafia", and were given matching rings by Elvis. The diamond and gold rings sported a thunderbolt and the letters "TCB" (reportedly standing for "Take Care of Business"). Elvis was buried wearing one of the rings.
- Elvis owned one of the world's first mobile phones. He had to have one after seeing Sean Connery use a car phone in the James Bond movie From Russia with Love (1963). Elvis's phone was contained in a suitcase-size carrying case with his name in black letters on a gold label on the front. He would use it to talk from his limousine.
- He tried to get a print of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) to show his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley on Monday, August 15th, 1977, his last full day of life.
- Won three Grammy Awards, all for his gospel music.
- Has sold 1.8 billion records worldwide, more than any other artist or music group.
- He did an early '60s concert in Hawaii, and donated the proceeds to help build the USS Arizona memorial.
- In 1973 he was the biggest taxpayer in the US.
- In 1973 he met with Led Zeppelin members Robert Plant and John Paul Jones in Los Angeles. An idol to the members of Led Zeppelin, Elvis wanted to meet "who was outselling him" at concerts (Zeppelin was in the midst of a record-breaking tour that year). A meeting was arranged with Plant and Jones. Plant was so awestruck at meeting his idol in person that he could barely speak to him. Jones, nearly as awestruck as Plant, made small talk with the "King," and mentioned what a beautiful watch Elvis wore. Elvis, always the generous one, instantly traded his $5,000 gold and diamond watch for Jones' $10 Mickey Mouse watch. This broke the ice with all of them, and they became fast friends. Throughout the early 1970s members of Led Zeppelin even attended a few of Elvis' concerts, and were granted the privilege of sitting in the front row by the King himself.
- According to a show on the A&E Biography channel, he once attended a concert for singer Connie Francis and had to leave for emotional reasons once he heard her sing the old Italian song "Mama", as his mother, Gladys Presley had recently died.
- His mansion, Graceland, is the second most-visited place in United States of America. The first is the White House.
- Suffered from chronic insomnia.
- One of only a handful of artists inducted into both The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and The Country Music Hall of Fame. Others include Johnny Cash and Hank Williams.
- Earned a black belt in karate in 1960.
- Disliked confrontation. On multiple occasions, he wanted to fire his manager, Tom Parker, by telling his friends, "Tell Parker, he's fired." His friends would go tell him, then Parker would reply, "Tell Elvis to tell me personally". Elvis never did.
- Is a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather, Isaiah Harrison.
- After seeing him in concert, Liberace suggested adding flashy costumes to his act. Elvis took the advice, and became famous for his gold lame jackets and jeweled white jumpsuits. He later reserved a seat for Liberace at a majority of his concerts, as his way of saying thanks.
- In 1975 he purchased a poor black East Memphis woman an electric wheelchair and picked her up and personally sat her in it. The woman's teenage daughter told Elvis she liked his car. He gave it to her and even gave her boyfriend a job.
- Has more multi-platinum album sales than any other performer, with 12 albums selling over two million copies.
- Was known to be generous to a fault with family, friends and even total strangers. Anyone who admired any possession of his, from one of his many Cadillacs to any bit of bric-a-brac in his home, often found themselves the new owners of that item.
- His last film, Change of Habit (1969), had him as a doctor in an urban clinic, reflecting his attempt to be "relevant" to the social activism of the youth of the '60s. Additionally, this film dealt with what was then considered to be medical treatment of an "autistic" child, a topic almost unheard of in 1969.
- Made the first ever musical video of all time: Jailhouse Rock (1957).
- His all-time favorite horror movie was Black Christmas (1974). He made it a tradition to watch the film every Christmas and to this day his family honors his memory by watching the film every Christmas.
- Once gave a robe to Muhammad Ali. On the back of the robe was stitched, "The Peoples Champion", which was Presley's nickname for Ali.
- Named his four personal favorite films as: Rebel Without a Cause (1955), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Dirty Harry (1971) and Bullitt (1968).
- The very last song he sang in public was "Can't Help Falling In Love", at The Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Sunday, June 26, 1977.
- Helped to support an All-Negro Day at the Memphis Zoo in 1956.
- His hair color was blonde until his early teens. As he got older his hair became darker. By the time he had his hair cut for the army at age 22 its natural color was dark chestnut (according to Charlie Hodge, who served with him in the army).
- His 29¢ commemorative postage stamp issued in 1993 sold more copies than any other postage stamp in US Postal Service history.
- The last song he sang was "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", at home, and playing the piano, to family and friends, Monday evening, August 15th, 1977.
- He used to play touch football at Whitehaven High School during the '60s and early '70s with kids around the neighborhood.
- Held the world indoor attendance record for a concert. At the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit on 12/31/75, 62,500 fans attended. The show also set a record for the biggest box-office take for a single show: $850,000.
- In 1977 alone his personal physician, Dr. George Nichopoulos (usually referred to as "Dr. Nick"), had prescribed at least 10,000 hits of amphetamines, barbiturates, narcotics, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, laxatives and hormones for him. His medical license was later revoked for prescribing such huge amounts of drugs.
- He bought Graceland mansion on 3/19/57 from Mrs. Ruth Brown Moore for $102,500. The mansion, built of tan Tennessee limestone, consists of 23 rooms and 13.7 surrounding acres. The Music Gates were installed in April of 1957. The name "Graceland" came with the mansion, from the days when it was originally used as a church.
- A remix of his song "A Little Less Conversation" was featured on the soundtrack of Ocean's Eleven (2001) and became a "Billboard" #1 hit single--over 20 years after his death.
- Elvis was a good friend of Johnny Cash, going back to their Sun Records' days recordings, after being discovered by Sam Phillips.
- Had glaucoma in the 1970s.
- Was a huge fan of the television shows The Jeffersons (1975), Good Times (1974), Happy Days (1974) and Flip (1970).
- Last film he saw in a theater was The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
- Elvis' Aunt Delta (Vernon's sister) continued to live on the Graceland estate until her death on July 29, 1993, eleven years after Priscilla opened it to the public as a tourist attraction.
- Most of the films he starred in were not critically acclaimed, although he received good reviews for Flaming Star (1960) and King Creole (1958).
- His mother, Gladys Presley, gave him his first guitar in 1947, when he was 12 years old, as a birthday present.
- It was estimated that he earned earned $4.5 billion in his lifetime.
- His song "Heartbreak Hotel" is based on a note left by a man who committed suicide in a Florida hotel suite. When Elvis first performed the song on Stage Show (1954) in 1956, he sang the words "They're so lonely they pray to die". This was changed in later performances from "pray to die" to "they could die" so as not to offend the religious establishment with a reference for a prayer for death.
- Was originally considered for the Kris Kristofferson role in A Star Is Born (1976), but turned it down because his manager, Tom Parker, refused him permission to act in a movie where he wouldn't have top billing. Also, he didn't like the fact that the producer, Jon Peters, was completely unknown.
- Said that his favorite of all his films was King Creole (1958). He also said the film that he disliked the most was Clambake (1967).
- Reportedly, in 1969 he received a death threat, just prior to his opening in Las Vegas. Though he had FBI agents providing security for him, for added protection he carried a Derringer pistol on stage, in his shoe.
- He only performed two concerts outside of the US. Both of them were in Canada. Therefore, all of his concerts were in North America.
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