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* GreatestHitsAlbum: Many of them. Helps he topped the charts enough for in 25th anniversary of his death a few being discarded from ''[=ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits=]'' (which turned out to have 31, as bonus track "A Little Less Conversation" topped the UK charts) and ending up in a follow-up, ''2nd to None''.
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: Many of them. Helps he topped the charts enough for in 25th anniversary of his death a few being discarded from them, including ''[=ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits=]'' (which turned out to have 31, as bonus track "A Little Less Conversation" topped the UK charts) charts), and ending up in a follow-up, ''2nd to None''.
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* AnachronismStew: This applies to several of Presley's movies, especially any that are meant to be period pieces, yet Presley sings a rock and roll song or something approaching it. ''Love Me Tender'', set in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar era, for example, features the semi-rocker "Poor Boy" which Presley performs complete with his trademark hip-swivel (in reality he'd have been arrested on the spot.) One of his last films, ''The Trouble with Girls'', is set in the 1920's, yet features the 1960's soul-style song "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" in which the lyrics reference "armchair quarterbacks" -- a term coined only after the advent of television sports broadcasting in the 1950's.
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* AnachronismStew: This applies to several of Presley's movies, especially any that are meant to be period pieces, yet Presley sings a rock and roll song or something approaching it. ''Love Me Tender'', set in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar era, for example, features the semi-rocker "Poor Boy" which Presley performs complete with his trademark hip-swivel (in reality he'd have been arrested on the spot.) spot). One of his last films, ''The Trouble with Girls'', is set in the 1920's, yet features the 1960's soul-style song "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" in which the lyrics reference "armchair quarterbacks" -- a term coined only after the advent of television sports broadcasting in the 1950's.
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* TheNotRemix: The original 1968 single version of "A Little Less Conversation", the version released on the 1970 budget album ''Almost in Love'', and the rejected ''Music/ElvisNBCTVSpecial'' version that became the basis of the [[Music/JunkieXL JXL]] remix (Elvis singing live over a prerecorded backing track) all sound like different mixes, but they're all actually completely separate takes of the song from the same 1968 recording session, immediately distinguishable by Hal Blaine using slightly different syncopated drum rolls to open the song.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AgentElvis'' (2023-present): An adult animated action comedy co-created by Elvis’ widow Priscilla Presley depicting the King moonlighting as a secret agent.
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Actress Creator/RileyKeough is his eldest and most well known grandchild.
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* UnbuiltTrope: "A Little Less Conversation", with its funky drumbeat and repetitive guitar riff, has a lot more in common with dance music from 1998 than from 1968 when it was recorded, which is why it was so easy for Music/JunkieXL to successfully remix it in 2002.
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Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved with his family to Memphis, Tennessee in his teens. There he began his professional singing career, signing his first contract in 1954 with Music/SamPhillips, the owner of Sun Records, who teamed him with two other musicians, guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black. (They were later joined by drummer DJ Fontana.) Elvis himself often played guitar. The legendary sessions can be enjoyed on the compilation album ''Music/TheSunSessions'' from 1976.
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Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved with his family to Memphis, Tennessee UsefulNotes/{{Tennessee}} in his teens. There he began his professional singing career, signing his first contract in 1954 with Music/SamPhillips, the owner of Sun Records, who teamed him with two other musicians, guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black. (They were later joined by drummer DJ Fontana.) Elvis himself often played guitar. The legendary sessions can be enjoyed on the compilation album ''Music/TheSunSessions'' from 1976.
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* SelfPlagiarism: A common complaint about his movies is that after a while they just rehashed the same plotlines and premises. This includes three movies set in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}} (''Film/BlueHawaii'', ''Film/GirlsGirlsGirls'', ''Film/ParadiseHawaiianStyle'') and three movies where he plays a race car driver (''Film/VivaLasVegas'', ''Film/{{Spinout}}'', ''Film/{{Speedway}}'').
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Presley had a notorious manager, [[TheSvengali "Colonel" Tom Parker]] (Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, born in Breda, Netherlands), who had played an important role in his early breakthrough. In return, Parker took a great chunk of his earnings and dictated to Presley the direction of his career and image. In the 1960s, Parker steered him away from touring and making records toward acting in films and selling soundtrack albums, which he hoped would prove more lucrative. They were generally poorly received, and as UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion took hold, Presley started to look out of touch with the music scene. [[note]]It was alleged that Presley never toured outside of the US and Canada as Parker, being an illegal immigrant, did not want to risk being exposed by applying for a passport; when Presley played in Canada in 1957, US citizens at the time did not require a passport to enter Canada.[[/note]]
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Presley had a notorious manager, [[TheSvengali "Colonel" Tom Parker]] (Andreas Cornelis UsefulNotes/ColonelTomParker (born Andreas van Kuijk, born Kuijk in Breda, Netherlands), UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands), who had played an important role in his early breakthrough. In return, Parker took a great chunk of his earnings and dictated to Presley the direction of his career and image. In the 1960s, Parker steered him away from touring and making records toward acting in films and selling soundtrack albums, which he hoped would prove more lucrative. They were generally poorly received, and as UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion took hold, Presley started to look out of touch with the music scene. [[note]]It was alleged that Presley never toured outside of the US and Canada as Parker, being an illegal immigrant, did not want to risk being exposed by applying for a passport; when Presley played in Canada in 1957, US citizens at the time did not require a passport to enter Canada.[[/note]]
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* ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' (2002): A comedy implying Elvis is still alive.
* ''Film/ElvisFoundAlive'' (2012): A mockumentary about Elvis who supposedly faked his death.
* ''Film/ElvisFoundAlive'' (2012): A mockumentary about Elvis who supposedly faked his death.
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* ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' (2002): A comedy implying Elvis is still alive.
* ''Film/ElvisFoundAlive'' (2012): A mockumentary about Elvis who supposedly faked his death.
* ''Film/TheIdentical'' (2014): A musical drama that features a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Elvis, Drexel Hemsley, and juxtaposes his life with that of his separated-at-birth twin brother,[[note]]based on Elvis in real life having a twin brother, Jesse, who was stillborn,[[/note]] who becomes his impersonator.[[note]]Oddly enough, [[ExpyCoexistence Elvis is stated to exist in this universe]], via a line from Drexel's manager.[[/note]]
* ''Film/BubbaHoTep'' (2002): A comedy implying Elvis is still alive.
* ''Film/ElvisFoundAlive'' (2012): A mockumentary about Elvis who supposedly faked his death.
* ''Film/TheIdentical'' (2014): A musical drama that features a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Elvis, Drexel Hemsley, and juxtaposes his life with that of his separated-at-birth twin brother,[[note]]based on Elvis in real life having a twin brother, Jesse, who was stillborn,[[/note]] who becomes his impersonator.[[note]]Oddly enough, [[ExpyCoexistence Elvis is stated to exist in this universe]], via a line from Drexel's manager.[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:335:''"Thank you. Thank you very much"''.]]
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* SpringtimeForHitler: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Elvis did not want to re-record Ernest Tubb's hit, "Blue Christmas", and after much arguing, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_Kirkham#Career deliberately sabotaged his recording]] by singing it in the silliest way possible with the worst backing vocals ever; he instructed the singers and backing musicians to just have fun. The single still shot up to #1 and is still a Christmas favourite.
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* SpringtimeForHitler: According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, Website/TheOtherWiki, Elvis did not want to re-record Ernest Tubb's hit, "Blue Christmas", and after much arguing, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millie_Kirkham#Career deliberately sabotaged his recording]] by singing it in the silliest way possible with the worst backing vocals ever; he instructed the singers and backing musicians to just have fun. The single still shot up to #1 and is still a Christmas favourite.
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** ''Film/BlueHawaii'' (going away from {{Rockabilly}} and R&B influences of TheFifties to a lighter pop sound). ''Music/FromElvisInMemphis'' (a blend of {{Soul}} and CountryMusic influences, which would become his main mode for the rest of his career), ''Elvis Country'' (straight contemporary Country, which he would often emphasize in the aforementioned Soul[=/=]Country blend).
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** ''Film/BlueHawaii'' (going (moving away from the {{Rockabilly}} and R&B influences orientation of TheFifties to a lighter pop sound). sound), ''Music/FromElvisInMemphis'' (a blend of {{Soul}} and CountryMusic influences, which would become his main mode for the rest of his career), ''Elvis Country'' (straight contemporary Country, which he would often emphasize in the aforementioned Soul[=/=]Country blend).
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** ''Film/BlueHawaii'' (going away from {{Rockabilly}} and R&B influences of TheFifties to a lighter pop sound). ''Music/FromElvisInMemphis'' (a blend of {{Soul}} and CountryMusic influences, which would become his main mode for the rest of his career), ''Elvis Country'' (straight contemporary Country, which he would often emphasize in the aforementioned Soul[=/=]Country blend).
** Among his movies, there was ''G.I. Blues'' (the first frothy musical comedy with Elvis basically just playing himself, which became the main formula), ''Film/BlueHawaii'' again (back to the formula after the AcclaimedFlop receptions ''Flaming Star'' and ''Wild in the Country'' got, with the added bonus of an exotic locale), ''Film/KissinCousins'' (the basic formula, but on a much lower budget with a gimmicky plot and a tone that feels more like a feature-length {{Sitcom}} episode, which would carry over into his next few years of movies), ''Charro!'' (his first {{Western}} since ''Flaming Star'', heralding a change to {{Drama}}s with a only a handful of songs) and ''Elvis: That's the Way It Is'' (ConcertFilm).
** ''Film/BlueHawaii'' (going away from {{Rockabilly}} and R&B influences of TheFifties to a lighter pop sound). ''Music/FromElvisInMemphis'' (a blend of {{Soul}} and CountryMusic influences, which would become his main mode for the rest of his career), ''Elvis Country'' (straight contemporary Country, which he would often emphasize in the aforementioned Soul[=/=]Country blend).
** Among his movies, there was ''G.I. Blues'' (the first frothy musical comedy with Elvis basically just playing himself, which became the main formula), ''Film/BlueHawaii'' again (back to the formula after the AcclaimedFlop receptions ''Flaming Star'' and ''Wild in the Country'' got, with the added bonus of an exotic locale), ''Film/KissinCousins'' (the basic formula, but on a much lower budget with a gimmicky plot and a tone that feels more like a feature-length {{Sitcom}} episode, which would carry over into his next few years of movies), ''Charro!'' (his first {{Western}} since ''Flaming Star'', heralding a change to {{Drama}}s with a only a handful of songs) and ''Elvis: That's the Way It Is'' (ConcertFilm).
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* HeavyMeta: "Good Rockin' Tonight."
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** "Good Rockin'Tonight."Tonight" is one of the first rock examples.
** 1973's "Raised on Rock" is a weird one, since, as Elvis expert Ernst Jorgensen has noted, it's odd for Elvis to be singing about about growing up listening to the music he helped invent, but then it steers into outright {{Metafiction}} with these lines.
--->Listening to the music that my idols made\\
I knew every single record the [=DJs=] played\\
From "Honky Tonk" to '''"Hound Dog"''' to [[Music/ChuckBerry "Johnny B. Goode"]]
** "Good Rockin'
** 1973's "Raised on Rock" is a weird one, since, as Elvis expert Ernst Jorgensen has noted, it's odd for Elvis to be singing about about growing up listening to the music he helped invent, but then it steers into outright {{Metafiction}} with these lines.
--->Listening to the music that my idols made\\
I knew every single record the [=DJs=] played\\
From "Honky Tonk" to '''"Hound Dog"''' to [[Music/ChuckBerry "Johnny B. Goode"]]
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* NotChristianRock: The lines are blurred a bit since he recorded two full albums of GospelMusic and a few other straight Gospel pieces, but some songs like "Crying in the Chapel" (a CoverVersion of a 1953 pop hit) and "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" (from "Burning Love" songwriter Dennis Linde) count as secular songs with religious lyrical imagery
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* CelebrityParadox: In ''G.I. Blues'', Elvis' character is singing with a band in a bar and a guy goes to the jukebox saying "I want to hear an original" and plays "Blue Suede Shoes"... by [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis Presley]], of course.
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* CelebrityParadox: In ''G.I. Blues'', Elvis' character is singing with a band in a bar and a guy goes to the jukebox saying "I want to hear an original" and plays "Blue Suede Shoes"... by [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis Presley]], Presley, of course.
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* ShesAllGrownUp: The girl from "Little Sister", who the narrator hopes won't break his heart like her big sister.
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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most influential and iconic American singers of the 20th century, selling over a billion records worldwide. \n Want to know just how legendary he is? Ask most any foreign national to name something about America, and they'll likely say "Elvis".
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: His last few narrative films made an admirable effort to avoid the frothy comedy[=/=]musical formula that had been run into the ground after ''G.I. Blues'', though with mixed results. ''Stay Away, Joe'' dealt with life on a reservation, ''Live a Little, Love a Little'' is sort of a light attempt at a SexComedy, ''Charro'' is a faux SpaghettiWestern (where he famously only sings the title song), ''The Trouble with Girls'' is a PeriodPiece {{Dramedy}} about a traveling Chatauqua show in TheTwenties, and ''Film/ChangeOfHabit'' tries to be a socially-relevant {{Drama}}.
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: His last few narrative films made an admirable effort to avoid the frothy comedy[=/=]musical formula that had been run into the ground after ''G.I. Blues'', though with mixed results. ''Stay Away, Joe'' dealt with life on a reservation, ''Live a Little, Love a Little'' is sort of a light attempt at a SexComedy, ''Charro'' is a faux SpaghettiWestern (where he famously only sings the title song), ''The Trouble with Girls'' is a PeriodPiece {{Dramedy}} about a traveling Chatauqua show in TheTwenties, TheRoaringTwenties, and ''Film/ChangeOfHabit'' tries to be a socially-relevant {{Drama}}.
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* ListingCities: "Guitar Man" mentions the unspecified Kingston (maybe Kingston, Arkansas, going by the song's geography); Memphis, Tennessee; Macon, Georgia; Panama City, Florida; and Mobile, Alabama.
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* AuthorAppeal: Or Author's Manager Appeal. Colonel Tom Parker had served in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}} in the Army, then worked on the carnival circuit before going into management, which influenced the many Elvis projects involving Hawaii (''Film/BlueHawaii'', ''Film/GirlsGirlsGirls'', ''Film/ParadiseHawaiianStyle'', ''Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite'') or traveling shows (''Film/{{Roustabout}}'', ''Film/TheTroubleWithGirls'', the "Guitar Man" production number in ''Music/ElvisNBCTVSpecial'').
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Actress Creator/RileyKeough is his eldest and most well known grandchild.
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: Many of them. Helps he topped the charts enough for in 25th anniversary of his death a few being discarded from ''[=ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits=]'' (which turned out to have 31, as bonus track "A Little Less Conversation" topped the UK charts) and ending up in a follow-up, ''2nd to None''.
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* ''Film/{{Elvis|1979}}'': A Made-For-TV biopic directed by Creator/JohnCarpenter and starring Creator/KurtRussell as Elvis.
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* ''Film/ThisIsElvis''(1981) (1981): Documentary
* ''Film/ThisIsElvis''
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* {{Corpsing}}: Elvis throws in a random mondegreen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cgvWKyKW7A this]] live performance of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" ("Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair?") He thought it was funny and could not stop laughing. But after a while, neither could the audience. Legend says it that the laughter was brought on by a combination of seeing a bald man in the audience as he sang the line and got more hysterical from the lone backup singer just carrying on as if nothing happened.
