The Once and Future KING
Elvis Presley poses for a family portrait with his parents Vernon Presley and Gladys Presley in 1937 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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ELVIS THE PELVIS
Elvis poses with TV host Ed Sullivan during a press conference before Presley's first appearance on the 'Ed Sullivan Show'. His TV appearance when producers refused to show Presley’s gyrating pelvis made a a legend overnight.
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IT’s NOW OR NEVER…
Elvis rehearsing for his performance the Milton Berle Show on June 4, 1956 in Burbank, California .
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ELVIS MANIA!
Elvis signs autographs on August 16, 1956 in Los Angeles, California.
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MIRROR, MIRROR
El pressing nose on hotel elevator mirrors at the Warwick Hotel.
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G.I. BLUES
Army Pvt. Elvis sitting in chair while Army barber James Peterson brush cuts his famous mane at Ft. Chaffee reception center after his induction into the Army at the height of his fame.
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ROYAL WEDDING
1st May 1967: Elvis Presley with his blushing new bride Priscilla Beaulieu after their wedding in Las Vegas.
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HEIR TO THE THRONE
Elvis with wife Priscilla Beaulieu Presley and their 4 day old daughter Lisa Marie Presley on February 5, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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KING COMEBACK
A star all over again as Elvis reclaims his throne on the "Elvis comeback TV special" on June 27, 1968.
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A PRESIDENT BOWS BEFORE THE KING
Elvis visits President Richard Nixon on December 21, 1970 at the White House in Washington, D.C. Nixon gifted Elvis with a "special agent" FBI badge.
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BLUE HAWAII ALOHA
Elvis doing what he did best -- getting bluesy onstage at the International Convention Center in Honolulu Hawaii on January 14 1973.
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HAIL TO THE KING!
There’s only one KING and that’s ELVIS PRESLEY. Relive the glory of the once and future King of rock’n’roll in our collection of classic PIX from the Past!
Here, Elvis poses for a portrait circa 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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