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Elvis Presley - The Real Life Hero
By Anirban Bhattacharya

Elvis Presley is certainly one of the most renowned names behind music. Even today, we are absolutely obsessed about this sensation who ruled the world for more than a decade.

Elvis, in his childhood, was brought up in modest family in close association with his aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents. He got his first taste of music while attending the Assembly of God Church. He was 10 when he made his first performance at the Mississippi and Alabama Fair in a talent contest.

In the meantime, his family, struggling money-wise, decided to move to Memphis, Tennessee in 1948, hoping for a better life. Things were quite hard in those days, forcing Elvis to work while attending LC Humes High School to help his family.

However, music was something that was already embedded within Elvis. He started developing his own style while in high school, winning the high school talent competition and even playing an encore in between.

Elvis graduated high school in 1953 and began working at a mechanics shop. The following summer he recorded his first album at The Memphis Recording Service "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" and "My Happiness.” He changed jobs frequently and started to go to night school to be an electrician. While working at Crown Electric Elvis contracted with the recording service at Memphis, released and started to perform at local events and bars. He was even booked on The Grand Ole Opry, although it was dubbed a disaster.

Later in 1954 Elvis signed on with KWKH radio for a year. Here he met 'Colonel' Tom Parker, renowned for managing artists including Eddy Arnold and Hank Snow. Soon after, Colonel Parker became Elvis’ manager, the first association that worked that started working.

Parker sold Elvis' Sun contract (The Memphis Recording Service) to RCA. In the meantime, Elvis caught the attention of Hill and Range Publishing Company, who helped create Elvis Presley Music Inc. With this, Elvis and the publishing company shared ownership of his songs.

Elvis recorded "Heartbreak Hotel" with RCA and teamed up with the Jordanaires, a gospel quartet. "Heartbreak Hotel" was released on January 27, 1956 shot up to number one on Billboard's pop singles chart for eight weeks and hit number one on the country chart and number five on the R&B chart. Presley and the Jordanaires worked together well into the late 1960s.

Elvis' road to stardom and fame started with "Heartbreak Hotel." The next 20 years were filled with music, movies, military marriage, and divorce. Elvis Presley died August 16 1977 due to heart failure at the age of 42.

Anirban Bhattacharya is an editor with the website http://www.arts-entertainment-world.info a complete art and entertainment portal dedicated to art and entertainment needs, and many other informative as well as shopping/business websites. He has written and published over 300 articles and press releases for various websites, helping the relevant readers to shop / business online with better options and opportunities. To read more about art and entertainment please visit http://www.arts-entertainment-world.info

The Truth About Elvis
By Jonathon Bates

If you really want to know the truth about Elvis Presley, I believe I know the answer. In other words, if all of the controversy and publicity has excited your curiosity of whether Elvis Presley is really alive or not, you've come to the right place.

Here's why:

There has been much research completed in this subject. Recently, the filmmaker Adam Muskiewicz has completed a film titled, The Truth About Elvis. Although I respect the filmmaker for his objective research and documentation, there is still no overwhelming evidence that Elvis is alive somewhere in hiding.

I believe it's mostly wishful thinking. Believe me, I would love to find out that Elvis Presley is really alive somewhere. As much as I would like it to be true myself, there is no evidence that he did not die. Furthermore, there is no evidence pointing to the fact that Elvis is alive and hiding somewhere. There is only speculation, and claims that he was seen somewhere.

Most of the cases that claim of his sighting are not even reliable. The question of whether Elvis was spotted or not seems to be similar to whether or not a UFO was really sighted. On August 16, 1977 it was announced that Elvis Presley was dead at 42 years old. If Elvis Presley was really alive, why would he be hiding?

Think about it. If Elvis were alive and wanted the ultimate privacy, he could have achieved it in this day and age of top technology. He would not have needed to go through the trouble of making everyone think he's dead.

On the other hand, if he did stage his own death on August 16, 1977, he has done a tremendous job at keeping it a secret. However, I don't believe it was part of Elvis Presley's character to pull such a thing off. Even though Elvis enjoyed his privacy by renting theaters and amusement parks, I believe he ultimately valued his fame and popularity even more.

Elvis loved being on stage and loved the excitement of a live audience. If Elvis were really alive somewhere and hiding, it means he would have given up the privilege of performing, and interacting with a live audience.

Again, I don't believe that it was in Elvis Presley's character to misrepresent himself and pull off such a hoax of this nature. Moreover, I believe he would have missed recording records, and performing on stage too much to do this. If it were true, did he or didn't he, let his family know about it?

Although it is very exciting and somewhat even romantic to dwell on the idea that Elvis Presley may be alive, the truth of the matter is, he's really dead.

Would Elvis Presley give up all rights to see and be a part of his daughter's life?

Even more important, he would have given up watching his grandchildren live and grow. You may be thinking to yourself that perhaps his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, was part of the hoax and remains to keep his identity a secret.

I don't believe this is the case, either. Lisa Marie Presley has gone down too many paths, and has lived a life that is reflective of losing a parent at a very young age. I don't believe she would have done the things she did, and lived the life she has over the years, while secretly visiting her father in some secret place.

I find it even harder to believe that Elvis was really alive, hiding somewhere, and this information was withheld from her. In other words, I don't believe for one minute that Lisa Marie Presley would not be given this information. I believe that Elvis loved his daughter too much to sacrifice not being able to see her and be a part of her life.

Let's go back to the theory that Elvis is hiding somewhere. Maybe he did inform Lisa Marie of this information and she has kept it secret, and still interacts with her father regularly. Maybe Elvis is a part of her life, and her childrens' lives.

Does this sound logical?

I don't think so.

If that were the case, she would be secretly visiting her father, sharing her grandchildren, her life and theirs, all in secret. Of course, the press or anyone else wouldn't have a clue about this information.

Does this sound like something real?

Does this sound like something that could be pulled off in our age of satellites that can take pictures of someone in the yard of their home?

So you have to believe in one of three theories. Elvis Presley is still alive and he did not tell his daughter of this secret information. Or, Elvis Presley is really alive and he told his daughter about it, who remains to keep it is secret, to this day.

Again, I believe that something would have happened over the years of her visitations, and Elvis' interactions with her and her family, that would have leaked information to the press.

Then we come to the theory that Elvis is really dead. This is the theory that seems to make the most sense. Even though this is the reasonable theory, most people cannot accept the fact of the truth about Elvis.

The truth about Elvis is, the man was an amazing recording artist, entertainer, and personality. However, he's dead. As much as I would like to relate different information, or reveal secret information, the truth is overwhelmingly obvious.

Jonathon Bates is a reporter and researcher of past myths and legends of Rock and Roll, and publisher for various news programs and publications. His weekly column can be read at http://www.searchforelvis.com

What Would Elvis Presley Have Done With A Second Chance?
By Jonathon Bates

Let's go back to August 16, 1977.

I believe Elvis was getting ready for another concert tour. He was working out and playing racquetball a lot. Evidently, he was also addicted to, and consuming medications in high amounts.

I think he was consuming drugs throughout the day, and then somehow created a system that allowed him to take one amount of medication to go to sleep, followed by another amount if that first amount didn't work. I believe he called this, attack one and attack two, according to Elvis insiders.

On the day Elvis died, we are told that he went through attack one and two, and perhaps more. The drugs somehow mixed and interacted with the medications already in his system, and caused him to suffer a heart attack.

I believe the coroner's report said Elvis died of heart failure. However, I also heard one of his bodyguards state that if someone were hit by a truck, their heart would stop also. The truck that hit Elvis, in this case, was the drugs. They made his heart stop.

However, the fact that some people have one story of his last moments, while other people have different stories, is enough to make anyone question what really happened. The truth of his last moments is not something solid that we understand completely. Kind of like many other rock-and-roll entertainers of our time. Their deaths were accompanied by mystery, as well.

However, I often have asked the question, what if Elvis had done things differently in his last moments? Would it have changed the outcome? What if Elvis had not taken quite so many medications during his last hours?

What would have happened if his girlfriend, who was apparently sleeping in another room, would've woken up and found Elvis in distress?

What if an ambulance have been called and Elvis' life saved?

Obviously, if an ambulance were called while Elvis were in distress, emergency physicians might have been able to save his life. My question is, what would Elvis have done after that?

I would like to think that if Elvis had survived, he would've gotten help for his drug addiction, cleaned up his life, and lived the rest of his days happy and healthy. Most of the time, when someone undergoes a near-death experience, they change their life. It would be nice to think that Elvis would've done the same thing.

Elvis has a daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, who has been blessed with children of her own. No doubt, if Elvis had lived he would've enjoyed these blessings. Perhaps these would've been reason for him to really change things in his life so he could be a part of their lives. I think that Elvis may not have had the will to change his life for himself, but would have been influenced differently through the love of his daughter, and grandchildren.

Many times, rock-and-roll stars have close calls. They have one or two times where they take consume too much drugs or alcohol, and end up in a coma, or suffer a heart attack, but are found in time to save their lives. How I wish that Elvis would've had that chance. I wish that Elvis would've had that close call, but had been saved. I truly believe that if that experience would not have been enough to change his life, the births of his grandchildren would have.

Obviously, everything I'm saying is just wishful thinking. However, with all of the recent talk of Elvis perhaps still being alive, this wishful thinking has often returned to my mind.