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Elvis Presley in 1 Minute |
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- At the age of 10 he won a talent contest with a rendition of canine weepy "Old Shep"
- His real hair colour was ash blond
- Pictures of the teenage Elvis show him wearing eyeliner (was he the first goth?)
- Elvis's legendary manager Colonel Parker had worked the carnival circuit, at one point running a dancing chicken show
- Songs about The King include "Elvis Was Not The White Nigger, I Was" by PJ Proby and "The Elvis I Knew Was No Junkie" by The Membranes
- One billion people tuned into his 1973 TV special Aloha From Hawaii
- "Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me" said Public Enemy on "Fight The Power"
- "Before Elvis there was nothing" said John Lennon
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