LibGuides: Primary Sources: The 1950s: Presley, Elvis

Online Sources: Elvis Presley

Amazing Grace sung by Presley
Death of Elvis Presley Statement by the President. August 17, 1977
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American Reference Library - Primary Source Documents. 2001, p1. 0p.
Elvis Presley - Archive of American Television
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Snippets from interviews with various people about Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley - Images & Video - Encyclopædia Britannica
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Library of Congress - Digital Images - Elvis Presley
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Images available online from the Library of Congress related to Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley images at the official website
FBI Vault: Elvis Presley
Media History Digital Library
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"The Media History Digital Library digitizes collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access. The project is supported by owners of materials who loan them for scanning, and donors who contribute funds to cover the cost of scanning."
Rare Elvis Interview From 1956 Reveals That The King Didn’t Own A Tux
via the Huffington Post

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"The above clip, from “Hy Gardner Calling!” is from 1956, the year Elvis became a huge sensation with a #1 single (“Heartbreak Hotel“) and a #1 album (“Elvis Presley“). Here, he admits to Gardner that, while he has plenty of Cadillacs...he doesn’t own a single tuxedo."
When Nixon Met Elvis
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Includes photographs, letters and memos about the meeting between Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon.

Elvis Presley’s Interview about the Time in Germany 1958

Book, Audio, and Video Sources: Elvis Presley

A selection of books/e-books available in Trible Library.
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80 Years Elvis (performed by Elvis Presley)
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Call Number: Online - ASP Music Online
Best Of - Heritage Song (performed by Elvis Presley)
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Call Number: Online - ASP Music Online
Blue Christmas (performed by Elvis Presley)
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Call Number: Online - ASP Music Online
The Early Years (performed by Elvis Presley)
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Call Number: Online - ASP Music Online
Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley
Call Number: ML420.P96 P74 1985
ISBN: 0399129847
Elvis Presley (performed by Elvis Presley)
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Call Number: Online - ASP Music Online
Elvis Presley Selected Hits (performed by Elvis Presley)
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Call Number: Online - ASP Music Online
I Got Lucky (performed by Elvis Presley)
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Jailhouse Rock
Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 J35 2007
ISBN: 9781419851186

Originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
The Legend Begins (performed by Elvis Presley)
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Call Number: Online - ASP Music Online
Rock & Roll: The Early Days
Call Number: M1630.18 .R62

Sh boom / The Chords (2:24) -- Good rockin' tonight / Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris (2:45) -- Hound dog / Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (2:48) -- I'm your hoochie coochie man / Muddy Waters (2:49) -- Shake, rattle and roll / "Big" Joe Turner (2:57) -- (We're gonna) rock around the clock / Bill Haley and his Comets (2:10) -- That's all right / Elvis Presley (1:56) -- Blue suede shoes / Carl Perkins (2:14) -- Maybelline / Chuck Berry (2:16) -- Bo Diddley / Bo Diddley (2:38) -- Tutti frutti / Little Richard (2:23) -- Great balls of fire / Jerry Lee Lewis (1:51).

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