The King of Rock and Roll

His Graceland mansion is the 2nd most-visited house in America after White House.

Highway 51 in front of Graceland mansion was officially renamed Elvis Presley Boulevard.

He purchased Graceland from Mrs. Ruth Brown Moore for $102,500 on March 19, 1957. Graceland consists of 23 rooms and 13.7 surrounding acres.

He died with about $5 million in his bank account.

Elvis once gave a robe to Muhammad Ali embroidered with the words "The Peoples Champion."

He owned a pet chimpanzee called "Scatter."

He was an Army veteran, drafted in 1958, stationed in West Germany and discharged in 1960.

His favorite TV shows were "The Jeffersons" (1975), "Good Times", "Happy Days", and "The Flip Wilson Show" (1970).

The Holy Bible and The Impersonal Life, by Joseph Benner, were his two favorite books.

His favorite actors were Marlon Brando and James Dean, whom he credited in a 1956 interview as an acting genius.

Elvis was diagnosed with glaucoma in the 1970's.

A remix of his "A Little Less Conversation" song, which was featured on the soundtrack of "Ocean's Eleven" (2001), became a Billboard #1 hit single over 20 years after his death.

His 1960 single "It's Now Or Never" is one of the best selling singles of all times with sales estimated between 25 and 30 million copies.

Gave his personal entourage, called "Memphis Mafia," matching diamond and gold rings sported a thunderbolt and the letters "TCB" standing for "Take Care of Business."

During the 60s and early 70s he used to play touch football at Whitehaven High School with kids around the neighborhood.

Loved football very much and often had three televisons set up at Graceland to watch all of the games.

Was on the Humes High School boxing team when he was studying there.

He recorded 33 takes of Hound Dog.

Elvis, 1956

His mother bought him his first guitar at age 12.

Is a distant cousin of President Jimmy Carter.

Is a direct descendant of Isaiah Harrison, who is Abraham Lincoln's great-great grandfather.

Survived a tornado in Tupelo, Mississippi, which killed 233 infants.

Was delivered 35 minutes after his twin brother Jesse Garon Presley who sadly died at birth.

Died on August 16, 1977 and his autopsy detected ten different drugs in his bloodstream.

Elvis Presley reigns as Forbes' top-earning dead celebrity even though he left the building over 30 years ago.

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