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	Elvis - Elvis Mother Gladys
		From that moment on Vernon and Gladys were always 'his babies' which was how the adult Elvis referred to them from the age of nineteen when he became the sole breadwinner and support, not only to his immediate family but also to many of his kin.
		If Gladys could barely tolerate her son's famed it was because when away Elvis would call home every night, and talk baby talk for hours to ease her anxiety and pain.
		After Elvis entered his mother ward and the door closed, witnesses remember a piercing wild despair of wails from Elvis were heard as he wept and prayed long and loud over his mother's lifeless body.
	www.elvispresleynews.com /Elvis-Gladys.html (635 words)

	Elvis Presley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gladys was so proud of her boy, that, years later, she "would get up early in the morning to run off the fans so Elvis could sleep".
		Elvis himself claimed that quotes attributed to him that were racist were fabricated and that he was not a racist.
		David Stanley, Elvis Presley's stepbrother, who was at Graceland the day Presley died, is said to have removed the needles and drug packets near Presley's body before the paramedics arrived, suggesting that he did not want to see Presley's name tarred with the brush of suicide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elvis_Presley (8752 words)

	ELVIS
		Elvis Aaron Presley, in the humblest of circumstances, was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935.
		Elvis’ musical influences were the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church and at the all-night gospel sings he frequently attended, and the fl RandB he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager.
		Elvis is hospitalized in Memphis for recurring pneumonia and pleurisy, an enlarged colon, and hepatitis.
	www.srv.net /~wako/elvis3.html (11170 words)

	Elvis Presley's grave
		Elvis became a legend in his own lifetime, he went on to make 35 feature films, become the highest selling record artist in history and break all attendance records in Las Vegas.
		Elvis Presley's home "Graceland" in Memphis is now open to the public and has become a place of pilgrimage for his fans.
		Elvis was moved from his original plot at the local cemetery, together with his mother and her original headstone (large angel see picture above), after his tomb was tampered with.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GravesOutofLA/elvispresley.htm (492 words)

	The M Files: Unofficial Elvis Presley biography
		Elvis re-lives the trauma of his father going to prison - there seem to be some subtle parallels in the script.
		Indeed, many Elvis movies have undercurrents in the text hinting at skeletons in the family closet (such as his father's jail term, the presence of an underage girl at Graceland, his mother's drinking problem) which the Presley family wouldn't want publicly known.
		Elvis is so embarassed by this bad movie that he sometimes won't come out of his dressing room for long periods of time.
	www.geocities.com /epmfiles/biography.html (1977 words)

	Eddie Fadal's Elvis Presley Museum
		Fadal would take Elvis' mother, Gladys, with her to the grocery store to make sure the foods Elvis liked the most would be purchased and prepared to his liking.
		Elvis telephoned his deep appreciation but was unable to attend.
		Elvis told a close circle of friends on many occasions, "I can count on one hand the true friends I have and who don't need me or use me for anything and I'm proud to say that Eddie is one of them".
	home.grandecom.net /~janicefadal/Eddie.html (517 words)

	1935-1957: Biography: All About Elvis
		Elvis grows up within a close-knit, working class family, consisting of his parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, who all live near one another in Tupelo.
		Elvis and his parents pack their belongings in a trunk strapped to the roof of their 1939 Plymouth and move to Memphis, Tennessee in search of a better life economically.
		Elvis and his parents live in public housing or low rent homes in the poor neighborhoods of north Memphis.
	www.elvis.com /elvisology/bio/elvis_1935_1957.asp (467 words)

	Handwriting-L - Handwriting Analysis Archive (Elvis Presley)
		Right after Elvis was discharged from the Army, he brought the then 16 year old Priscilla Beaulieu to Graceland where she was kept in a pristine state until Elvis married her on 5/1/67.
		Elvis was very generous both to friends and acquaintances and was known to lavish expensive gifts when the whim hit him.
		Elvis didn't like to be alone and would surround himself with others, some his friends and others paid to accompany him.
	www.handwriting.org /archives/97aug_02.html (751 words)

	Elvis Aaron Presley 1935-54 - Elvis Presley
		Elvis Aaron Presley, in the humblest of circumstances, was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935.
		Elvis Presley's musical influences were the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church and at the all-night gospel sings he frequently attended, and the fl RandB he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager.
		Elvis Presley starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on tour and in Las Vegas.
	www.elvispresley.com.au /elvis/presley/elvis_presley_1935_1954.shtml (1403 words)

	Elvis Biography - Elvis Presley Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Elvis Aaron Presley was born a twin at
		Gladys always believed Elvis was an identical twin and raised Elvis to believe this as well, which led him to comment throughout his life that he always felt emptiness in his life where his brother should have been.
		Add to this Elvis' flippant attitude towards his critics: "I don't see how a-music can be a bad influence on teenagers, it's only music..." together with a gyrating stage act and you have the ingredients to upset all 'God fearing` adults and have the authorities insisting he be banned.
	www.elvis-presley-biography.com /ChapterOne.htm (870 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions: All About Elvis
		Elvis began recording for RCA in January 1956 and continued under contract with RCA for the rest of his life.
		Elvis, through his own publishing companies (Elvis Presley Music, Gladys Music, Whitehaven Music and Elvis Music, Inc.) was part owner (typically half or third) of a great many of the songs he recorded and even some songs he did not record.
		Elvis continued to get (EPE still gets) his publisher's royalties on sales of recordings of songs he had publishing interest in, no matter what date they were recorded.
	www.elvis.com /elvisology/faq/faq.asp?qid=25 (562 words)

	Shrevenport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		She read every book on Elvis and spent months in Tupelo researching his heritage until after four and a half years she at last had the material for an enthralling book.
		In all her research the dominance of Gladys shone through, possibly even inspring Elvis' stage movements because Gladys was a great dancer; "Gladys had rhythm" to quote Elaine.
		We wish her every success with the re-issue of her book "Elvis and Gladys" to enthrall a new generation of Elvis fans since the book was first published in 1985, the same year coincidentally as our "Elvis, A King Forever".
	www.elvisly-yours.com /elvisgladys.shtml (260 words)

	Elvis and Gladys.
		In her celebrated biography of young Elvis Aron Presley, Elaine Dundy claims that the King of Rock 'n' Roll, like his mother Gladys, "took things hard." When his father, Vernon, was convicted and sent to prison for forging a check in Tupelo, Mississippi, three-year-old Elvis was distraught.
		Elvis and Gladys, one of the best researched and most acclaimed books on Presley's early life, reconstructs the extraordinary role Gladys played in her son's formative years.
		Uncovering facts not seen by other biographers, Elvis and Gladys reconstructs for the first time the history of the mother and son's devoted relationship and reveals new information about Presley--his Cherokee ancestry, his boyhood obsession with comic books, and his early compulsion to rescue his family from poverty.
	www.umiss.edu /depts/south/register/read_5.htm (403 words)

	Elvis Presley
		Elvis Presley was the first real rock and roll star.
		Born January 8, 1935, in East Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley was the son of Gladys and Vernon Presley, a sewing machine operator and a truck driver.
		Glady's brothers get him a job at the Precision Tool Company and the Presleys moved into a small apartment at 370 Washington Street for $11 a week.
	www.history-of-rock.com /elvis_presley.htm (578 words)

	Elvis Jewish Heritage - Elvis Kabbalah Jewelry
		In the fascinating book "Elvis and Gladys" by historian and biographer, Elaine Dundy discovers the Presley and Smith mixed bag of ethnic lineage from Native American Indian to Elvis' Jewish heritage.
		Gladys Love was the fifth daughter born followed by three brothers and a sister.
		Elvis was well aware of his Jewish ancestry, as a child was instructed not to advertise the fact because "people didn't like Jews" according to his parents.
	www.elvispresleynews.com /JewishElvis.html (687 words)

	Elvis Presley's Graceland. Elvis Biography
		Elvis Presley's Graceland, 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard (formerly known as South Bellevue Road/Boulevard), sits atop a hill in the suburb of Whitehaven, Memphis on U.S. Highway 51.
		Elvis was fortunate to get Graceland as it had already been sold to the YMCA for US$35,000 when he saw it.
		Even when Elvis was alive, the upstairs area was regarded as The King's inner sanctum, with the stairs representing the dividing line between it and the rest of the world.
	www.elvis.com.au /presley/biography/elvis_presley_graceland.shtml (1512 words)

	Elvis and Gladys (Southern Icons Series)
		The reader closes the book with one thought about Gladys (and Vernon) and that is that these two parents loved their son more than life itself and that they simply did the best they could.
		Gladys' relationship to Elvis was very close in that she put his needs above everything else in her life.
		Gladys had her own dreams of stardom which filtered through to Elvis.
	www.lincolnvscadillac.com /books/book.php?isbn=1578066344 (704 words)

	Elvis and Gladys.
		In her celebrated biography of young Elvis Aron Presley, Elaine Dundy claims that the King of Rock 'n' Roll, like his mother Gladys, "took things hard." When his father, Vernon, was convicted and sent to prison for forging a check in Tupelo, Mississippi, three-year-old Elvis was distraught.
		Elvis and Gladys, one of the best researched and most acclaimed books on Presley's early life, reconstructs the extraordinary role Gladys played in her son's formative years.
		Uncovering facts not seen by other biographers, Elvis and Gladys reconstructs for the first time the history of the mother and son's devoted relationship and reveals new information about Presley--his Cherokee ancestry, his boyhood obsession with comic books, and his early compulsion to rescue his family from poverty.
	www.olemiss.edu /depts/south/register/read_5.htm (403 words)

	Interview: ElaineDundy Part 2
		E.D.: Elvis was a twin whose brother died at birth.
		E.D.: I think of Elvis as a Greek tragedy; chosen by the gods then abandoned by them and to contemplate his story is to be filled with pity and terror.
		Elvis' favorite was Captain Marvel Jr., who looks, in fact, exactly like Elvis will make himself look for the rest of his life.
	www.elvisinfonet.com /dundy2.html (1376 words)

	Wild In The Country - 20th Century Fox 1961 - Elvis Presley
		Reflecting upon working with Elvis in 'Wild in the Country', Perkins said she thought Elvis 'was drifting' during the filming, that he was always surrounded by his entourage, that he was embarrassed by the way the script would have him lead into a song.
		It was during the filming of this movie that Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker first read a newspaper article on the floundering attempts to raise funds to build the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii.
		Elvis had come back from his service in the US Army with an intense interest in the martial arts.
	www.elvispresley.com.au /elvis/presley/wild_in_the_country.shtml (1898 words)

	American Icon: Visiting Elvis Presley's Life
		The store is run by the same family that sold Elvis' mother, Gladys, a guitar for $12.50 for the future King's 10th birthday.
		Elvis came in looking for a bicycle, then saw a.22 rifle on the wall and got "pouty" because he wanted it, Vice President Howard Hite recalls.
		Elvis' family moved to Memphis to start a new life when Elvis was 13.
	www.aarp.org /travel/themes/a2003-09-05-VisitingElvisPresleysLife.html (775 words)

	Elvis & Gladys
		Picture perfect was the description a sister of Gladys gave me of three year old Elvis--(when his father went to prison for forging a check)--running up and down their little shotgun house, each time stopping to pat a dejected Gladys' on her hand saying "There.
		In the swift sure portrait the speaker sketches first an exuberant Gladys proclaiming her rise in status by dress, manner, and marriage: then, with the phrase "Above the Highway" she effectively pin-points Gladys' downward economic status in a way anyone living in Lee County would have caught in a second.
		Elvis had a whole range of voices he sang in which were appropriate to the song.
	www.elainedundy.com /elvis1.html (2139 words)

	Elvis Presley: The Early Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Elvis no doubt later yearned for a brother to help him through the rough spots of his life — of which there were many.
		The constant in their lives was church — Vernon and Gladys had met at the Assembly of God Church and they continued to attend church there, where music was becoming a big attraction to little Elvis.
		Elvis took more guitar lessons, tagged along with his guitar teacher and played in his band, had a steady girlfriend, and worked odd jobs after school and summers.
	mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature81/Elvis_Presley.htm (2114 words)

	CNN - Viva Elvis! - August 1997
		But he and Elvis' mother Gladys worked hard to provide a stable household for their only son, Elvis (his twin brother, Jessie Garon, died at birth).
		Memphis was a music town, home to colorful talents and radio personalities who made it their business to offer their listeners the latest in country, gospel and blues.
		Elvis soaked up the melting pot of influences and relished the chance to hang out at any number of Beale Street clubs, nervously watching the habits and banter of the local talent.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/9708/elvis/alive/elvis.overview/index2.html (582 words)

	"King of the Jews"
		Elvis Presley - that swivel-hipped American icon - was the scion of an uninterrupted female line beginning with his great-great-grandmother, Nancy Tackett, nee Burdine, who is believed to have been Jewish.
		Had Elvis, who died in 1977, set out to trace his heritage, he could have turned to any of the 80 Jewish genealogical services that have sprung up worldwide in the past quarter century.
		The story of Elvis' Jewish lineage was noted in Elaine Dundy's 1985 biography, "Elvis and Gladys." The Wall Street Journal cited the book in a 1998 article about a biennial gathering of Elvis fans at the Elvis Inn, a gas station and café outside Jerusalem.
	www.pallorium.com /ARTICLES/art25.html (1156 words)

	We Miss You Elvis
		Elvis was a very sick man. Finally, but slowly, Elvis made his way up the stairs and opened with his famous first number, "See See Rider."
		"Elvis Presley found dead, on the second floor of Graceland Mansion." August 18, 1977, Elvis was laid to rest at Forest Hill Cemetery next to his mother.
		October 2, l977, the bodies of Elvis and Gladys were moved to the Meditation Gardens at Graceland.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/elvis_presley/9743 (402 words)

	Elvis Presley
		A pill-popping mama's boy hillbilly from Tupelo, Elvis Aron Presley was the first musical megastar of the rock and roll era, as well as being the most dramatic example of a celebrity tranformed into a cult deity by a premature death.
		Elvis Presley was brought into the world in 1935 by truck driver Vernon Presley and his seamstress wife Gladys Smith.
		In 1948 his family moved him to Memphis, and it was here that Elvis fell under the influence of fl R&B performers such as B.
	www.nndb.com /people/363/000024291 (1500 words)

	Pink Cadillac exact replica of Elvis' Car
		And while we can't account for every mile, some of the mileage is attributed to Elvis's generosity...as he gladly lent the car to family and staff whenever the need arose.
		It's interesting to note that at the time, the spare was not only full size but came with it's own hub cap...a far cry from the four tires and the doughnut today's cars come with.
		While Elvis' mother, Gladys neither drove nor had a license, this was her favorite car.
	www.vegaselvis.com /cadillacs/pink_2/pinkcaddy.cfm (753 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Elvis and Gladys, by Elaine Dundy, Paperback
		Elvis and Gladys, one of the best researched and most acclaimed books on Elvis's early life, celebrates the extraordinary role Gladys played in her son's formative years.
		Uncovering facts not seen by other biographers, Elvis and Gladys reconstructs for the first time the history of the mother and son's devoted relationship and reveals new information about Elvis -- his Cherokee ancestry, his boyhood obsession with comic books, and his early compulsion to rescue his family from poverty.
		Examining in detail the ``powerful'' relationship between Elvis and his mother, Gladys Presley, British writer Dundy provides an absorbing and insightful portrait of Elvis's boyhood in Tupelo, Miss.
	search.barnesandnoble.com /booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=CP6NpFtBzr&isbn=1578066344&itm=1 (298 words)

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