To begin with, at a young age, Elvis experienced a death of a loved one that was close to him, his twin brother. Elvis ended up being the only child in his family. Back then when Elvis was a little boy, his family didn’t have a lot of money to spare, his parents …show more content…
When Elvis was a little boy, he wanted a bicycle but his parents couldn’t afford it, so he got a guitar for $12.95 instead. His very first guitar was bought at the Tupelo Hardware Company. The year 1948, the Presley family moved to Memphis, Tennessee and Elvis enrolls at Humes High transforming his “style” into a classic bad boy/James Dean look. Elvis took guitar lessons and played in his music teachers band during his days off from school and his jobs. Close friends of Elvis described him as “very spiritual” and the classic case of being “a lovable rebel.” Eventually, high school ended and Elvis graduated in 1953, he got a job as a supply truck driver. Now August, Elvis travels to the Memphis Recording Service home of Sun Records and runs into Dewey Phillips a “disc jockey” so to speak; later that same day they cut a record. A year passes by, it is now 1954, Elvis cuts the second record. Later that week he gets a call from Marion Keisker asking him if he could “be here (Sun Records) by three.” Elvis’s first session was not all that he hoped for; slowly but surely his bandmates stumbled upon something that caught the ear of Sam Phillips. “That’s All Right” was the song and the Phillips brothers played the song on their Red, …show more content…
Young Elvis grew up with very little, meaning he didn’t have money or come from money he was ordinary. His parents did not have a lot of money and sometimes it was hard to provide for the family. His family having barely enough money to keep afloat often moved around. His parents could not afford the rent and mortgages on their houses so they had to pack up and find another home. Years ahead, now 1954, Elvis got a job for playing at the Grand Ole Opry known for having shows by some of the best artists that produced country music. After performing once Elvis was fired by his manager, Jimmy Denny, who often told Elvis that he was untalented, worthless, and that he “wasn’t going anywhere”. Another obstacle in Elvis’s life was himself. He was known to distrust people in his peer group and often closed himself off from everyone. Presley sometimes felt alone, almost out of step because he stayed to himself and was unable to engage with his peers. After his distrust of people Elvis became serious minded in his career and himself. With Elvis being more serious in his actions it became even more difficult for him to hold up a conversation. Sometimes when Presley was under serious stress from work or his personal life he often obsessed about being perfect and being successful. While all of these events that were happening in life, he still pulled through