Elvis Aaron Presley was born on 01/08/1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He was raised in a Black neighborhood, had Black friends, went to a Black church, and was obsessed with Black music, the Blues and Gospel. His father got in legal issues and the family moved to Memphis, Tennessee. In 1954 Elvis went into Sun Studios to re…
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