Biography Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, led him to both great success and initial controversy.
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at Sun Records with producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage him for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. Within a year, RCA would sell ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll, though his performative style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African-Americans led to him being widely considered a threat to the moral well-being of the White American youth.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He held few concerts, however, and guided by Parker, proceeded to devote much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and soundtrack albums, most of them critically derided. Some of his most famous films included Jailhouse Rock (1957), Blue Hawaii (1961), and Viva Las Vegas (1964). In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed television comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley gave the first concert by a solo artist to be broadcast around the world, Aloha from Hawaii. Years of prescription drug abuse and unhealthy eating habits severely compromised his health, and he died suddenly in 1977 at his Graceland estate at the age of 42.
Filmography Elvis Presley: Shook Up
2025
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Details Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
2024
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Details An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley
2024
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Details My Way
2024
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Details The Last Repair Shop
2024
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Details Christmas at Graceland
2023
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Details Rock: the origin
2023
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Details Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
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Details Elvis & Priscilla: Conditional Love
2023
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Details Little Richard: I Am Everything
2023
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Details Just a Boy From Tupelo: Bringing Elvis to the Big Screen
2023
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Details THE HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music? (Documentary)
2022
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Details Rat Pack
2022
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Details Elvis Presley: Meet Me In Memphis
2022
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Details Elvis the man who shook up the world
2021
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Details The Sparks Brothers
2021
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Details Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
2020
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Details Double Elvis
2020
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Details Elvis: The Other Side
2020
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Details My Darling Vivian
2020
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Details Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
2020
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Details Elvis Unleashed
2019
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Details Elvis: The Men Who Knew Him Best
2019
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Details ZZ Top - That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019
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Details Elvis All-Star Tribute
2019
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Details The Last 24 Hours: Elvis Presley
2019
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Details Elvis Presley: The Searcher
2018
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Details The Champ and the King
2018
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Details Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special
2018
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Details The 50th Anniversary of the Elvis Comeback Special
2018
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Details Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
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Details Game Changers
2018
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Details The King
2018
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Details Elvis: Strung Out
2018
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Details Elvis & The Memphis Mafia
2018
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Details Elvis: '68 Comeback Special: 50th Anniversary Edition
2018
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Details Elvis: The Rebirth of the King
2017
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Details The Seven Ages of Elvis
2017
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Details Elvis and the Girl from Vienna
2017
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Details Free to Rock
2017
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Details Elvis Talks...Elvis On Elvis
2016
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Details Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me
2015
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Details Elvis: A Generous Heart-Collectors Edition Vol. II
2015
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Details Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
2015
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Details Propaganda
2013
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Details For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival
2012
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Details God Is the Bigger Elvis
2012
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Details Elvis Found Alive
2012
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Details Elvis: Summer of '56
2011
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Details Elvis Presley: Gladiators
2010
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Details The Rise & Fall of WCW
2009
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Details Sweet Karolynne
2009
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Details Elvis: That's the Way It Is - The Complete Works
2009
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Details Sex in '69: The Sexual Revolution in America
2009
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Details Elvis | Viva Las Vegas
2008
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Details Elvis: #1 Hit Performances & More Vol. II
2008
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Details Elvis: Return To Tupelo
2008
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Details Lost Concerts Series: Presley & Cash: The Road Show
2008
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Details Elvis & Pat Boone Rockin' Rivals
2008
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Details Elvis Presley's Graceland His Life, His Story
2008
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Details Elvis: #1 Hit Performances
2007
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Details Elvis: The King of Rock 'n' Roll
2007
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Details Elvis: Destination Vegas
2007
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Details Impact! Songs That Changed the World: Elvis Presley-Heartbreak Hotel
2007
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Details Elvis Memphis-The Concise Magical History Tour
2007
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Details Elvis: His Best Friend Remembers
2007
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Details Elvis Through the Years
2007
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Details Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley
2007
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Details Elvis: Love Me Tender-The Love Songs
2007
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Details Elvis Presley: The Classic Broadcasts
2007
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Details Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows
2006
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Details Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash: The Road Show
2006
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Details Elvis '68 Comeback Special Edition
2006
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Details Elvis Lives: The 25th Anniversary Concert
2006
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Details Året var 1956
2006
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Details Louisiana Hayride: Cradle To The Stars
2005
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Details Why Elvis?
2005
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Details Elvis by the Presleys
2005
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Details Elvis Presley: The Last 24 Hours
2004
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Details Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol1
2004
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Details Elvis: The Birth of Rock N' Roll
2004
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Details Elvis Black Leather Stand Up Show #1 - JUNE 29, 1968
2004
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Details Elvis NBC TV Special, Original December 3, 1968 Broadcast
2004
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Details Elvis: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
2004
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Details Casey Kasem's Rock N' Roll Goldmine: Elvis: The Echo Will Never Die
2004
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Details Elvis: 200 Cadillacs
2004
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Details Elvis The Man The Music The Legend
2004
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Details Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody
2004
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Details Rock 'n' Roll and the 1950's Vol. 2
2003
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Details Elvis: Rare Moments with the King
2003
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Details Elvis: The Journey
2003
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Details Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s
2002
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Details Elvis & June: A Love Story
2002
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Details Elvis: The Definitive Collection
2002
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Details Elvis: The Great Performances
2002
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Details Elvis The Great Performances Vol. 3 From The Waist Up
2002
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Details Elvis: The Ultimate Live Collection
2002
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Details Elvis At The Movies
2002
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Details Early Elvis: From Country Boy to King of Rock & Roll
2002
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Details Elvis The Great Performances Vol. 2 The Man and the Music
2002
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Details Elvis The Great Performances Vol. 1 Center Stage
2002
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Details Classic Albums: Elvis Presley
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis: The Memphis Years
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 2 The Hollywood Years Pt. I 1956-1961 & Pt. II 1962-1969
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 3 The Army Years & The Memphis Mafia
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 4 Elvis & Priscilla & Elvis & The Colonel
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 1 The Memphis Years & The Television Years
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 6 The Comeback & The Vegas Years
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 5 The Many Loves Of Elvis & The Intimate Loves Of Elvis
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 8 The Day The Music Died & All The Kings Disciples-The Fans
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis 25th Anniversary: Vol. 7 A Man And His Music & The Spiritual Soul Of Elvis
2002
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Details The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part I: 1956-1961
2002
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Details Elvis: King of Entertainment
2002
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Details Elvis Presley: His Early Performances
2002
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Details Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
2001
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Details Remembering Elvis: A Documentary
2001
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Details He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley
2000
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Details Elvis: The Alternate Aloha Concert
2000
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Details Hollywood Rocks 'n' Rolls in the '50s
1999
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Details Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
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Details That's Entertainment! III
1994
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Details Forrest Gump
1994
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Details The Elvis I Knew
1994
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Details La Classe américaine
1993
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Details Private Elvis
1993
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Details Elvis Presley: Elvis in Hollywood
1993
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Details Unauthorized Biographies: Elvis Presley
1993
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Details Elvis: The Lost Performances
1992
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Details The Elvis Conspiracy
1991
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Details The Story of Elvis Presley
1990
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Details The Elvis Files
1990
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Details The Story of Elvis Presley: A Documented Legend
1990
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Details Elvis '56
1988
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Details The Real Buddy Holly Story
1985
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Details Elvis Presley - One Night With You
1985
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Details Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985
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Details Mondo Elvis
1984
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Details When the Music's Over
1983
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Details Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
1983
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Details Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
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Details This Is Elvis
1981
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Details Elvis in Concert
1977
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Details Elvis - Aloha from Hawaii
1973
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Details Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Rehearsal Concert
1973
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Details Elvis on Tour
1972
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Details Elvis Live at Madison Square Garden
1972
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Details Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970
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Details Change of Habit
1969
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Details The Trouble with Girls
1969
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Details Live a Little, Love a Little
1968
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Details Elvis: Black Leather Sit-Down Show #1 – JUNE 27, 1968
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Details Stay Away, Joe
1968
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Details The Movie Orgy
1968
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Details Clambake
1967
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Details Easy Come, Easy Go
1967
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Details Double Trouble
1967
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Details Paradise, Hawaiian Style
1966
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Details Frankie and Johnny
1966
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Details Harum Scarum
1965
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Details Tickle Me
1965
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Details Roustabout
1964
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Details Kissin' Cousins
1964
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Details Viva Las Vegas
1964
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Details Fun in Acapulco
1963
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Details It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
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Details Kid Galahad
1962
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Details Girls! Girls! Girls!
1962
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Details Follow That Dream
1962
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Details Wild in the Country
1961
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Details Flaming Star
1960
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Details Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley
1960
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Details King Creole
1958
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Details Jailhouse Rock
1957
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Details Love Me Tender
1956
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