![]() ![]() Others are almost Biblical in their veneration of that boy from Tupelo who made good. Here are ten songs about Elvis, or at least ones that touch on his cultural importance. Since his passing, the mythology surrounding Elvis has endured in the imaginations and the works of many. Even to his peers, he was The King a messianic figure who stood above all of the trends, and enjoying the seemingly unconditional love of the masses up until his death at the young age of 42 on Augthirty-eight years and a day from today in the year that would have had him celebrate his eightieth birthday. Those who came after him, carrying legendary mythologies of their own, all held him in the highest esteem. ![]() He had become transformed into something more a cultural avatar of almost religious stature. By the end, he was no longer the earnest American boy with a singular talent for musical interpretation of anything thrown at him. What also changed was the man himself of course. From the cramped studios at Sun Records, to Hollywood movie sets, to Las Vegas residencies, to global satellite transmissions from Hawaiian stages, Elvis weathered all those changes besides. ![]() From there, the landscape of popular music, and the barriers that existed between musical genres at the time, would be changed forever. Born in Tupelo, MS and raised in Memphis TN, Elvis was an eighteen year old who recorded a single at Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio for his mum one day in 1953 on the occasion of her birthday as a gift to her “ My Happiness/That’s When The Heartaches Begin“. Who did he sound like? Well, he didn’t sound like nobody. Just that first name alone conjures up so much imagery, so much cultural currency, so much good feeling for generations of people. ![]()
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