Elvis Is King

Author : Jonah Winter
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
ISBN 13 : 0399554726
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis Is King! written by Jonah Winter and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elvis Presley--the King of Rock 'n' Roll, still beloved by millions of Americans--comes to vibrant, gyrating life in this extraordinary picture-book biography from an award-winning author and the winner of a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award. Here's the perfect book for anyone who wants to introduce rock 'n' roll and its king to the child in their lives. In single- page "chapters" with titles like "The First Cheeseburger Ever Eaten by Elvis" and "Shazam! A Blond Boy Turns into a Black-Haired Teenager," readers can follow key moments in Presley's life, from his birth on the wrong side of the railroad tracks in the Deep South, to playing his first guitar in grade school, to being so nervous during a performance as a teenager that he starts shaking . . . and changes the world! Jonah Winter and Red Nose Studio have created a tour-de-force that captures a boy's loneliness and longing, along with the energy and excitement, passion, and raw talent that was Elvis Presley. "Readers will want to pore over this thoroughly engaging volume." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Author : Richard Crouse
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1770906606
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis Is King written by Richard Crouse and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An explosive, groundbreaking album that crowned a new king of rock in just 33 minutes Before Elvis Costello was one of Rolling Stone's greatest artists of all time, before he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he was Declan P. McManus, an office drone with a dull suburban life and a side gig in a pub rock band. In 1976, under the guidance of legendary label Stiff Records, he transformed himself into the snarling, spectacled artist who defied the musical status quo to blaze the trail for a new kind of rock star with his debut album, My Aim Is True. In Elvis Is King, Richard Crouse examines how the man, the myth, and the music of this arrestingly original album smashed the trends of the era to bridge the gap between punk and rock 'n' roll.

Author : John Alvarez Taylor
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 9780831727505
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis written by John Alvarez Taylor and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 1990-07-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic celebration of the King of Rock 'n Roll traces his life from his early recording days, through the Hollywood years, to his return to the stage

Author : Richard Zoglin
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501151207
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis in Vegas written by Richard Zoglin and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Outstanding pop-culture history.” —Newsday The “smart and zippy account” (The Wall Street Journal) of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time. Elvis’s 1969 opening night in Vegas was his first time back on a live stage in more than eight years. His career had gone sour—bad movies, mediocre pop songs that no longer made the charts—and he’d been dismissed by most critics as over-the-hill. But in Vegas he played the biggest showroom in the biggest hotel in the city, drawing more people for his four-week engagement than any other show in Vegas history. His performance got rave reviews; “Suspicious Minds,” the song he introduced there, gave him his first number-one hit in seven years; and Elvis became Vegas’s biggest star. Over the next seven years, he performed more than 600 shows there, and sold out every one. Las Vegas was changed, too. By the end of the ‘60s, Vegas’ golden age—when the Rat Pack led a glittering array of stars who made it the nation’s premier live-entertainment center—was losing its luster. Elvis created a new kind of Vegas show: an over-the-top, rock-concert extravaganza. He set a new bar for Vegas performers, with the biggest salary, the biggest musical production, and the biggest promotion campaign the city had ever seen. He opened the door to a new generation of pop/rock artists and brought a new audience to Vegas—not the traditional well-heeled older gamblers, but a mass audience from Middle America that Vegas depends on for its success to this day. At once “a fascinating history of Vegas as gambling capital, celebrity playground, mob hangout, [and] entertainment Valhalla” (Rolling Stone) and the incredible “tale of how the King got his groove back” (Associated Press), Elvis in Vegas is a classic feel-good story for the ages.

Author : Alfred Wertheimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781741786552
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis written by Alfred Wertheimer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1956, a 21 year old singer named Elvis Presley was at the begining of his remarkable career . Alfred Wertheimer, a young New York freelance photojournalist , was asked by Elvis's new label , RCA Victor, to photograph the reising star. In the course of his one assignment for RCA. Wertheimer was struck by the charisma of the stunningly photogenic performer . After the and assignment, and whenever time and budget permitted , Whertheimer felt compelled to continue documenting Elvis and the everyday moments in the musical artist's life during that crucial year..etc...With hundreds of gorgeously reproduced , high quality quandratone prints , Elvis a king in the making presents , for the first time , the most comprehensive loo at the charasmatic young man who became an enduring legend-- Book jacket.

Author : Robert Gibson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781869941000
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis written by Robert Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1986-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Malcolm Croft
Publisher : Little Book of
ISBN 13 : 9781787392946
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Elvis Presley written by Malcolm Croft and published by Little Book of. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bite-sized collection of quotes by and about the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Elvis was one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century, and his music and movement changed the course of rock. This collection of more than 170 fascinating quotes captures what made the star so special. They come from Elton John, Mick Jagger ("He was a unique artist--an original in an area of imitators"), Cher, and of course Presley himself.

Author : Gillian G. Gaar
Publisher : Jawbone Press
ISBN 13 : 1906002967
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Return of the King written by Gillian G. Gaar and published by Jawbone Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). On January 1, 1967, a contract between "Colonel" Tom Parker and his sole client, Elvis Presley, gave Parker a 50 percent cut of profits that Presley generated. It was a shameless grab for a bigger piece of a pie that had actually been shrinking for some time. Though Parker's plan to reestablish Presley as a star after he left the army proved successful at first (with the triumph of films like G.I. Blues and Blue Hawaii ), by 1967 Presley's singles struggled to break the top 20, and he hadn't hit number one for six years. Amazingly, by the end of 1968 he was artistically revitalized, reemerging in a TV comeback special and slimmed down for the now-iconic black leather suit. It was the pivotal moment of the second great period of Presley's career, which lasted through to the end of 1970, during which he recorded some of his most enduring records, including "Suspicious Minds" and "In the Ghetto." Return of the King document's Presley reclamation of his crown, making an extraordinary transition from fading balladeer to engaged, vital artist.

Author : W. A. Harbinson
Publisher : Grosset & Dunlap
ISBN 13 : 9780448146386
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis written by W. A. Harbinson and published by Grosset & Dunlap. This book was released on 1976 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Susan Doll
Publisher : Publications International Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780451823069
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elvis written by Susan Doll and published by Publications International Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An oversize biography covers each period of Elvis Presley's life while providing full-color, rare photographs and a final examination of the Elvis phenomenon that continues years after his death. Original.