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Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Love (née Smith) and Vernon Presley. [8] [9] Elvis' twin Jesse Garon was delivered 35 minutes before, stillborn. [10] Presley became close to both parents, especially his mother.
In July 1976, Red and Sonny West, together with Dave Hebler, were fired by Presley's father, Vernon, from their jobs as bodyguards to Presley. [3] Red had known Presley since they had attended high school together and had become a very close friend of him. He became a part of Presley's inner circle in 1955, acting as a driver and bodyguard. [4]
The earliest known photograph of Elvis Presley, seen here from 1937 at the age of two with his parents Vernon and Gladys, held by Graceland archivist Angie Marchese Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021.
His father, Vernon Presley, talked about Elvis's close relationship to his mother "after his son became famous, almost as if it were a source of wonder that anyone couldn't be that close to him." [5] During Presley's rising career, Gladys became despairing, depressed and lonely and began to neglect her health.
On his paternal side, Elvis' father, Vernon Presley, was of Irish, German, Scottish and English ancestry. Vernon Presley was a descendant of the Harrison family of Virginia through his mother ...
They include Elvis Presley; his parents, Gladys and Vernon Presley; his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley; Lisa Mare's son, Benjamin Keough; and Elvis' paternal grandmother, Minnie Mae Presley.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi, to Vernon Presley and Gladys Love (née Smith) Presley in a two-room shotgun house that his father built for the occasion. [1] Elvis's identical twin brother, Jesse Garon Presley, was delivered stillborn thirty-five minutes before him. [2]
"Elvis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Presley, 462 Alabama, is a truck driver for Crown Electric Co.," wrote Howard, while also asserting that Presley's debut single "promises to be the biggest hit ...