Influential Artist of the Rock and Roll Era

Elvis Presley: 

• Known as 'The King'
• First success in the 1950s
• First single in 1956 ( Heartbreak Hotel) went to No. 1 
• Presley's manager Colonel Parker secured plenty of publicity for Presley. 
• Presley drew heavily on the style of black preformers in his music - He helped open the door into the mainstream market for black music
• Preformances were controversial - TV stations refused to show him below the waist due to suggestive dancing. 
• Presley's rock and roll, fashion and hairstyle became a part of the new culture of the teenagers at that time. 

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