Happy Birthday Elvis Presley!!
The "King" would have turned 80 years old today!!! That's right 80!
Elvis was born in Tupelo, Mississippi January 8, 1935
Here's a bunch of Elvis "fun-facts" for you....(you'll be a hit at parties)
- He recorded more than 600 songs but didn't write any of them
- Elvis never performed outside of North America.
- There are more than 250,000 Elvis impersonators today.
- He bought Graceland when he was 22.
- He recorded 15 songs with the word blue in the title.
- He had a pet turkey named Bowtie & a pet chimp named Scatter.
- His black hair was actually dyed. His natural color was brown
- Elvis starred in 31 feature films and two concert documentaries.
- He was a big fan of peanut butter and banana sandwiches
- He was distantly related to former U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln & Jimmy Carter
- In 1947, a local radio show offered a young Elvis (age 12) a chance to sing live on air, but he was too shy to go on.