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Elvis Presley

ELVIS PRESLEY AND THE SONG PRISCILLA PRESLEY NEVER WANTED HIM TO SING YEARS LATER, IT WAS REQUESTED AT A FUNERAL, TURNING THE VERY SONG SHE ONCE COULDN’T BEAR TO HEAR INTO A HEARTBREAKING FINAL GOODBYE.

Elvis Presley

1954 — A YOUNG ELVIS PRESLEY STEPPED BEFORE A MICROPHONE AND LEFT AMERICA WITH A SOUND IT COULD NEVER FORGET — WHAT BEGAN AS ONE UNEXPECTED RECORDING SOON DRIFTED THROUGH RADIOS, LIVING ROOMS AND SUMMER NIGHTS, AWAKENING A GENERATION AND QUIETLY TURNING THE PAGE ON AMERICAN MUSIC FOREVER.

Elvis Presley

ELVIS PRESLEY SWORE HE WOULD NEVER FORGET THE SONG THAT FIRST MADE AMERICA TURN ITS HEAD — IN 1954, BEFORE THE CROWDS KNEW HIS NAME AND BEFORE FAME FOUND HIS DOOR, ONE UNEXPECTED RECORDING CARRIED HIS VOICE INTO THE NIGHT, STARTLED A GENERATION, AND LIT THE FIRST SPARK OF A MUSICAL REVOLUTION THAT WOULD BURN FOR DECADES.

Elvis Presley

ELVIS PRESLEY KEPT THIS ONE SONG LOCKED DEEP INSIDE HIS HEART — HE NEVER WANTED ANYONE ELSE TO SING IT, AS THOUGH ITS WORDS BELONGED TO A PART OF HIS LIFE TOO PERSONAL TO SHARE, AND THE REASON HE WANTED HIS VOICE TO BE THE LAST ONE TO CARRY IT MAKES THE STORY EVEN MORE HEARTBREAKING.