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 ===== Presley Bought The Roosevelt Yacht ===== ===== Presley Bought The Roosevelt Yacht =====
  
 +In 1964, Elvis paid $55,000 for the old presidential yacht The Potomac, which belonged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  [([[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/31/archives/presley-buys-roosevelt-yacht.html|NYTimes]])]
  
-In 1964, Elvis paid $55,000 for the old presidential yacht The Potomacwhich belonged to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  [([[https://www.shusterman.com/colonel-tom/|Shusterman]])]+===== First Big Stage Performance ===== 
 + 
 +In June 1956he made his first big stage appearance on "The Milton Berle Show," performing his trademark song "Hound Dog". [([[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elvis-rocks-the-milton-berle-show|History]])] 
 + 
 +===== Distant Relative of Two Presidents ===== 
 + 
 +Elvis Presley is a distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln and Jimmy Carter, both past US presidents.[([[https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1328304/Elvis-Presley-family-tree-Elvis-related-two-American-presidents-jimmy-carter-Abraham-linco|Express]])] 
 + 
 +===== Ladies ===== 
 + 
 +Following his divorce from Priscilla in 1972, Elvis became quite the ladies' man, bringing women to Graceland. [([[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/08/12/elvis-and-relationships-he-couldnt-help-falling-in-love/2626415/|USATODAY]])] 
 + 
 +===== Graceland ===== 
 + 
 +The purchase price of Elvis' Graceland mansion in Memphis in 1957, at the start of his career, was merely $100,000. [([[https://www.graceland.com/history-of-graceland|Graceland]])] 
 + 
 +===== First Record ===== 
 + 
 +Elvis' debut record was a gift for his mother when he was just 18 years old. [([[https://outsider.com/news/entertainment/elvis-presley-incredible-history-behind-first-guitar-his-mother-bought-him/|Outsider]])] 
 + 
 +===== Hair Color ===== 
 + 
 +His jet black hair is really dyedwhile his true hair color is a blond.  [([[https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/why-did-elvis-dye-his-hair.html/|Cheatsheet]])] 
 + 
 +===== Death ===== 
 + 
 +Ginger Alden, Elvis's girlfriend at the time, discovered him dead on the toilet floor at Graceland. [([[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/elvis-presleys-fiancee-tells-chilling-10999871|Mirror]])] 
 + 
 +===== First Guitar Came From a Hardware Store ===== 
 + 
 +Despite his requests for a gun or a bicycle for his 11th birthday, his mother brought him to a hardware store in Tupelo to select his first guitar. [([[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elvis-presley-receives-his-first-guitar|History]])] 
 + 
 +===== Savage ===== 
 + 
 +A Florida judge who was dissatisfied with Elvis' famous hip motions and body shaking while he danced on stage gave him the name "Savage". [([[https://books.google.pl/books?id=CZ19AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1947&lpg=PA1947&dq=Elvis+was+given+his+nickname+of+%E2%80%9CSavage%E2%80%9D+from+a+Florida+judge&source=bl&ots=z0AdWMPjvB&sig=ACfU3U1ebFLHP2FeseOLD3NBE77a1CEf-w&hl=pl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjWqJPPk8nyAhXvg_0HHdw6CWgQ6AF6BAgkEAM#v=onepage&q=Elvis%20was%20given%20his%20nickname%20of%20%E2%80%9CSavage%E2%80%9D%20from%20a%20Florida%20judge&f=false|Google Books]])] 
 + 
 +===== Bullied ===== 
 + 
 +Elvis admitted to being harassed as a child, recalling incidents of classmates tossing rotten fruit at him or cutting his guitar strings. [([[https://www.graceland.com/blog/posts/elvis-presley-the-student|Graceland]])] 
 + 
 +===== Military ===== 
 + 
 +When Elvis' mother Gladys became ill, he returned from the military to be at her side. [([[https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1354904/Elvis-Presley-death-mother-Gladys-died-Priscilla-vernon-Graceland-drugs-how-did-Elvis-die|Express]])]
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