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Being Elvis A Lonely Life
What was it like to be Elvis Presley? What did it feel like when impossible fame made him its prisoner? As the world's first rock star there was no one to tell him what to expect, no one with whom he could share the burden of being himself - of being
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What was it like to be Elvis Presley? What did it feel like when impossible fame made him its prisoner? As the world's first rock star there was no one to tell him what to expect, no one with whom he could share the burden of being himself
- of being Elvis.
On the outside he was all charm, sex appeal, outrageously confident on stage & stunningly gifted in the recording studio. But he wasn't free. The circumstances of his poor beginnings in the American South, which, as he blended gospel music with black rhythm & blues & white country songs, helped him create rock & roll, had left him with a lifelong vulnerability.
Made rich & famous beyond his wildest imaginings when he mortgaged his talent to the machinations of his manager, ' Colonel' Tom Parker, there would be an inevitable price to pay.
Being Elvis takes a clear-eyed look at the most-loved entertainer ever, & finds an unusual boy with a dazzling talent who grew up to change popular culture; a man who sold a billion records & had more hits than any other singer, but who became trapped by his own frailties in the loneliness of fame.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781474604574
• Author: Ray Connolly
• Publisher: W&N
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 384
• Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
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