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Elvis Presley Uncovered

 

Recording Session
Elvis and the Jordanaires in a Nashville studio, 1956.

Gold Record
Heartbreak Hotel , released in January 1956 was Elvis' first RCA single. It sold more than a million copies.

Adoring Fan
Backstage at a concert in Amarillo.

 

Rock and Roll
The Jordanaires would work with Elvis until the 1960s.

 

Drafted
In 1957, Elvis was called up for military service. Along with other recruits, he arrives at a hospital in Memphis for medical examinations.

 

Inductees
Elvis and other recruits wait to be processed at an induction station in Memphis.

 

Last Civilian Moments
Gladys Love Smith, Elvis' mother, sits next to her son on the couch at the induction station. They are accompanied by several of his women friends, identified by the photographer as movie starlets.

 

Medical Exam
During the pre-induction physical, Memphis.

 

Entertaining the Troops
Private Presley treats his bunkmates to a few tunes at a U.S. military base in Germany.

 

Honorably Discharged
Elvis holds a press conference upon his return to civilian life in 1960.

 

Priscilla
Elvis' future wife, aged 16 at the time, joins him upon his release from the military.