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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935–August 16, 1977), sometimes written Aron, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is a cultural icon, often known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King".
Presley began his career as one of the first performers of rockabilly, an uptempo fusion of country and rhythm and blues with a strong back beat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing "black" and "white" sounds, made him popular—and controversial—as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. He recorded songs in the rock and roll genre, with tracks like "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock"later embodying the style. Presley had a versatile voice and hadunusually wide success encompassing other genres, including gospel,blues, ballads and pop. To date, he is the only performer to have beeninducted into four music halls of fame.
In the 1960s, Presley made the majority of his thirty-threemovies—mainly poorly reviewed musicals. In 1968, he returned to livemusic in a television special and thereafter performed across the U.S., notably in Las Vegas.Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance,television ratings and recordings sales. He is one of the best-sellingand most influential artists in the history of popular music. Healthproblems plagued Presley in later life which, coupled with a punishingtour schedule and addiction to prescription medication, led to hispremature death at age 42.