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“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

January 8, 1935: Born: Elvis Presley, called the “King of Rock and Roll.” Among his 131 singles and 18 #1 hits was Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel, judged to be the most popular juke box record of all time.

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He would be 90. Wow. I remember when he died at only 42 years old. Makes me feel old...

It's funny - I too remember when he died, and where we were and what we were doing when the news came over the radio. I was never a fan, but I'd been collecting and studying long enough to respect the impact he had on the industry. It was a mild shock to learn that The King was no more.

George P.

I read that Ed Sullivan refused to show Elvis from the waist down because it was too suggestive,just from the waist up.edisonplayer.

I fondly remember being a young, 12 year old girl in 1957, dancing to his rock hits. My mother thought i had gone crazy.