Photos: Elvis Presley
Happy 79th birthday to "The King" of rock 'n' roll. Take a look at a photo of Elvis' only Tucson performance in 1956 along with other historical photos of his career.
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Singer Elvis Presley, 21, takes his pre-induction written examination as he is processed for the U.S. Army in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 4, 1957. (AP Photo)
June 10, 1956: Elvis Presley performs at the rodeo grounds
Pima County Sheriff's deputies escort Elvis Presley to his car after a press conference at the Tucson Rodeo Grounds in June 1956.
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This is a 1956 photo of Elvis Presley performing. This photo was used for his first RCA Victor album cover. (AP Photo)
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"Elvis on the Southern Railroad between Chattanooga and Memphis, Tennessee, is featured in "Elvis at 21: Photographs by Arthur Wertheimer" at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. (National Portrait Gallery/MCT)
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In "The Kiss," photographer Alfred Wertheimer captured Elvis Presley kissing a young woman in a hallway at the Mosque Theater in Richmond, Virginia, on June 30, 1956. (National Portrait Gallery/MCT)
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"The Buddha" show Elvis Presley in deep concentration, sitting on the floor of the recording studio and listening to a playback of his latest take of "Don't Be Cruel." (National Portrait Gallery/MCT)
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"Elvis and Barbara Hearn" shows Elvis Presley seated with his high school sweetheart, Barbara Hearn, at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 4, 1956. (National Portrait Gallery/MCT)
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"Starburst" captures Elvis Presley from behind during a performance in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 4, 1956. (National Portrait Gallery/MCT)
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Elvis Presley, left, appears in a scene from the movie, "Kid Galahad." August 16 marks the 20th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo/file)
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Elvis Presley with his girlfriend Yvonne Lime at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee around 1957. (AP Photo)
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This is a publicity photo from the 1960 film "G.I. Blues", starring Elvis Presley as a guitar playing tank gunner with the American Army in West Germany. (AP Photo)
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Elvis Presley is shown in this 1970 photo, dateline unknown. (AP Photo/Permission by Elvis Presley Enterprises)
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"Elvis Reading Fan Mail" inside the Warrick Hotel in New York City on March 17, 1956. (National Portrait Gallery/MCT)
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"The Noisy Green Room" shows Elvis Presley backstage at the Mosque Theater in Richmond, Virginia, on June 30, 1956. (National Portrait Gallery/MCT)
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Elvis Presley performs on the "Ed Sullivan Show" Sept. 9, 1956, in this file photo, his first of several appearances on the CBS show. (AP Photo/Museum of Television & Radio)
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Copy shot of the photo "Elvis Presley Goes to Germany" by Dauman, part of the "Kissing" photography exhibit at the Etherton Gallery on S. 6th Ave..
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In this photo released by Sun Records, Elvis Presley, left, with, from second from left, bass player Bill Black, guitarist Scotty Moore and Sun Records and Memphis Recording studio head Sam Phillips, are shown during a break from a recording session in Memphis in 1954. Presley cut his first records in the studio owned by Florence, Ala., native Phillips. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, File)
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Elvis Presley and Col. Tom Parker, left, step off the train in Memphis, Tenn., in 1960, following Presley's discharge from the Army. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, James Reid)
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Liberace, left, is shown with his brother George Liberace, center, and Elvis Presley, at the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas on April 30, 1956. (AP Photo)
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Private Elvis Presley is shown at the piano in the rec hall, Headquarters Company, Third Armored Division, in Friedberg, Hesse, West Germany in the Spring of 1959. (AP Photo)
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Elvis Presley is shown in uniform at company D 1st Battalion 32nd U.S. Army Armour at the barracks area in Friedberg, Germany, 1958. (AP Photo)
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This unidentified teenager found Elvis Presley "too much" when he appeared at the Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia, Pa., on April 6, 1957. (AP Photo/Bill Ingraham)
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Some 1,000 teenagers, carrying placards, attend the unveiling of a 40-foot cardboard likeness of Elvis Presley on a marquee outside Paramount Theater, New York, on Oct. 28,1956. Failure of Elvis Presley to appear is said to have made it easier for 15 policemen assigned to keep order among the mostly high school aged fans. (AP Photo/John Lindsay)
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Singer Elvis Presley and his bride, the former Priscilla Beaulieu, are shown at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., after their wedding on May 1, 1967. Presley, 32, and Beaulieu, 21, both from Memphis, Tenn., met while he was stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army. (AP Photo)
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Rock'n Roll star Elvis Presley is welcomed by Nancy Sinatra at the airport of Fort Dix, N.J. on March 3, 1960. The famous singer has returned to the USA after finishing his military service in Germany. (AP Photo)
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A U.S. military policeman escorts Priscilla Beaulieu, 16, after she broke through a barrier trying to bid her boyfriend Elvis Presley goodbye at Rhine-Main airbase in Frankfurt/Main, Germany on March 2, 1960. (AP Photo)
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Elvis Presley, 23, home on furlough after 8 weeks basic training, with a couple of the fans who besieged the gate to his $100,000 mansion in Memphis, Tennessee on June 2, 1958. He is holding Donna Harrison, 5, and Ronnie Brown, 2, both of Memphis. (AP Photo)
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Elvis Presley, 23-year-old rock and roll singer and movie actor, comforts his mother Gladys as his father, Vernon E., looks on. The scene took place last night when photographers were admitted to the Presleys' Memphis home on the eve of Elvis' induction into the army. (AP-Photo/fg/stf/fg) 23.03.1958
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Singer-actor Elvis Presley, right, and co-star and companion Anne Neyland of Texas read over the script of the musical movie "Jailhouse Rock" at MGM studios in Hollywood, Ca., June 6, 1957. (AP Photo)
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Surrounded by pictures of Elvis Presley, Oralee Davolt, 15, left, and her sister Sharyn, 14, primp at the mirror in their bedroom in Memphis, Tenn., on April 15, 1957. The girls have collected 1,087 pictures of Elvis, as well as Elvis neckties, hats, bracelets, handkerchiefs, scarfs, and records. (AP Photo)
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Elvis Presley poses with co-star Barbara Lang in Los Angeles, Ca., in April 1957. (AP Photo)
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A shot in the arm - Elvis Presley receives a salk polio vaccine shot in New York City on Oct. 28. Giving the shot is Dr. Harold Fuerst of New York. Holding Presleys arm is Dr. Leona Baumgartner, commissioner of the New York City health department. Presley is known for his gyrations while presenting a song. (10/28/1956)(AP Photo)
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Rock and roll star Elvis Presley plays with his puppy Sweet Pea after a brief fistfight the evening of Oct. 18, 1956 with two filling station attendants, one of whom received a black eye. Presley said one of the men slapped him as he was signing autographs. All were scheduled to appear in court the following day. (AP Photo/Gene Herrick)
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Elvis Presley shakes, rattles, and rolls as he performs at the Mississippi-Alabama State Fair, Tupelo, Mississippi, September 27, 1956. (AP Photo/RCA Victor)
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In this Dec. 1968 file photo from the Ullstein archive, Elvis Presley holds his semi-acoustic guitar during a concert. (AP Photo, file) ** NO
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Elvis Presley poses with wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie, in a room at Baptist hospital in Memphis, Tenn., February 05, 1968. August 16, 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo)
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Elvis Presley is shown at the International Hotel where he made his first public stage appearance in 9 years in Las Vegas, Nev., in Aug. 1969. (AP Photo)
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Elvis on stage 1973. (AP-Photo)
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Elvis Presley performs in 1973. (AP Photo/file)
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Elvis Presley in performance, 1972. (AP Photo)
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Elvis Presley is shown performing in Providence, R.I. on May 23, 1977. (AP Photo)