ELVIS PRESLEY

1955

• - Elvis signs a management contract with Hank Snow Attractions

1956

• Elvis' first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel," is released,
• becoming the first Elvis single to sell over 1 million copies

MARCH 1957

• Elvis buys Graceland Mansion

MARCH 1958

• Elvis is drafted by US army, sent to germany

MARCH 1960

• Elvis is discharged from army
• Begins filming first post war movie

MAY 1967

• Elvis marries Priscilla Beaulieu in a private ceremony in Las Vegas.

FEBRUARY 1968

• Their daughter, Lisa Marie, is born on February 1, 1968.

1973

• Elvis makes television and entertainment history
• with his "Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii - Via Satellite
• It is seen in about 40 countries by 1 billion to 1.5 billion people
• album hits No. 1 on the Billboard pop album chart
• his last No. 1 album on that chart.

1973-1975

• Elvis is hospitalized in Memphis, battling health problems,
• including an increasing dependency upon prescription drugs
• He is back in the hospital in early 1975 and April 1977.

AUGUST 16,1977

• Elvis Presley dies at Graceland, found on the floor of his bathroom by fiancee Ginger Alden.