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Photos: Remembering Elvis Presley

  • The Associated Press
  • Jan 7, 2021
  • Jan 7, 2021 Updated Aug 16, 2024
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Jan. 8, 2021 would be Elvis Presley's 86th birthday. Here's a look back at his life in photos.

1956: LIBERACE, GEORGE LIBERACE, ELVIS

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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1956: ELVIS PRESLEY STEVE ALLEN COCA

Singer Elvis Presley is shown performing on the television program "The Steve Allen Show" at the Hudson Theatre in New York in July 1956. At center is Steve Allen, and to his right is Imogene Coca. (AP Photo)

AP
1956: Elvis Presley Fans

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)

John Lindsay
1956: Presley

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)

GENE HERRICK
1956: LIBERACE AND ELVIS PRESLEY

Piano virtuoso Liberace is shown playing the guitar with Elvis Presley at the piano in November 1956 at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)

AP
1957: Elvis Fans

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)

Bill Ingraham
1957: Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley, right, poses with actress Venetia Stevenson in Memphis, Aug. 9, 1957. (AP Photo)

Anonymous
1957: Elvis Presley Memorabilia

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/Fred J. Griffith)

FRED J. GRIFFITH
1957: Presley

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)

AP
1957: Presley Currier Brockway

Singer Elvis Presley (right) meets polio victims Beth Currier, left, and Elaine Brockway in an unspecified location in California, May, 17,1957. Beth, 14, now confined to a wheelchair, presents Presley with a scrapbook, made mostly using her mouth. Elaine, 18, is paralyzed from the neck down. (AP Photo)

AP
1957: Presley Lang

Elvis Presley poses with co-star Barbara Lang in Los Angeles, Ca., in April 1957. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1957: PRESLEY NEW HOUSE

Elvis Presley, the teenager's rock and roll idol, shows his new $100,000 home to Hollywood starlet Yvonne Lime, who flew in to spend Easter weekend with Presley and his parents, in Memphis, Tenn., April 19, 1957. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Presley

Elvis Presley is shown performing in this undated photo at an unknown location. (AP Photo)

AP
1957: Presley Neyland

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)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1958: Elvis Presley

Pfc. Elvis Presley shown with Ursula Siebert in front of German sports car at Frankfurt, West Germany, auto agency on Dec. 20, 1958. Curious youngsters crowd railing at left for a look at Elvis who is stationed on base at nearby Friedberg. The car, a BMW 507, made by the Bavarian Motor Co., is a sleek two-seater, painted white on the outside and upholstered with white and black leather inside. Dealer said he had sold the car, a used demonstration model, to Elvis for $3,750. When new, it could cost about $7,500. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf)

Kurt Strumpf
1958: GERMANY PVT. PRESLEY

Seventeen year old Margit Burgin of Frankfurt is kissed by Pvt. Elvis Presley at the request of photographers in Bad Homburg, West Germany October 8, 1958. Presley, assigned to the Third Armored Division at Friedberg, was at liberty on a weekend pass and spent most of the time with his father and grandmother in Bad Homburg. (AP Photo)

FKT
1958: Presley

Pvt. Elvis Presley, assigned to the U.S. Army's 3rd Armored Division, poses in the driver's seat of an army tank at Friedberg, West Germany, Oct. 3, 1958. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1958: Presley

U.S. Army G.I. Elvis Presley carries his duffel bag during service in the army in 1958 at an unknown location. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1958: Presley Kosloski

Singer Elvis Presley gets a kiss from eight-year-old Mary Kosloski at his home in Memphis, Tenn., on his 23rd birthday, Jan. 8, 1958. Kosloski, the 1955 March of Dimes poster child, expresses her appreciation for the toy teddy bears Presley sent to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to be auctioned off to raise money for the March of Dimes. (AP Photo)

AP
1959: ELVIS IN THE ARMY

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)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRESLEY, ARMY

ELVIS PRESLEY: ... the "Pelvis", in Army uniform at Company "D" 1st Battalion 32nd Armor, barracks area, Friedberg, West Germany. Undated picture. (AP-Photo)

AP
1960: ELVIS JAHRESTAG

The file photo from January 21, 1960 shows Elvis Presley in a US Army uniform during his military service in Bad Nauheim, Germany. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1960: ELVIS NANCY SINATRA

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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1960: Germany Grafenwoehr Thomas S. Jones and Elvis Presley

Orders for his promotion to sergeant brought on a handshake for US Rock’n’Roll singer Elvis Presley, right, from Lt. Col. Thomas S. Jones (of Albany, N.Y.) commander of the U.S. 3D armored division’s 32D armor on Feb. 11, 1960 in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Presley’s boost to NCO status came as he maneuvered with the Tank Battalion at a field training area. He is a recon scout leader in the U.S. 3D armored division’s 32D armor. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1960: Presley

American rock and roll legend Elvis Presley smiles after he is promoted to army sergeant at the U.S. Army Unit's maneuver headquarters in Grafenwoehr, Germany in this Feb. 11, 1960 file photo. (AP Photo/File)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1960: Presley

Elvis Presley poses by a Christmas tree at his home in Memphis, Tenn., in 1960. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1960: Presley Prowse

Singer-actor Elvis Presley is shown with six babies who appear in the movie "G.I. Blues" and co-star Juliet Prowse, left, on a set in Hollywood, Ca., on June 27, 1960. The babies are three sets of twins who double for one another in the movie. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1967: Presley

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)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1968: ELVIS PRESLEY FAMILY

Lisa Marie Presley poses for her first picture, safe in the lap of her mother, Priscilla, on February 5, 1968, while proud father, Elvis Presley, beams his approval. The baby is the first child for Elvis and his wife, the former Priscilla Beaulieu. (AP Photo/Perry Aycock)

PERRY AYCOCK
1968: ELVIS, PRISCILLA, LISA MARIE

Elvis Presley poses with wife Priscilla and daughter Lisa Marie, in a room at Baptist hospital in Memphis, Tenn., February 05, 1968. (AP Photo)

AP
1969: Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley is shown at the International Hotel where he made his first public stage appearance in 9 years in Las Vegas, Nev., in this August 1969, file photo. (AP Photo/file)

Anonymous
Elvis

In this undated file photo singer and actor Elvis Presley is shown. (AP Photo, file)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1972: Elvis-Beverly Hills Estate

This 1972 file photo shows Elvis Presley, the King of Rock "n" Roll, during a performance. The former Beverly Hills home of the late Elvis Presley and his wife Priscilla is up for sale for a cool $12.9 million. Real estate website operator Trulia says the home hit the market Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (AP Photo, file)

Uncredited
1973: Elvis Presley

In a file photo Elvis Presley sings during a 1973 concert. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1977: ELVIS PRESLEY

Elvis Presley is shown performing in Providence, R.I. on May 23, 1977. He died Aug. 16, 1977.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1977: FUNERAL PROCESSION PRESLEY

A string of white vehicles follow the hearse carrying the body of rock and roll musician Elvis Presley along Elvis Presley Boulevard on the way to Forest Hills Cemetery in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 19, 1977. Thousands of people line the route for the city's final tribute to Elvis. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1977: GRACELAND PRESLEY FANS VIGIL

Hundreds of people wait outside the late Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion before the gates are opened for the public to view the body of the rock and roll singer in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1977. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
1977: PRESLEY MAUSOLEUM

Flower arrangements cover the area in front of the mausoleum containing the body of Elvis Presley after services Thursday afternoon, August 18, 1977, at Forest Hills Cemetary in Memphis. (AP Photo)

ASSOCIATED PRESS
2010: Elvis At 75

The grave of Elvis Presley at Graceland, Presley's home in Memphis, Tenn., is seen on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010, Presley's 75th birthday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Mark Humphrey
2010: Elvis in Play

In this Aug. 10, 2010 photo, tourists view Elvis Presley's grave in Meditation Garden at Graceland, Presley's home in Memphis, Tenn. CKx Inc., owner of the "American Idol" television program and 85 percent of Elvis Presley Enterprises, is mulling at least two offers to buy the company. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Mark Humphrey
2010: Elvis Vigil

Flowers and tributes left by fans decorate Elvis Presley's grave at Graceland, his Memphis, Tenn. home, on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Elvis Presley fans from around the world have come to Graceland for the annual remembrance of his death. Presley died at his Graceland mansion Aug. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Mark Humphrey
2012: Elvis Candlelight Vigil

Candles are reflected in a photo of Elvis Presley at a memorial set up by a fan at a candlelight vigil at Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn. home, on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012. Fans from around the world are at Graceland to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Presley's death. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Mark Humphrey
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