Remembering Elvis 75 years later

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Remembering Elvis 75 years later

In this Sept. 9, 1956 file photo originally released by the Museum of Television & Radio, Elvis Presley performs on the "Ed Sullivan Show," in New York. (AP Photo/Museum of Television & Radio, file)

American rock n' roll singer Elvis Presley plays a ukelele, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and lei, in a still from the film 'Blue Hawaii,' directed by Norman Taurog, 1961. (Photo by Paramount Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Elvis Presley poses in this handout 1957 file photo provided by MGM. The folks who keep the world supplied with Elvis T-shirts and coffee mugs have a new project in the works _ an Elvis Presley license plate. Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. can move ahead with its plan when 1,000 orders for the plates are assured. The state requires that minimum number of sales to approve a so-called specialty license plate, which costs $35 more than a regular tag. If approved, the Elvis license plates would be available only for cars registered in the state of Tennessee. Proceeds would go to the Regional Medical Center, the Memphis region's main publicly supported hospital and home of the Elvis Presley Memorial Trauma Center. (AP Photo/MGM, FILE)

Elvis Presley and Col. Tom Parker, left, step off the train in Memphis, Tenn. in 1960 following Presley's discharge from the Army. The photograph is contained in the new book, "Twenty-Three Years of Photos, Vol. II, Fond Memories of Elvis," by James Reid. (AP Photo/James Reid, The Commercial Appeal)

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Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock, 1957, MGM.

Elvis Presley in Speedway, with Bill Bixby (center in suit) and Nancy Sinatra (right), MGM, 1968.

Elvis Presley in "Kid Galahad"

Elvis Presley is Johnny, a singer on a Mississippi gambling showboat, who gambles away his salary in "Frankie and Johnny"

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Elvis Presley examines Lorena Kirk, an emotionally disturbed child whose family thinks she is deaf, in a scene from Universal's "Change of Habit" Also starring Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair and Jane Elliot.

Elvis Presley, 1957, 22 years old. publicity photo taken year he bought & moved into graceland . Elvis Presley netted $37 million in the past year.

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Elvis Presley in Atlanta in 1976. Photo credit: Joe McTyre.

Elvis Presley plays a hot-rod chamion who meets swimming instructor Ann-Margret in Nevada in 'Viva Las Vegas,' 1964 movie.

Elvis Presley and his new bride Priscilla cut the cake at their wedding reception in Las Vegas in May 1967.

Elvis Presley. (Photo courtesy of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. Graceland)

One time actress Chris Noel spent many years entertaining troops in Vietnam during her acting career. Afterward she spent a lot of time and effort to look after the veterans in several homes she set up in the area. She's down to just one, Vetsville Cease Fire House, in Boynton Beach. Here she poses, left, with her co-stars from "Girl Happy," Shelley Fabares, Elvis Presley and Mary Ann Mobley.

One time actress Chris Noel spent many years entertaining troops in Vietnam during her acting career. Afterward she spent a lot of time and effort to look after the veterans in several homes she set up in the area. She's down to just one, Vetsville Cease Fire House, in Boynton Beach. Here she is with her co-star from "Girl Happy" Elvis Presley.

Lou Sikes looks adoringly at Elvis Presley, 1961. Photo by Sparky Schumacher

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In this Sept. 9, 1956 file photo originally released by the Museum of Television & Radio, Elvis Presley performs on the "Ed Sullivan Show," in New York. (AP Photo/Museum of Television & Radio, file)

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