Elvis Presleys Home Town Paper reports HIs Passing - Actual Paper Aug 17, 1977

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Elvis
Elvis Aaron Presley
(January 8, 1935 ? August 16, 1977), also known simply as
Elvis
, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is regarded as
one of the most significant cultural icons
of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "
King of Rock and Roll
". His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a
transformative era in race relations
, led him to both great success and
initial controversy
.
Presley was born in
Tupelo, Mississippi
, and relocated to
Memphis, Tennessee
with his family when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, recording at
Sun Records
with producer
Sam Phillips
, who wanted to bring the sound of
African-American music
to a wider audience. Presley, on rhythm acoustic guitar, and accompanied by lead guitarist
Scotty Moore
and bassist
Bill Black
, was a pioneer of
rockabilly
, an uptempo,
backbeat
-driven fusion of
country music
and
rhythm and blues
The
Memphis Press-Scimitar
was an afternoon newspaper based in
Memphis, Tennessee
, United States, and owned by the
E. W. Scripps Company
.
Created from a merger in 1926 between the
Memphis Press
and the
Memphis News-Scimitar
, the newspaper ceased publication in 1983. It was the main rival to
The Commercial Appeal
, also based in Memphis and owned by Scripps. At the time of its closure, the
Press-Scimitar
had lost a third of its circulation in 10 years and was down to daily sales of 80,000 copies