Essential, The - Elvis Presley > Reviews > WILL YOU BE MY TEDDY BEAR

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	Flawless
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Outstanding
Value for Money

Advantages:	The King, Fantastic career, and Many hits
Disadvantages:	None

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Elvis Presley was born in 1935 in Memphis, he was known as "The King", and he was and still is one of the biggest stars of the twentieth century.

"Heartbreak Hotel", was his first number one single, followed by three more number ones, before he made his first film "Love Me Tender" from which the title song of the same name gave him his fifth number one.

He had a hit with "Teddy Bear" from his second film "Loving You", followed by "Jailhouse Rock", which was taken from his third and best ever movie "Jailhouse Rock"

I have seen all of Elvis's movies, but I recken that Jailhouse Rock was the best one. In early 1958 he got draughted inot the army, where he spent two years driving trucks in Germany, also in the same year he joined the army, his mother died, to whom he was very close, Elvis described her death as the worst tradedy of his life.

After finishing in the army he had a lot more hit singles including "Are You Lonesome Tonight", "It's Now Or Never" and "Return To Sender".

However, Elvis always wanted to be a film star and he spend most of the sixties making movies, some were great whilst others were rather dull and boring. However, due to his enormous fan base, all the movies and soundtracks made money, and all the somgs were hits.

Although Elvis worked hard and had a gruelling schedule, he started to become overweight and often collapsed on stage.

He married "Prescilla Beaulieu" in 1967 and had a daughter Lisa Marie a year later, but by 1973 they were divorced. By now Elvis was becoming reclusive and he began over eating, and taking various pills.

By 1977 he was dead, but his memory still lives on, in my heart and many other, Elvis will always be remembered as "The King".