Who Was Elvis Presley?

Put on your blue suede shoes and get ready for another addition to the Who Was…? series! The King could not have come from humbler origins: Born in Tupelo,Mississippiduring the Depressionhe grew up with the blues music of the rural Souththe gospel music of local churchesand the country-western classics. But he forged a sound all his own—and a look that was all his owntoo. With curled lipswiveling hipsand greased pompadourElvis changed popular music foreverushering in the age of rock and roll. Geoff Edgers’s fascinating biography of this icon of American pop culture includes black and- white illustrations on nearly every spread.