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埃尔维斯·普雷斯利 The King of Rock and Roll -----Elvis Aaron Presley Background information Birth name: Elvis Aaron Presley Birthday : January 8, 1935 Birthplace: Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S Date of death: August 16, 1977 Place of death: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S Genres: Rock and roll, pop, rockabilly, country, blues, gospel, RB Occupations: Musician,actor Instruments Vocals: guitar, piano Why do they call him The Hillbilly Cat? The hillbilly cat(猫王) is the nickname named by the southern fans of Elvis Aaron Presley. It means the catty from the south. In the early days in the south of USA, they got the name after Elvis’s performance . when every time Elvis shaking hip violently, they thought his actions just looked like a male cat in their county. In addition because he also is considered as the king of rock. So they called him “The Hillbilly cat”. Presley’s family often attended an Assembly of God church where he found his initial musical inspiration. In September 1941, Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where his instructors regarded him as average. He was encouraged to enter a singing contest after impressing his schoolteacher with a rendition of Red Foleys country song Old Shep during morning prayers. The contest, held at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1945, saw his first public performance: dressed as a cowboy, the ten-year-old Presley stood on a chair to reach the microphone and sang Old Shep. He recalled placing fifth.A few months later, Presley received for his birthday his first guitar. He had hoped for something else—by different accounts, either a bicycle or a rifle. Over the following year, he received basic guitar lessons from two of his uncles and the new pastor at the familys church. Presley recalled, I took the guitar, and I watched people, and I learned to play a little bit. But I would never sing in public. I was very shy about it. Entering a new school, Milam, for sixth grade in September 1946, Presley w