Facts about Elvis Presley:

• Elvis was one of a set of twins, but his brother Jesse was stillborn; therefore Elvis grew up an only child.
• He nicknamed his penis "Little Elvis".
• Purchased his first guitar when he was 11 years old.
• Elvis was blond for most of his life - the black hair is dyed.
• Recorded 15 songs with the word "blue" in the title.
• He had a slight stutter.
• His national breakthrough was his 1956 release of the song "Heartbreak Hotel", which was inspired by a newspaper report of a suicide.
• Was forced to sing "Hound Dog" to a Basset Hound on the Steve Allen show. He was humiliated and shouted furiously about it backstage.
• Made several modifications to his house, including an indoor waterfall.
• While performing in Las Vegas in 1969, he did one of his occasional lyric changes. Instead of singing, "Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?" he sang, "Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair?" He then noticed a bald man in the audience and was reduced to hysterics.
• Met his wife, then 14 year old Priscilla Beaulieu, while on military service in Germany. They were married 8 years later. However, they divorced in 1972 with Priscilla getting custody of their daughter, Lisa Marie.
• Owned a pet chimpanzee named Scatter.
• Disliked his famous nickname, saying "Jesus Christ is the King. I'm just an entertainer."
• Elvis once partook in an Elvis impersonation contest and ended up coming in 3rd place.
• Was addicted to prescription medications.
• He collected statues of the Venus de Milo and Joan of Arc.
• The year before he died, Elvis was prescribed about 10,000 pills (amphetamines, barbiturates, narcotics, tranquilizers, sleeping pills, laxatives, and hormones).
• The last song he ever sang was Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, sitting at home on his piano the night he died.
• His last meal was 4 scoops of ice cream and 6 chocolate chip cookies.
• His last words (to his then girlfriend Ginger Aldean, who had cautioned him about falling asleep reading in the bathroom) were, "Okay, I won't."
• Died August 16, 1977 at the age of 42, after having a heart attack from prescription drug abuse. He died on the toilet.
• Estimated that he earned about $4.5 billion in his lifetime.
• Elvis trademarks: the famous left-sided grin, rotating his pelvis (earning him the nickname "Elvis the Pelvis"), white sequined jumpsuit with rhinestones, peanut butter and banana sandwiches (with bacon), southern accent, husky voice, and his trademark phrase: "Thank ya, thank ya very much!"
• Elvis Presley quotes:
  • "I don't know anything about music. In my line, you don't have to."
  • "Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away."
  • "It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can."
  • "I was training to be an electrician. I suppose I got wired the wrong way round somewhere along the line."
  • "I don't think I'm bad for people. If I did think I was bad for people, I would go back to driving a truck, and I really mean this."