Elvis by Albert Goldman
Elvis by Albert Goldman is a book about the life andtimes of the king of rock and roll. It shows how a countryboy rose up and ruled the world of music, and also showedhis downfall. It starts by telling about Elvis' childhood, andmoving to his teenage years. Elvis was always awholesome country boy no matter if people considered himleud, or outrageous. In fact, Elvis was discovered when hemade a record for his mothers birthday, Elvis alwaysrespected his parents. Next it moves on to the first fewrecords that Elvis cut at Sun Records with his first producerSam Phillips. What made Elvis different from other singerswas that he was "a white boy who could sing like a nigger."as Sam Phillips described his style. It then moves on todetail his breakthrough year of 1956 in which he had suchhits as Heartbreak Hotel, and Hound Dog. 1956 was theyear that Elvis took America by storm, and earned him thetitle "The King of Rock and Roll". After that, it states thehardships that Elvis faced over the next few years in themilitary. These few years were not very
Elvis was always addicted todrugs, but it was after his break up with Priscilla that ledhim on a downward spiral leading to his death. It tells about howElvis spoke out against drugs to kids, and even met withthen President Nixon about the drug problem in America. The funny thing is that Elvis was probably one of thebiggest junkies in the entertainment industry. It was very informative, andgave good insights into Elvis' personal life. After his less than stellar movie career Elviscame back to music with a blast the 68' Comeback Special. In my opinion this book is just great. The aspect ofthis book which I loved the most though, is the honesty. Don't getme wrong, the author takes nothing away from Elvis thesinger, he was, and still is one of the greatest entertainers ofour day, but Elvis the person was a totally different person. One more thing I like is the honesty of Elvis's drugaddiction. Afterthe 68' Comeback Special Elvis moved on to verysuccessful shows at Las Vegas. As for the authors point of view, I think AlbertGoldman was very very honest in this book. This is the main reason Elvis was soon veryheavily addicted to drugs. This is one of the manystrange aspects of Elvis' personal life in his later years.
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