"Jobs before Singing"

~ A Young Elvis Presley ~

Elvis first earned about $8.00 a week

mowing lawns. Then while in high

school he made $14.00 a week as a

movie house usher…also worked in a

furniture factory. After high school

he drove an electrical supply truck

for $40.00 a week. Later Elvis

worked a full eight-hour shift at a

tool company making artillery shells.

At the age of 19 years old

Elvis signed a recording contract

with Sun Record Company of

Memphis, Tennessee in 1954.

In 1955 he started recording

exclusively for RCA-Victor

under the negotiations of

Col. Tom Parker, better

known as the "Colonel"...

In 1956 Colonel Parker

became the manager of

Elvis…and the rest is history!

Elvis made his first movie

"Love Me Tender"

that same year.

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