When elvis Presley died on 16th August , 1977. Radio and television programmes all over the world were interrupted to Carter was asked to declare a day of national mourning. Carter said: elvis Presley changed the face of American popular culture... he was unique and irreplaceable. Eighty thousand people attended his funeral. The streets were jammed with cars, and elvis Presley films were played on the radio all day. In the year after his death , 100 million Presley LPs were sold.Elvis Presley was born on January 8th 1935 in tupelo Mississippi.His twin brother, Jesse garon, died at birth. His parents were very poor and elvis never had music lessons, but he was surrounded by music from an early age. His parents were very religious , and elvis regularly sang at church services. In 1948 ,when he was thirteen,his family moved to Memphis , Tennessee. He left school in 1953 and got a Job as a truck driver.
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