Elvis Presley Through the Years

Elvis Presley performs with Scotty Moore and Bill Black on the weekly broadcast of Louisiana Hayride at the Shreveport Auditorium, only three months after leaving home for the first time in October 1954.

Elvis Presley wears his high school ROTC uniform in Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1955.

Elvis Presley and Bill Haley pose at the Brooklyn High School Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio on October 20th, 1955.

Elvis Presley poses in a car, circa 1956.

Elvis Presley poses with his parents, Vernon and Gladys, circa 1956.

Elvis Presley at a filming for the Milton Berle Show in Burbank, California on June 4th, 1956.

Elvis Presley on the set of Love Me Tender at the 20th Century Fox Ranch in Malibu Creek State Park, California during August, 1956.

Elvis Presley signs autographs in Los Angeles on August 16th, 1956.

Elvis appears on The Ed Sullivan Show filmed in Los Angeles and broadcast on September 9th, 1956.

Elvis Presley poses for a portrait, circa 1956.

Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash participate in a jam session at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee on December 4th, 1956.

Elvis Presley poses with a kangaroo in Los Angeles, circa 1957.

Elvis Presley performs on a small outdoor stage, circa 1957.

Elvis Presley strolls the grounds of his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1957.

Elvis Presley poses with a double-neck Gibson guitar in the Fifties.

Elvis Presley performs with Mike Stoller, Scotty Moore, Judy Tyler, Bill Black and D.J. Fontana on the set of Jailhouse Rock in Hollywood in 1957.

Elvis Presley takes a rest on his cot during his time in the U.S. Army, circa 1958.

Elvis Presley holds a press conference in Honolulu, Hawaii in March 1961.

Elvis Presley poses for a publicity still to promote Blue Hawaii in Los Angeles, circa 1961.

Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu Presley celebrate on their wedding day in Las Vegas on May 1st, 1967.

Elvis and Priscilla Presley play with their daughter, Lisa Marie, at home.

Elvis Presley performs during his Elvis special, known as the "'68 Comeback," at NBC Studios in Burbank, California.

Elvis Presley during a press conference after his first performance at the International Hotel in Las Vegas on August 1st, 1969.

Elvis Presley feeds a pair of whales during a visit to Marineland of the Pacific at Longs Point, California in December 1969.

Elvis Presley hangs out with Sammy Davis Jr. in his dressing room during opening night at the Showroom International Hotel in Las Vegas on August 10th, 1970.

Elvis Presley performs in a jumpsuit and cape, circa 1972.

Elvis Presley visits President Richard Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. on December 21st, 1970.

Elvis Presley is interviewed in September 1972 during pre-promotion for his televised concert Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii.

Elvis Presley performs at the Nassau Coliseum in New York in July 1975.