HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELVIS...WASHINGTON POST OBITUARY 1977 - Naughty ...

His parents bought him his first guitar at age 11, and he remained close to them even after acquiring a rebellious image -- his feelings for his ****, who died at age 46 of a heart attack were known to be especially strong. .... "It was a staggering moment," writes Greil Marcus in his book "Mystery Train." "In the months preceding, Elvis had begun to turn away from the seamless boredom of the movies and the hackneyed music of the soundtrack albums, staking out a style on ...