Graceland was once part of a 500-acre farm that in the spring of 1957, when Elvis Presley was 22, purchased the home and grounds for just over $100,000. Graceland will take you from Elvis beginnings through his rise to superstar. Home owned by Elvis former wife Priscilla Presley and their daughter Lisa Marie Presley , is the second most visited private home in the United States, after the White House,with more than 600,000 visitors a years

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Elvis Aaron Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. He and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1948, and Elvis graduated from Humes High School there in 1953. Elvis began his singing career in 1954, in Memphis. He was an international sensation. Elvis Presley is the best selling solo artist In U.S. History. He also starred in 33 successful films. When Elvis Presley died on 16th August 1977, radio and television programmes all over the world were interrupted to give the news of his death. In the year after his death, 100 million Presley LPs were sold.

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