Did you know Elvis had a monkey named Scatter? Or that he had the black belt in karate? With these facts about the “King of Rock’n’Roll” you are welcome at every Elvis themed party.
Elvis sold almost a billion records – a record!
He made 69 albums.
Elvis private jet was a converted Boeing 707 (above), including a bar and conference room.
In his living room the King had three televisions with which he preferred to watch three programs at the same time.
He had only one number one hit in the German charts: In the Ghetto.
Elvis was actually blonde, he always dyed his hair dark.
He bought his first guitar in 1948, it cost seven dollars.
Elvis had a twin brother who died in childbirth.
As a baby, Presley survived a tornado that killed over 200 people.
He had the black belt in karate.
Elvis owned a monkey named Scatter.
He had his horse Rising Sun buried on his property.
He was born in Tupelo, at 13 he moved to Memphis.
Elvis starred in 31 films.
The FBI collected 600 files on Elvis.
A conspiracy theory: his death was staged and he became an FBI spy.
He is the distant cousin of US President Jimmy Carter.
He made $ 4.5 billion by the time he died.
In Bad Nauheim you can stay at the Hotel Villa Grunewald in the room where Elvis once lived for weeks.
He brought 40 songs into the top ten.
He made his first appearance when he was five years old.
After leaving school, Elvis was a truck driver.
He is the only one represented in four Hall of Fames.
In 1957 he bought Graceland.
700,000 tourists come to this pilgrimage site every year.
30 million are earned annually with souvenirs.
Only the White House has more visitors than Graceland.
He was nominated 14 times for a Grammy, won three times.
After Elvis’ death, 91 more albums were released.
The first three records were number one albums.
He comes from a winemaker from the Palatinate, Valentin Pressler.
His live concert Aloha from Hawaii saw more people than the moon landing.
There are no more fan clubs for anyone in the world.
He met his wife Priscilla in Germany.
In 1967 they were married in Las Vegas.
Favorite food: white bread with bananas and peanut butter.