Just less than a month before Elvis passed away he wrote a letter to an Elvis Impersonator named David. Elvis congratulated him on his performance and said that mimicry was the ultimate compliment to him, and an indication of being a real fan.

Elvis also encouraged him to “. . . never neglect his own special abilities to be himself also”.

You can view the actual letter here: http://www.elvis.com/images/enews/eta_letter.pdf

Elvis Presley Movies

Elvis Presley made 31 films as an actor. To view full details on each of Elvis' movies click the links below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Elvis_Presley_films

Elvis Presley’s middle name - Is it Aron or Aaron?

Well actually both and neither!

Elvis' middle name was to honour his father's friend, Aaron Kennedy. But the Presley’s (Vernon and Gladys) chose the spelling Aron. His stillborn twin brother Jesse was named to honour Vernon's father, Jessie Presley, but again with a slightly different spelling.

In his later years, Elvis wanted to change the spelling of his middle name to the more biblical Aaron. He was surprised to find that unlike his birth records, the official state records already had it as Aaron.

Knowing Elvis' preference for Aaron that is the name his father ordered to be placed on Elvis' tombstone. And it is the officially recognized spelling by the Presley estate today.

It is unclear why the marker at Graceland for Elvis' brother is spelled Jessie. The baby was buried in an unmarked grave in Tupelo because the family was poor. Today the Presley estate uses Jessie as the official spelling.

The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body was moving. It's a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said 'What'd I do? What'd I do?' And he said 'Whatever it is, go back and do it again.'

Elvis Presley