Books like This Is Elvis by Elvis Presley

A comprehensive biography of Elvis Presley, detailing his life and career as a rock musician.

A comprehensive biography by Joel Williamson that examines Elvis Presley's life against the backdrop of Southern and American society in the late twentieth century.

This work surveys the origins of rock 'n' roll from the minstrel era to the emergence of Bill Haley and Elvis Presley. Unlike other histories of rock, it offers a far broader and deeper analysis of the influences on rock music. Dispelling common misconceptions, it examines rock's origins in hokum songs and big-band boogies as well as Delta blues, detailing the embrace by white artists of African-American styles long before rock 'n' roll appeared. This study ranges far and wide, highlighting not only the contributions of obscure but key precursors like Hardrock Gunter and Sam Theard but also the influence of celebrity performers like Gene Autry and Ella Fitzgerald. Too often, rock historians treat the genesis of rock 'n' roll as a bolt from the blue, an overnight revolution provoked by the bland pop music that immediately preceded it and created through the white appropriation of music till then played only by and for black audiences. Here the author argues a more complicated history and rock's evolution from a heady mix of ragtime, boogie-woogie, swing, country music, mainstream pop, and rhythm-and-blues, a melange that influenced one another along the way, from the absorption of blues and boogies into jazz and pop to the integration of country and Caribbean music into rhythm-and-blues. This work presents a bold argument about rock's origins.

This is a illustrated biography of Elvis Presley, with fast facts, and photographs.

An account of the life of Elvis Presley and his contribution to popular music.

Ernst Jorgensen’s ‘Elvis Presley: A Life in Music’ offers an exclusive, data‑rich chronicle of every studio session, backed by complete musician rosters, master‑take information, and firsthand studio anecdotes from 1953 to 1977.