Listen! Friday's playlist celebrates The King

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 09 Januari 2015 | 23.37

This week's Friday playlist is in honour of The King - he would have turned 80 this week!

Elvis Presley would've turned 80 earlier this week had he not passed away on August 16, 1977. In honour of The King we've put together a playlist of some of his biggest hits, a great way to get your weekend started!

Here's TEN facts you may not have known about The King

1.    On January 8, 1935, Elvis Aron Presley was born at his parents' two-room house in East Tupelo, Mississippi, about 35 minutes after his identical twin brother, Jesse Garon, who was stillborn. 

2.    Although Elvis's middle name on his birth certificate was 'Aron', his grave has it as 'Aaron', which was his own preferred spelling.

3.    Elvis had a pet chimp called Scatter, which developed a taste for Scotch and bourbon.

4.    The minor planet 17059 Elvis was discovered by Australian astronomer John Broughton in 1999 and named after Elvis Presley.

5.    At the age of 36, Elvis Presley became the youngest recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

6.    Elvis kept a grocery list of items that were to be stocked at Graceland at all times. It included cigarettes, cigars, pickles, one case of Pepsi, banana pudding, Dristan, lean bacon, shredded coconut, six cans of biscuits, sauerkraut, and a gum called Feen-a-Mint.

7.    Elvis' biggest grossing hit single was Heartbreak Hotel which was actually a blues ballad not a rock 'n' roll number.

8.    Elvis shoe size was an American 11 ½  and he Elvis wore lifts in his shoes to make him look taller than his 5' 11"

9.    Approximately 600,000 people visit Elvis's home, Graceland, each year. 

10.    Elvis had one daughter named Lisa Marie Presley. If she been a boy - he would been named John Baron Presley.


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