Happy birthday Elvis

"The King of Rock and Roll" Elvis Presley, born in Tupelo Mississippi on January 8, 1935, would have turned 81 on January. 8, 2016. He died August 16, 1977 in Memphis.

Throughout his life and perhaps even more since his death, Elvis has influenced music and pop culture around the world.

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Elvis in concert in the 1950s by Marshutz Stanley.

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Elvis Presley performs on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on Sept. 9, 1956.

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Elvis signs autographs for fans. Experts say more than half of all celebrity autographs are fake, with Elvis Presley topping the list of the most-forged celebrity signatures.

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This undated image released by the Country Music Hall of Fame shows Elvis performing with the Jordanaires' Jordan Stoker, left, and Hoyt Hawkins.

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This 1956 photo shows singer Elvis Presley, left, being outfitted by clothier Bernard Lansky at Lansky's Men's Store in Memphis, Tenn.

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Elvis Presley greets fans at the gates of Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., in 1957.

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A still from a Super 8mm film of Elvis Presley performing in his one and only New York City concert in 1972.

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Historic Sun Studio where artists like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis recorded their first songs.

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Rock'n roll legend Elvis Presley is seen during a concert in a file picture taken in the 1950s.

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Elvis Presley, left, with bass player Bill Black, second left, guitarist Scotty Moore and Sun Records and Memphis Recording studio head Sam Phillips, right, are shown at an early recording session in Memphis in 1954.

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Elvis Presley's first album, "Elvis Presley" features a photo from July 1955 taken at a concert in Tampa, Fla.

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Elvis Presley in the 1960 Western "Flaming Star."

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Elvis Presley's first album, "Elvis Presley."

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A concert photo of Elvis from the 1950s.

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Elvis Presley and actress Ann-Margret in an MGM Studios-supplied publicity photo for the 1964 film, "Viva Las Vegas."

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President Richard Nixon meets rock idol Elvis Presley in the White House Oval Office, Dec. 21, 1970, as staff member Egil Krogh looks on.

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According to lore, Elvis Presley once flew more than 800 miles just to eat a sandwich. But not just any sandwich: The "Fool's Gold" was an entire loaf of bread hollowed out and stuffed with peanut butter, grape jelly, and a pound of bacon. Eating such fatty foods didn't do the King's waistline any favors, though drugs did him in before obesity had a chance to. He died in Memphis in 1977.

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Elvis Presley impersonator Jeff Stanulis, left, sings during the wedding ceremony for Anders Brusgard, center, and Ingela Bonstrom of Sweden at the Graceland Wedding Chapel July 7, 2007, in Las Vegas.

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In this Dec. 10, 2009 photograph, a statue of a 13-year-old Elvis Presley stands before the church he attended as a child in Tupelo, Miss. Presley's youth is alive and celebrated by virtue of the museum documenting his early years and the maintenance of his birthplace and home.

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Elvis Presley stamp, 1993

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Elvis Presley commemorative 29-cent U.S. postage stamp. This is the "old" Elvis design that lost in a popularity poll to the "young" Elvis design

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The Elvis exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. More than 40 new items from Graceland were added in 2013.

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The skydiving scene from "Honeymoon in Vegas" starring Nicolas Cage and The Flying Elvis.

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NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a newly decorated Elvis car. He and his grandmother, Martha Earnhardt, posed in front of the car at Graceland, Elvis' home in Memphis, Tenn., on Aug. 13, 2007.

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This Gibson J-200 guitar, shown March 16, 2006, was part of a new exhibits at Graceland called "Elvis 56" which opened at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn, in 2006. "Elvis '56," was a temporary exhibit that celebrates the release of his first No. 1 record in 1956.

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A television set, shot by Elvis Presley is shown in Memphis, Tenn., March 16, 2006. On top of the bullet-ridden TV sits a vintage fiber optic lamp with a built-in wheel that changes the lamp's colors.

The items were part of the "Elvis After Dark" exhibit at Graceland in 2006, which focuses on the nocturnal pastimes that drew the entertainer's attention.

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Cast members of Cirque du Soleil's "Viva ELVIS" show perform onstage during the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Las Vegas Hilton on June 19, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Cesar Castro of the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, holds a cut-out of Elvis Presley at the hole from where the U.S. military captured ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in Adwar, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 26, 2004.

Castro was the latest visitor to this muddy farming area that has become a tourist site of sorts since Saddam Hussein was pulled out of the underground bunker on Dec. 13

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A female Elvis impersonator wears an outfit from the fall 2006 collection of Heatherette during Fashion Week, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, in New York.

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Elvis Presley impersonator Dennis Nickells, from Vernon, N.Y., performs for drivers on Elvis Presley Boulevard in front of Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn., home, on Aug. 15, 2012.

Presley fans from around the world were at Graceland to take part in the annual candlelight vigil marking the 35th anniversary of his death.

Pictures: From Tupelo To Memphis Pictures: Dollars After Death Pictures: Famous Elvis fans

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Elvis Presley chairs hold spots for people waiting outside Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn., home, on Aug. 15, 2012. Fans are lined up to take part in the annual candlelight vigil marking the 35th anniversary of Presley's death.

Pictures: From Tupelo To Memphis Pictures: Dollars After Death Pictures: Famous Elvis fans

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Elvis Presley fans take part in a candlelight vigil at Graceland, Presley's Memphis, Tenn., home, on Aug. 15, 2012. Fans from around the world were at Graceland to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Presley's death.

Pictures: From Tupelo To Memphis Pictures: Dollars After Death Pictures: Famous Elvis fans

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Amateur contestants, from left: Phil Bailey, John Hindle and Eren Emir pose in telephone booths during the annual European Elvis Tribute Artist Contest and Convention in Birmingham, England, Jan. 2, 2015.