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Elvis: Rock n Royalty

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(2011) Profile of the life of the controversial artist and how he ushered in the birth of rock n’ roll in an era of conservatism and conformity. Elvis: Rock n’ Royalty gives us a look into the musician’s rise to superstardom and his status as a cultural icon—from his first album, which was the first in history to reach one million copies sold—to his untimely death in 1977 from prescription drug abuse, and the cultural phenomenon of Elvis impersonators that followed. “The King’s” musical influence helped open