This is not derogatory, because all the songs he sang were blues sung by black people (of course, some styles changed after he became famous), which was actually a kind nickname based on the humorous character of American southerners at that time.
Elvis Presley (193565438+1October 8th-1977 August 16), born in Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, is an American rock singer and actor who graduated from L.C. Humes High School.
1954, recorded the song "Nothing" debut. 1955, signed a contract with ABC's Victory Records. 1956, my first film Love Me Tender was released, and my first studio album Elvis Presley was released in the same year. 1958 Joined the United States Army for two years. 1960, named Avenue of Stars. 196 1 starred in the comedy film "Blue Hawaii" and won the American album list for 20 weeks. 1968, with the album "How Great Are You", the 10 th Grammy Award for Best Sacred Performance. At 197 1, he won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. 1973, his live performance in Hawaii received 1 100 million views. 1August 6, 977, died of a heart attack at the age of 42.
1986, entered the first American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1987, 14 American Music Awards awarded him a lifetime achievement award [12]? . 1998, RCA Records awarded it the special commemorative award of "Artist of the Century". In 2002, the American champion single ELV 1s: 30 # 1Hits was released. In 2004, he ranked third among the "50 greatest pop musicians in history" selected by Rolling Stone, and in the same year, his film Elvis Presley was selected into the national film catalogue of the United States. In 2008, he ranked first in the list of "The Artists with the Most Tracks on the Hot 100 Singles List" selected by Billboard. In 2009, he was selected as "Top Ten Cultural Idols of the Earth in a Hundred Years" by Time magazine.
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