    elvis aaron presley{{#tag:ref|although some pronounce his surname prez-lee, presley himself used the pronunciation of the american south, press-lee, as did his family and those who worked with him. the correct spelling of his middle name has long been a matter of debate. the physician who delivered him wrote "elvis aaron presley" in his ledger. the state-issued birth certificate reads "elvis aron presley". the name was chosen after the presleys' friend and fellow congregation member aaron kennedy, though a single-a spelling was probably intended by presley's parents in order to parallel the middle name of presley's stillborn brother, jesse garon. it reads aron on most 
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