<i>Elvis Presley</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1956
name: label: recording artist
content: Presley, Elvis
label: manufacturer
content: RCA Victor
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Elvis Aron Presley (1935—1977) is one of the best-known and most influential figures in popular music. Throughout his career, Elvis incorporated pop, gospel, country, and blues elements into creating his trademark style and earning his mainstream success.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This recording is the first of Elvis's many albums that he made for RCA. The company took a major risk in releasing a full album from this new "rock & roll" artist, as teenagers were more likely to buy 45 rpm singles than a full LP. The <i>Elvis Presley</i> album included recording sessions Elvis did for RCA and five previously unissued songs recorded earlier with Sun Records. After the album's release in March 1956, <i>Elvis Presley</i> eventually went on to become the first rock & roll album to reach number one on national record sales charts, and RCA's first million-dollar-earning pop album.</p>
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Music & Musical Instruments
label: See more items in
content: Popular Entertainment
label: Exhibition
content: Artifact Walls
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Sam DeVincent Collection of American Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2000.3053.1039
label: nonaccession number
content: 2000.3053
label: catalog number
content: 2000.3053.1039
label: label number
content: LPM-1254
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in; x 30.48 cm