Although Elvis has been toted as the king of rock and roll for many years he recorded a plethora of tracks that were in no manner rock and roll. His gospel records, for example, were certainly not rockish, and also his blues songs and pop ballads could not be categorized as rock, even by a deaf mute. For this breadth in musical genre Elvis has been inducted into 4 music halls of fame.
Elvis also made 31 movies, most of the chock full of musical numbers and very few of which were appreciated by the critics. His first film was "Love Me Tender" which he made in 1956 for Twentieth Century Fox. It was a western set immediately after the civil war. The producer of "love Me Tender" went on to produce three other Elvis films; "Flaming Star", "Follow That Dream" and "Kid Gallahad". This was the only film that Elvis was to receive second billing for.
His last film was made for Universal and was called "Change of Habit".
As you can probably tell throughout the length of the sixties Elvis became, whats a good word for this... fucked up. And I think comparing the two films is a pretty good means by which to gauge that... fucked-up-ed-ness.
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/biography/elvis_presley_movies.shtml
http://www.ibiblio.org/elvis/elvishom.html
http://www.elvispresley.com.au/elvis/presley/love_me_tender.shtml
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