Trip Graceland,Tennessee,USA

          January 8 is the King’s birthday so we decided to write about Elvis Presley, the king of Rock ‘n’ Roll. We were on our way to Georgia and decided to make a detour to visit the king of Rock ‘n’ Roll at Elvis Presley’s home, Graceland Mansion, in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1991, Graceland Mansion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2006, Graceland was designated a National Historic Landmark. The city was in the celebration mood of Elvis’ 75th Birthday Celebration. I thought he would be younger if he still alive today.

           The king has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist. Elvis has had no less than 149 songs to appear on Billboard’s Hot 100 Pop Chart in America. Of these, 114 were in the top forty, 40 were in the top ten, and 18 went to number one. His number one singles spent a total of 80 weeks at number one. He has also had over 90 charted albums with ten of them reaching number one. These figures are only for the pop charts and only in America.

        We ran out of daylight so we didn’t go inside the mansion.

We also accidentally stumbled into his birth place location while stopping to refuel our car.

(Read more about the king at http://www.elvis.com/about-the-king/ )

(Read more his birth place at http://www.tupelo.net/things/detail.aspx?cat=1&id=15 )