Elvis Presley

Elvis and company then signs a contract with Hank Snow Attractions, which is equally shared between Colonel Parker and Hank Snow. Later in 1955, Elvis signs a contract with RCA Records and his Sun contract is bought out. The going price for Elvis was forty thousand dollars with a five thousand-dollar bonus for Elvis. Heartbreak Hotel was the first single under RCA. Three weeks after being released, it would sell three hundred thousand copies, go number one on Billboard's pop singles, go number one in the country chart, and hit five on the R&B charts. It was Elvis' first record to sell over one million copies, giving him his first gold award. Later in '56, Elvis releases his first album, Elvis Presley. Once again, he hits the top of the pop charts and stays there for ten weeks. Scotty, Bill, and DJ are with him as he plays "Hound Dog" on The Milton Berle Show. This song is given in a very sensuous style causing great controversy among the press and some adult viewers. This jus...