Elvis Presley – Elvis’ Golden Records SEALED LP RCA Vic LSP-1707(e) Reissue

The albums discography of Elvis Presley began in 1956 with the release of his debut album, Elvis Presley.
He is one of the best selling artists of all time, selling up to 500 million records globally. Despite the absence of his many hits during his peak years prior to October 1958 (as well as all of his top-selling albums prior to 1992), Billboard still ranks Presley as 13th on their Greatest of All Time artists list and 4th on their Greatest of All Time Hot 100 list. Music historian Joel Whitburn ranked Presley as the No. 1 charting single and album artist of all time in the US (both Billboard and Cashbox). Elvis' Christmas Album remains the biggest selling holiday album of all time, selling over 20 million copies worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Presley has sold 146.5 million certified albums in the US, making him the third top-selling album artist in the country. He also holds the record for most RIAA certified albums with 101 (44 Gold, 32 Platinum, 24 Multi-Platinum, and 1 Diamond) and certifications (207). As for extended play albums, he has a record 16 certified by the RIAA (6 Gold, 8 Platinum, and 2 Multi-Platinum) and 28 certifications.

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. Presley's energetic and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mixture of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and initial controversy.
Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi; his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13. He began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records with the producer Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience. Presley, on guitar and accompanied by the guitarist Scotty Moore on lead and the bassist Bill Black, was a pioneer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues. In 1955, the drummer D. J. Fontana joined to complete the lineup of Presley's classic quartet and RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who managed him for the rest of his career. Presley's first RCA Victor single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the US. Within a year, RCA Victor sold ten million Presley singles. With a series of successful television appearances and chart-topping records, Presley became the leading figure of the newly popular rock and roll, though his performing style and promotion of the then-marginalized sound of African Americans led to his being widely considered a threat to the moral well-being of white American youth.
In November 1956, Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Drafted into military service in 1958, he relaunched his recording career two years later w…