VIVA LAS VEGAS CHORDS by Elvis Presley + Short Biography
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Elvis Aaron Presley (East Tupelo, Mississippi, January 8, 1935 - Memphis, August 16, 1977) was a famous musician and actor, born in the United States of America, worldwide known as The King of Rock, also known by the nickname Elvis The Pelvis, nickname by which he became known in the 50's for his extravagant and daring way to dance. One of his greatest virtues was his voice, due to his vocal range, which reached, according to experts, musical notes of difficult reach for a popular singer.
Specialized criticism recognizes its expressive gain, in extension, with maturity; as well as a virtuoso rhythmic sense, interpretive power and a voice tone that made him stand out among the popular singers, being considered one of the greatest and by others as the best popular singer of the 20th century.
Elvis has become one of the greatest icons of twentieth-century world popular culture. Among his musical successes we can highlight Hound Dog, Do not Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, All Shook Up, Teddy Bear, Jailhouse Rock, It's Now Or Never, Can't Help Falling In Love, Surrender, Crying In The Chapel, Mystery Train, In The Ghetto, Suspicious Minds, Do not Cry Daddy, The Wonder Of You, An American Trilogy, Burning Love, My Boy and Moody Blue. In Europe, songs like Wooden Heart, You Do not Have To Say You Love Me, My Boy and Moody Blue have succeeded.
Particularly in Brazil, the songs Kiss Me Quick, Bossa Nova Baby, Bridge Over Troubled Water were successful.
After his death, new hits have come, like Way Down (shortly after his death), Always On My Mind, Guitar Man, A Little Less Conversation and Rubberneckin. Thirty years after his death, Presley is still the solo artist holding the highest number of "hits" in the world charts and is also one of the world's record-breaking record sellers of all time with more than 1 billion albums sold all over the world world.
Specialized criticism recognizes its expressive gain, in extension, with maturity; as well as a virtuoso rhythmic sense, interpretive power and a voice tone that made him stand out among the popular singers, being considered one of the greatest and by others as the best popular singer of the 20th century.
Elvis has become one of the greatest icons of twentieth-century world popular culture. Among his musical successes we can highlight Hound Dog, Do not Be Cruel, Love Me Tender, All Shook Up, Teddy Bear, Jailhouse Rock, It's Now Or Never, Can't Help Falling In Love, Surrender, Crying In The Chapel, Mystery Train, In The Ghetto, Suspicious Minds, Do not Cry Daddy, The Wonder Of You, An American Trilogy, Burning Love, My Boy and Moody Blue. In Europe, songs like Wooden Heart, You Do not Have To Say You Love Me, My Boy and Moody Blue have succeeded.
Particularly in Brazil, the songs Kiss Me Quick, Bossa Nova Baby, Bridge Over Troubled Water were successful.
After his death, new hits have come, like Way Down (shortly after his death), Always On My Mind, Guitar Man, A Little Less Conversation and Rubberneckin. Thirty years after his death, Presley is still the solo artist holding the highest number of "hits" in the world charts and is also one of the world's record-breaking record sellers of all time with more than 1 billion albums sold all over the world world.
VIVA LAS VEGAS by Elvis Presley
VIVA LAS VEGAS LYRICS AND CHORDS by Elvis Presley
Viva Las Vegas chordsElvis Presley 1963 (Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman)
[Verse 1]
G
Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire
Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn,
So get those stakes up higher
Em
There's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there
And they're all livin' devil may care
And I'm just the devil with love to spare
[Chorus 1]
C G C G
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas
[Verse 2]
G
How I wish that there were more
Than the twenty-four hours in the day
'Cause even if there were forty more
I wouldn't sleep a minute away
Em
Oh, there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel
A fortune won and lost on every deal
All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel
[Chorus 2]
C G C G
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas
[Bridge]
C
Viva Las Vegas with you neon flashin'
And your one armbandits crashin'
G
All those hopes down the drain
Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime
Turnin' night into daytime
A
If you see it once
D
You'll never be the same again
[Verse 3]
G
I'm gonna keep on the run
I'm gonna have me some fun
If it costs me my very last dime
If I wind up broke up well
I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time
Em
I'm gonna give it everything I've got
Lady luck please let the dice stay hot
Let me shoot a seven with every shot
[Chorus 3]
C G C G C G
Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas,Viva Las Vegas
C D G
Viva, Viva Las Vegas
History Origins
Elvis Presley has American ancestry on his father's side; at the end of the first half of the eighteenth century the first member of the Presley family arrived in the United States, establishing themselves in the state of North Carolina; despite the family name being spelled with two "s", Elvis' father was registered with only one. The Smith family, the maternal family, has origins in the states of the Carolinas. Gladys Love Smith, mother of Elvis, later known as Gladys Presley, was born on April 25, 1912 in Pontotoc in the Mississippi, Vernon Elvis Presley or simply Vernon Presley was born on April 10, 1916 in Fulton, Mississippi. In the year 1933 Elvis' parents know each other. They marry on June 17 of the same year in the county of Pontotoc. Although this is accepted as the possible origin of Elvis, the Scottish version has recently emerged. The point of equality between the versions is due to the location chosen by the supposed ancestors to establish their lives: North Carolina.
Another more recent version mentions that it may have gypsy ancestry. WorldNews advances the news of a publication of around 20,000 copies distributed in schools where it says that Elvis Presley was a descendant of German gypsies who emigrated to the United States in Century XVIII, noting that the mother's maiden name was Smith, a common nickname used by the British.
First years
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in the city of East Tupelo (East Tupelo would later be added to the city of Tupelo, thus forming a single city), in the State of Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, the only survivor of the birth of a pair of twins univitelinos His brother, Jessie Garon, was born dead. In the small town of the interior of the USA, he learned with his mother and father to be respectful generalized and indiscriminately; regardless of aspects of any order, whether ethnic, sexual and / or socioeconomic financial. In his first years of life, he grew up amid the wreckage of a hurricane that devastated his city on April 5, 1936. This sad fact caused even the state of the Mississippi being at the time a center of American racism, a union between whites and blacks, who for a time have set aside racial conflict, all for the sake of rebuilding the city.
In part of his early childhood, he was deprived of the figure of his father, arrested in 1937, along with Gladys' brother, due to estelionato. Adding to that, the family was evicted from their home, so Gladys and Elvis had to move and eventually moved in with Vernon's parents.
Vernon would be released in 1941. In 1945, Elvis participated in a new talent contest at the "Mississippi Alabama Fair," where he won second place and the $ 5 prize plus tickets for all the amusements. Elvis, at the time, sang Old Shep, song that portrays the desperation of a boy by the loss of his dog. In the same year, his father presented him with a guitar, which became his constant companion, including at school. Elvis and his family moved to Memphis on September 12, 1948. The Presley family lived for a long time in precarious conditions. In the period from 1948 to 1954, Elvis worked in various activities. He was a movie star and a truck driver. He completed his studies in 1953. During his spare time, he sang and played his guitar and, where possible, risked a few chords at the piano. Legend has it that he enjoyed singing in the gloom and even in full pitch. His musical influences were the pop of the time, particularly Dean Martin; the country; gospel music, heard at the 1st Evangelical Church of the Assemblies of God of his city; the R & B, captured on historic Beale Street in his teens in the city of Memphis; in addition to his appreciation for erudite music, particularly opera. One of his greatest idols was the tenor Mario Lanza and, of course, gospel singers like J. D. Sumner, his favorite.
50's, Beginning of the professional career.
On July 18, 1953 and later on January 4, June 5 and June 26, 1954, Elvis records some songs experimentally at the Memphis Recording Service, a subsidiary of Sun Records. However, in July of 1954, Elvis enters in studio and records other songs beginning his professional career. On July 5, 1954, considered the "ground zero" of rock, Elvis rehearsed some songs, until, in a moment of relaxation, improvised, he began to sing That's All Right, Mama, provoking in Sam Phillips a great Then came rock'n and roll. Take realized, new song, in the genre, was conceived; this time, Blue Moon of Kentucky, with new great approval. Both would make up their first album, a single compact. Attending the sessions were Elvis and Sam, guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black.
On July 7 the two songs are performed for the first time on a Memphis radio, the result is an absolute success. Due to all this repercussion, Elvis is invited to give an interview, his first as a professional singer. The song Blue Moon Of Kentucky arrives at the first place in the country parade of the Billboard in the city of Memphis and "That's All Right" reaches the fourth place of the same stop. Already on July 17 he performs his first show in the city of Memphis, on October 2 he makes his first show out of Memphis, the chosen city was the capital of the Country, Nashville. On October 8, Elvis makes his first appearance out of the state of Tennessee, the city chosen is Atlanta in Georgia. On the 16th of the same month Elvis probably has his first major career, he is performing in the city of Shreveport in the state of Louisiana a show that was broadcast on the local radio station of great success at the time called Louisiana Hayride, where he was received quite a bit enthusiastic about the audience. The year 1955 can be regarded as the beginning of Elvis' national success. In addition to the numerous controversies surrounding his presentations. Adding to that, his performances on radio shows and some presentations on local television shows where he stands out. Their songs begin to make national success, Mystery Train hits # 11 on Billboard's national country chart Baby, Let's Play House hits 5th place at the same stop, culminating in the first number one song "on national charts, a song called "I Forgot To Remember To Forget. That same year he would meet his manager Tom Parker, who would stage his career throughout his life. In spite of the multiple rumors, of which the own Elvis was knowledgeable, only in the 80s it was publicly revealed its true name and nationality. Parker received an honorary title, his real name was Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk, born in Holland and born in 1909. Parker's biography is enormously controversial, controversial and ambivalent, as well as his business function. In November 1955, after expressive repercussion, his contract was sold to RCA Victor.
