10 Fun facts about Elvis Presley

Elvis had black hair but his natural hair color was brown.

Elvis purchased his first guitar when he was just 11 years old. He wanted a rifle, but his mama convinced him to get a guitar instead. shoot to thrill.

At 18, Elvis paid $4 to make his first record, a gift for his mama.

His breakthrough hit was Heartbreak Hotel, released in 1956 - a song inspired by a newspaper article about a local suicide.

Elvis was 6 feet tall and wore a size 11 shoe.

Recording Hound Dog in the studio, Elvis reportedly demanded 31 takes.

Elvis recorded more than 600 songs, but did not write any of them.

He was distantly related to former U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jimmy Carter.

In 1959, while serving overseas in Germany, Elvis (then 24 years old) met his future wife, 14 year-old Priscilla Beaulieu. They were married 8 years later.

Following his divorce from Priscilla in 1972, Elvis was said to have allowed 'good-looking girls' who waited outside Graceland to enter afterhours. One night it was 152 women!