Celebrity Ancestry
Elvis Presley developed a love of gospel music listening to the radio, and from that, learned to incorporate black and white musical styles to become America's first crossover musical artist. According to the 1930 Census, in the years before his birth, Presley's family didn't even own a radio. Presley did have an aunt "Nashville Lorene," and with that sort of name, the family seemed to already have its eye set on country music fame.
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