Elvis is recognized as the best-selling solo music art ist of all time by Guinness World Records. Presley won three Grammy Awards \, and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age thirty-six.\n
He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century and is often referred to as the "King of Rock 'n Roll". We w ill travel with Elvis from his early days in Memphis and his trailblazing recordings with Sun Records\, to his complete dominance of the music chart s in the 50's. His 50's success led him to a successful 60's Hollywood fil m career and on to his acclaimed television comeback\, which opened the do or to triumphant tours and a seven-year sold out concert residency at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. Elvis has been inducted into multiple mu sic halls of fame and still remains the best-selling solo artist of all ti me.
\nPresenter: Vinnie Bruno as a Beatles Scholar and storyteller\, embraces the Beatles' legacy while presenting entertaining\, interactive\ , and informative programs for both the casual listener and hard-core Beat les fans. As a 60's Rock Historian\, his program list includes historic an d musical overviews of over one hundred rock and roll musicians and groups \, each of whom helped define the 50's\, 60's and 70's by creating musical landscapes that captivated a generation and whose influence in popular cu lture still endures more than five decades later. \;Mr. Bruno retired as Director of First Year Programs at LaGuardia Community College (City Un iversity of New York). He holds an MPA from Baruch College and\, as an adj unct professor for twenty five years\, taught courses in numerous discipli nes including Humanities\, Business and Mathematics. He currently resides in both New Jersey and Arizona. \; \;
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