where did elvis presley started his career?
Memphis
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 Presley was born in Tupelo , Mississippi , as a twinless twin , and when he was 13 years old , he and his family relocated to Memphis , Tennessee . His music career began there in 1954 , when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records . Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black , Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly , an uptempo , backbeat @-@ driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues . RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker , who managed the singer for more than two decades . Presley 's first RCA single , " Heartbreak Hotel " , was released in January 1956 and became a number @-@ one hit in the United States . He was regarded as the leading figure of rock and roll after a series of successful network television appearances and chart @-@ topping records . His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style , combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines that coincided with the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement , made him enormously popular — and controversial . 

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 Presley 's rise to national attention in 1956 transformed the field of popular music and had a huge effect on the broader scope of popular culture . As the catalyst for the cultural revolution that was rock and roll , he was central not only to defining it as a musical genre but in making it a touchstone of youth culture and rebellious attitude . With its racially mixed origins — repeatedly affirmed by Presley — rock and roll 's occupation of a central position in mainstream American culture facilitated a new acceptance and appreciation of black culture . In this regard , Little Richard said of Presley , " He was an integrator . Elvis was a blessing . They wouldn 't let black music through . He opened the door for black music . " Al Green agreed : " He broke the ice for all of us . " President Jimmy Carter remarked on his legacy in 1977 : " His music and his personality , fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues , permanently changed the face of American popular culture . His following was immense , and he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality , rebelliousness , and good humor of his country . " Presley also heralded the vastly expanded reach of celebrity in the era of mass communication : at the age of 21 , within a year of his first appearance on American network television , he was one of the most famous people in the world . 

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 The storyline , about a delivery man who is discovered by a music publicist and a country – western musician who want to promote the talented newcomer , was scripted by Herbert Baker and Hal Kanter , based on the short story " A Call from Mitch Miller . " Kanter expanded the script after being inspired by Presley 's last appearance on the Louisiana Hayride , and his manager Colonel Tom Parker 's antics . 

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 Elvis might never have been born , but someone else would surely have brought the world rock ' n ' roll . No such logic accounts for Bob Dylan . No iron law of history demanded that a would @-@ be Elvis from Hibbing , Minnesota , would swerve through the Greenwich Village folk revival to become the world 's first and greatest rock ' n ' roll beatnik bard and then — having achieved fame and adoration beyond reckoning — vanish into a folk tradition of his own making . 

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 Accompanying Presley 's rise to fame , a cultural shift was taking place that he both helped inspire and came to symbolize . Igniting the " biggest pop craze since Glenn Miller and Frank Sinatra ... Presley brought rock 'n'roll into the mainstream of popular culture " , writes historian Marty Jezer . " As Presley set the artistic pace , other artists followed . ... Presley , more than anyone else , gave the young a belief in themselves as a distinct and somehow unified generation — the first in America ever to feel the power of an integrated youth culture . " 
