Elvis Aaron Presley(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo,Missippi.In September 1941, Presley entered first grade at East Tupelo Consolidated, where his instructors regarded him as "average".Entering a new school, Milam, for sixth grade in September 1946, Presley was regarded as a loner. The following year, he began bringing his guitar in on a daily basis.On January 10, 1956, Presley made his first recordings for RCA in Nashville.Presley made his third and final Ed Sullivan Show appearance on January 6, 1957—on this occasion indeed shot only down to the waist.