Elvis Presley · every age

What was Elvis Presley doing at 18?

A truck driver at 19, the biggest star on earth at 21

1. c. 1953

   Paid to cut his first record at Memphis Recording Service

   He recorded two ballads on an acetate at Sam Phillips's studio, later saying it was a gift for his mother.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity still (1957), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source