Elvis: 250 fans stripped him naked (part 1)

He was the most famous rockstar of the 20th century.

So how did Elvis end up an obese wreck, dead on the toilet at 42, surrounded by sex books and prescription pills?

We're charting the first half of his life - as he turns from a Mississippi mamas boy into an amphetamine-addled music star with a teenage girlfriend.

Links from the show:

Elvis as a child - mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/sites/default/files/i…

That's Alright - youtube.com/watch?v=DCP_g7X31nI

Elvis t-shirt - instagram.com/p/DUTzUUUEpIq

Elvis and Anita - encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9Gc…

Hair cut - images.imagerenderer.com/images/artworkimages/…

Priscilla waving goodbye - media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/rockcm…

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