Elvis Presley Enters Gibson's Revolutionary Hall of Fame

Born in a shotgun shack in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935, with a stillborn twin the family named Jesse, Elvis Aaron Presley grew up in a family that lived paycheck to paycheck, on a good week. His father Vernon worked odd jobs when he could get them, but the Presleys still sometimes required help from the government and from their neighbors � particularly in 1938, when Vernon was jailed for passing a bad check and the family lost their modest home.