- There are some who'd make me out to be

the villain of this here story.

- ♪ Let's don't let a good thing die ♪

♪♪♪

- Are you born with destiny?

Or does it just come...

♪♪♪

...knocking at your door?

- ♪ Hallelujah by and by ♪

- He's a young singer from Memphis, Tennessee.

Give him a warm "Hayride" welcome.

♪♪♪

Mr. Elvis Presley!

[mic feedback]

- Get a haircut, buttercup! - [laughter]

- In that moment,

I watched that skinny boy transform

into a superhero.

- ♪ Well... ♪

[hard rock music plays]

♪♪♪

[screams]

♪♪♪

He was my destiny.

I wish to promote you, Mr. Presley.

- ♪ Going to a party in the county jail ♪

- Are you ready to fly?

- I'm ready. Ready to fly.

- ♪ Since my baby left me ♪

- Tomorrow, all America will be talking about Elvis Presley.

- Mr. Presley, try not to move around so much during the takes.

- If I can't move, I can't sing.

Some people wanted to put me in jail,

'cause of the way I was moving.

- They might put me in jail for walkin' across the street,

but you're a famous white boy.

- The way you sing is God-given,

so there can't be nothing wrong with it.

- ♪ It's all right, mama ♪

- Senator Kennedy has been shot.

- Martin Luther King has been shot to death in Memphis.

- ♪ That's all right for you ♪

- Tragedy, but it has nothing to do with us.

- It has everything to do with us.

♪ Oh, my love ♪

♪ My darling ♪

♪ I've hungered for your touch ♪

A reverend once told me,

"When things are too dangerous to say...

sing." - Sing!

- ♪ Time goes by ♪

I'm gonna be 40 soon,

and nobody's gonna remember me.

♪ Time can do so much ♪

I need to get back to who I really am.

♪ Still mine ♪

- And who are you, Elvis?

- ♪ Oh, my love, my darling ♪

I just gotta be making the most of this thing while I can.

This could all be over in a flash.

♪♪♪

- We are the same, you and I.

We are two odd, lonely children, reaching for eternity.

[cheers and applause]

The greatest show on earth.

- Elvis has left the building.