Editor's Note: 70 Years of Elvis Presley

Two documentaries cover the 1956 riptide that swept the Memphis native to fame and heartbreak

Seventy years ago, in 1956, Elvis Presley began his rise to become America’s biggest recording and movie star. He wasn’t the first to become a national music sensation. Pop superstardom had begun with Bing Crosby in the 1930s and then Frank Sinatra in the 1940s. Elvis’s personal sacrifices were even more monumental. [Photo above of Elvis Presley courtesy of Ebay]