Xa uElvis Presley wathabatha kwinqanaba lokugqibela

U-Elvis Presley wasweleka ngo-Agasti 16, 1977, kwikhaya lakhe laseGraceland eMemphis, eTennessee. Wayeneminyaka engama-42 ubudala. Unobangela wokufa yayikukubanjwa kwentliziyo okuziswe kukusetyenziswa kakubi kweziyobisi. Umzimba kaPresley watshiswa kwaye umlotha wakhe wahlakazeka phezu kweendawo zakhe. U-Elvis wazalelwa eTupelo, eMississippi, ngoJanuwari 8, 1935. Yena nabazali bakhe bafudukela eMemphis xa wayeneminyaka eyi-13 ubudala. U-Elvis wenyuka waduma njengemvumi kunye nomdlali weqonga ngeminyaka yee-1950 kunye nee-1960. Ubonwa ngokubanzi njengomnye wamanani abalulekileyo kwimbali yerock kunye ne-rock. U-Elvis wenza ukubonakala kwakhe koluntu lokugqibela ngoJuni 26, 1977, kwikonsathi e-Indianapolis. Wacula iingoma ezininzi ngaphambi kokuba ahlale phantsi eqongeni ixesha elide. Abalandeli baqala ukuxhalaba ngempilo yakhe kwaye abanye bade baqala ukumkhathaza. Eli yayiza kuba lixesha lokugqibela ukuba uElvis aphile.

U-Elvis Presley mhlawumbi ngoyena mdlali we-rock ubalaseleyo ngalo lonke ixesha kwaye, nge-26 kaJuni, ngo-1977, wayeza kukhwela eqongeni okokugqibela njengoko wayevela phambi kwabalandeli abangama-18,000 e-Indianapolis’ Market Square Arena.

U-Presley wayeza kubhubha kabuhlungu nje kwisithuba seeveki ezintandathu ephuma kwikonsathi yakhe yokugqibela kwaye unyaka okhokelela ekubeni ube ngumboniso weMarket Square Arena wawubuhlungu, ukutsho oko, uKumkani, esilwa nemiba yobuqu, wayeya kugqiba ukuvumela iingxaki ukuba zophe ngendlela yazo. kwimidlalo yakhe ephilayo.

U-Elvis wahlukana noLinda Thompson ngo-Agasti odlulileyo kwaye ngokukhawuleza wadlulela kuGinger Alden, owacebisa ukuba atshate kwiinyanga ezimbini emva kokudibana naye. Umlobi weendaba uTony Scherman wachaza ukuba ekuqaleni kuka-1977 u-Elvis ngoku wayeyi-caricature eyoyikisayo yobuntu bakhe obuthambileyo, obunamandla. Utyebe kakhulu, ingqondo yakhe idinwe yi-pharmacopoeia awayeyitya yonke imihla, wayengakwazi ukuzikhupha kwiikonsathi zakhe ezifinyeziweyo.

UScherman ubalise ngokubukela enye yeekonsathi zakhe zokugqibela e-Alexandria, eLouisiana, apho wayekwiqonga ixesha elingaphantsi kweyure kwaye wayengakwazi ukuqondwa.

Ingqwalasela yamajelo eendaba rhoqo ejikeleze ubunzima bakhe kunye nemibuzo emalunga needemon zobuqu awayesilwa ngokucacileyo yayingeloncedo kwaphela ku-Elvis yaye, njengoko ubomi bakhe babuqalisa ukujikeleza, imeko yakhe yaba mandundu xa kanye kwiveki nje ezimbini ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe ngesiquphe ezithathu zentsapho yakhe. ababesakuba ngabalindi badityaniswa ukuba babhale le ncwadi Elvis: Kwenzeka ntoni? kwilinge lokuchaza ngokweenkcukacha ukusetyenziswa kwakhe kakubi kweziyobisi.

U-Elvis wakwazi ukubeka iingxaki zakhe ecaleni kwintsebenzo yakhe yokugqibela kwaye waqubuda ngendlela yolonwabo. Nangona wayekwifashoni yokwenyani yerockstar, akazange afike eqongeni de kwabetha intsimbi yeshumi ebusuku nangona ixesha lakhe leqonga laliyiyure enesiqingatha ngaphambili ngezenzo zokufudumala kwamaqela obhedu, iimvumi zomphefumlo, kunye nomdlali ohlekisayo ozele ixesha phambi koKumkani. wathabatha etroneni yakhe.

Iseti yakhe yathatha malunga nemizuzu engama-80, yabona u-Elvis ebhabha kwiiklasikhi ezifana 'neJailhouse Rock' kunye ne 'Hound Dog' kunye neqweqwe elibuhlungu le-Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge phezu kwaManzi aneNgxaki' phambi kokuvala ikonsathi ngefashoni entle 'ngeCan. 'Ukunceda Ukuthandana nawe'. Yena ngokwengxelo uxelele abaphulaphuli: Siza kuhlangana nani kwakhona, uThixo akusikelele, adios njengoko wayeshiya iqonga.

I-Market Square Arena yayiza kudilizwa ngo-2001 kwaye ngoku iyindawo yokupaka iimoto kodwa kukho isikhumbuzo sebala elikhumbuza imbali yayo yenkcubeko ngokuba yindawo apho yayiza kubamba ikonsathi ka-Elvis Presley yokugqibela.

Emva kokubhubha kwakhe, uMongameli uJimmy Carter wabelane ngale ngxelo ichukumisayo equka into ekwazile ukuyenza uKumkani kwimbali yakhe. umhlaba Umsebenzi wakhe: Umculo wakhe kunye nobuntu bakhe, edibanisa izimbo zelizwe elimhlophe kunye nesingqisho esimnyama kunye neeblues, zatshintsha ngokusisigxina ubuso benkcubeko ethandwayo yaseMelika. Ukulandela kwakhe kwakukhulu kakhulu, kwaye wayengumqondiso kubantu behlabathi jikelele amandla, uvukelo, kunye noburharha obuhle belizwe lakhe.

Bukela le vidiyo ichukumisayo ukususela kwixesha lokugqibela apho uKumkani wakha wakhwela eqongeni, ngezantsi.