Short answers, pulled from the story.
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on the 8th of January 1935 in a small two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi. He grew up attending an Assembly of God church and later moved to Memphis in November 1948.
Sam Phillips invited guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black to work with Presley during a recording session on the 5th of July 1954. They played until late at night when Elvis launched into Arthur Crudup's That's All Right which became his breakthrough hit.
Elvis made his first national television appearance on CBS Stage Show on the 28th of January 1956 before appearing on NBC Milton Berle Show on April 3. His performances included exaggerated body movements that led critics like Jack Gould to claim he had no discernible singing ability.
Elvis was drafted into United States Army at Fort Chaffee Arkansas on the 24th of March 1958 and announced he looked forward to military service saying he did not want special treatment. He served as armor intelligence specialist at Ray Barracks West Germany from October 1958 until his discharge in March 1960.
Presley experienced serious health decline twice a year due to overdosed barbiturates spending three days in coma after one incident. Late 1973 hospitalization revealed effects of pethidine addiction according to primary care physician George C. Nichopoulos while his condition precipitously declined during concerts.