January 8, 1935 - 70 years ago Elvis Aaron Presley was born. In 1954, he began his singing career and changed the face of the music industry. He starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on tour and in Las Vegas. Globally, he has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist.

His talent, good looks, sensuality, charisma, and good humor endeared him to millions, as did the humility and human kindness he demonstrated throughout his life. Known the world over by his first name, he is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Elvis died at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977.

MMG is proud to control the catalogue of his songs in Israel and happy to be part of the 70 birthday celebration.

Check the celebration events in his official web site www.elvis.com

• There are an estimated 35,000 Elvis impersonators, including a parachuting group called "The Flying Elvises", who book themselves out to drop in on parties.
• Artist Maurica Bennett of New Zealand has made a portrait of Elvis from toast, cooked to varying shades of 'doneness' to achive the correct shading and tones.
• Elvis Shoe size was 11D
• Elvis once jumped on stage during a Tom Jones concert and gave a ten-minute karate demonstration
• Elvis only ever palyed one encore - at a comeback gig in Hawaii.
• Elvis failed his music class in school
• Elvis's underpants are worth an estimated $1,300
• 7% of Americans think Elvis is alive.
• Elvis Conversed with his mother in strange baby talk that only they could understand
• By the time he was 40, Elvis's hair was totally white because he had abused it with dyes products

Taken from BMG-Zomba book: "Paul Sullivan's Music Trivia"

Elvis Presley/Gladys Music catalog is represented by two publishing companies that MMG represented in Israel: Chrysalis Music and Cherry Lane

Chrysalis Music

The roots of Chrysalis stretch back to a tiny flat in West London in 1967, when former university social secretaries, Chris Wright, then 22, and Terry Ellis, 23, linked their flair for managing and booking bands to form the Ellis Wright Agency. The duo quickly established themselves as significant entertainment providers for British colleges and swiftly transferred to an office in London's West End. Among the duo's early management clients were blues rockers Ten Years After, whom Wright had snapped up in Manchester when they were known as the Jaybirds, and a Blackpool soul band that evolved into Jethro Tull.
After a couple of experiences trying to release Ten Years After and Jethro Tull records via other companies, Wright and Ellis began thinking in terms of their own label. In 1968, they signed a licensing deal with Island Records with the proviso that, should Wright and Ellis' acts log an agreed number of hits, then the pair would be awarded a label in their own right. The appropriate tally was logged within a year, and a new independent record company - Chrysalis, an amalgam of Wright's first name and Ellis' last - was born.

In the early seventies, with hit albums from Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Procul Harum and others, Chrysalis established itself as a highly individual folksy/bluesy/rock label and as the seventies continued Chrysalis responded to the arrival of punk and new-wave by signing Generation X and , out of New York, Blondie, who had phenomenal success with hits such as "Atomic" and "Call Me"

After buying out Terry Ellis in 1985, Chris Wright sold the Chrysalis Records label to EMI in 1991. He did, however, make the very wise decision of retaining the music publishing business Chrysalis Music Ltd. This has proved to be very successful as Chrysalis Music's Net Publisher Share has grown from £2.5m in 1992 to nearly £10m today. The group has recently completed a long term £60m securitisation of its global music publishing catalogue in an innovative structure to accommodate what Chrysalis believes to be the largest ever securitised music deal and certainly the first to involve a multi-jurisdictional international music-publishing catalogue.

From successes with acts such as original and diverse as Aphex Twin, Portishead and David Gray over the last decade to cutting edge new signings like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster and Layo & Bushwacka; Chrysalis is proving that to succeed you need to be able to move quickly.

Cherry Lane

Founded in 1960 by legendary producer, arranger and orchestrator Milton Okun, Cherry Lane is now one of the world's leading independent music publishers. Headquartered in New York City with a staff of more than 90, they have established wholly-owned companies in England, France, Holland and Canada. Cherry Lane is the largest of four distinct divisions of the Cherry Lane Music Group

Cherry Lane built their reputation, and an impressive list of credits, through careful cultivation of relationships within the music, film and television communities. As an administrator, they have a record of unsurpassed meticulousness and diligence in the collection of income and protection of their clients' copyrights. They also work proactively to exploit their properties through there associations with producers, directors, music supervisors, record companies, commercial production companies and trailer houses.
Cherry Lane web site