He earned gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards. He starred in 31 successful films from “Love me tender” his first film in 1956, to “Change of habit” his last film in 1969. His famous songs are: “Love me tender”, “All shook up”, “In the ghetto”, “Jailhouse rock”, “Hound dog”, “Heartbreak hotel”, and “Burning love”, and much more. These songs were from, 1956 to 1969. Elvis is the single highest-selling performer in history.
Franklin was born in Boston N. England and was well raised by both his parents when he was eight; instead of becoming an apprentice to a trade like his brothers, his father sent him to grammar school and excelled tremendously. Unfortunately Josiah decided he couldn’t afford it and transferred him into a school for writing and Arithmetic. Franklin learned good amount of writing but he did poorly in arithmetic. By the age of ten, he was taken out of school because of the same issue. He was put to work in trade but none of the trades interested him.
She grew up learning about Jesus, but was never full aware about the Sabbath until her later years, when she began questioning things and reading for herself. She became an Adventist and attended Healdsburg College, where she became a fill in teacher for an absent math teacher. His father, Robert Hare, one of 24 siblings, was an early convert into Seventh-day Adventism in New Zealand by S. N. Haskill. Haskill recommended that he go to Healdsburg College to “prepare for the ministry.” Healdsburg College is then where Robert and Henrietta met. He got ordained, and they got married shortly after.
Elton John’s career started in the 60‘s and he has sold over 220 million albums (thebiographychannel). Consequently, there is a wonderfully mixed crowd. It was like a beautiful mosaic that seemed to perfectly fit together. His appeal is totally mass appealing and that realization was very eye
Armstrong had a difficult childhood. William Armstrong, his father, was a factory worker who abandoned the family soon after the boy's birth. Armstrong was brought up by his mother, Mary (Albert) Armstrong, and his maternal grandmother. He showed an early interest in music, and a junk dealer for whom he worked as a grade-school student helped him buy a cornet, which he taught himself to play. He dropped out of school at 11 to join an informal group, but on December 31, 1912, he fired a gun during a New Year's Eve celebration, for which he was sent to reform school.
His father was an English businessman. At a young age, Franklin’s father wanted him to pursue a career in the Church, However, Josiah Franklin only had enough money to send his son to school for two years, not enough time for a boy wanting to become a member of the clergy. Even though young Benjamin Franklin never finished school, he continued his education through reading. At the age of twelve, Franklin became an apprentice to his older brother, James. James was a printer who founded The New-England
At only age twelve he was sent off to Washington Collage Academy. At collage he studied English, Latin, geography, composition, and declamation. He was a very good student but had to be sent home at the age of fourteen. His father, David Vance, had passed away. So he had been sent home to help his family.
The Jungle was surprisingly an immediate success selling over 150,000 copies. In the first year he received $30,000 in royalties. In the next few years the novel had been published in seventeen different languages and was a best seller all over the world. When the Pure Food and Drugs Act and the Meat Inspection Act was passed, Sinclair was able to show that novelists
At the age of thirteen, my father brought me to church every Sunday for a doctrine class held before the Mass. The class was supposed to help young boys and girls to be confirmed. I was told about confirmation just like Hughes was told about being saved. In “Salvation”, Hughes wrote, “My aunt told me that when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life!
Tupac the Poet Tupac Shakur has been voice of America through history. Tupac has been one of the most successful poets of all time. Tupac has sold about 75 million albums worldwide. Most of his songs are about American problems moreover, ghetto problems. The difference between Tupac and other rappers is that 2Pac’s poems were the truth’s of life.