Seven Things You May Not Have Known About… Elvis Presley

There are so many things that we encounter on an almost daily basis that we never stop to think about some of the more interesting facts about them. From our favourite movies to food and makeup, we will attempt to bring you some random information that you will most definitely be able to use as a future party trick. Saturday was the anniversary of one of the all-time greatest musicians. Before anyone did anything, Elvis did everything. Here are seven things you may not have known about him. 1. When he bought his new Cadillac every year, he would gift one to the first person he saw. Elvis was a real generous soul who absolutely loved his home city of Memphis. Whenever he took a trip to his local cadillac dealer, Elvis would buy the first person he saw a brand new Cadillac. Sometimes the queues went on for miles around the block. Here is a list of all of the cadillacs Elvis bought for people. 2. The first woman that Elvis had an on-screen kiss with became a nun. Mother Dolores Hart, yes Mother, entered a convent barely any time after she shared her frist onscreen kiss with the King of Rock N Roll. Hard to believe Elvis had this effect on anyone... 3. Elvis was fired from one of his first jobs. Elvis worked at a movie theatre but was fired when someone ratted him out for getting free candy off the concession lady. He started young! In a few years, Elvis wouldn't care about THAT particular job. 4. His hair dye of choice was Clairol. Yes, unfortunately, we hate to admit it but Elvis would dye his hair as most movie stars would have in his day. Presley chose Miss Clairol 51 D, “Black Velvet” every single time. Apparently Elvis once used black shoe polish for hair dye. 5. He told the President off about his clothes. President Nixon told Elvis that he thought he dressed kind of strange. “You dress kind of strange, don’t you?” Nixon said, to which Presley responded, “Well, Mr. President, you got your show, and I got mine.” The meeting was actually secret until a couple of years ago. 6. Presley loved to impersonate police officers. Apparently for his 36th birthday, Presley treated himself to some police equipment. He would drive around pretending he was a cop and pulling people over but instead of giving people tickets, he would hand over autographs. 7. "OK, I won't." Presley reportedly fell asleep on the toilet quite a bit and apparently reassured his girlfriend Ginger Alden that this would not happen again. The last words he uttered were: "OK I won't."