Ten years after its release, Elvis’s seminal debut album, simply entitled Elvis Presley is certified as a Platinum Disc after selling a million copies.

1st October 1966

Ten years after its release, Elvis’s seminal debut album, simply entitled Elvis Presley, is certified as a Platinum Disc after selling a million copies. The distinctive, yet unsophisticated album cover, with its fuzzy, monochrome image of a young Elvis in full roar and wielding his guitar at a concert and bright pink and green letters spelling out his name, is so iconic that many musicians have emulated the style.