March 13th in Elvis History

It's March 13th, and on this day in 1956, RCA released *Elvis Presley*, the debut album that would rewrite music history. The LP rocketed onto Billboard’s Best-Selling Pop Albums chart at number 11 and reached number one in just six weeks, holding the top spot for 10 straight weeks. It remained on the chart for 49 weeks total and made history as the first album ever to sell one million copies. The record would later earn RIAA certification on November 1, 1966, cementing Elvis’s place as the King of Rock and Roll.