On a hot July day in 1953, an 18-year-old singer/songwriter walked into Sun Studios in Memphis and plunked down four dollars to make his first recording. He left with a 10-inch acetate of  "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin."  What happened next would change rock & roll forever.

I still remember the first time I heard Elvis Presley on the radio. It wasn't one of his first recordings, but the mega hit, "Blue Suede Shoes." I'd never heard anything like it. Neither had my parents, who called it "noise" and constantly had to shout at me to turn it down. But every kid knew then — and they still know now — that rock & roll is meant to be played loud!

I've seen every Elvis movie and I still have every record he ever made. I played them until the grooves in the vinyl almost disappeared, so as collectors' items, they aren't worth a lot. But to me, they're priceless memories of the King and the birth of rock & roll as we know it.