today. and the dow gained 8 a points today to close near its highest level in four years. and on this day in 1977, a guy named elvis presley, the king of rock and roll died at his grace land mansion in memphis. he was born in tupelo, mississippi down the road. grew up poor as the day is long. until the age of 19 when elvis walked into sun studios in memphis and recorded a track called that s all right, momma. and changed the course of pop culture. he followed it with a string of hits, including heart break hotel, hound dog, and jail house rock. going to a party in the county jail the prison guard was there they began to waited. began to swing you should have heard them knock out jail bird singing let s rock. shepard: the kids loved it when elvis shook his hips, a lot of parents were all messed up. and then in 1958, at the height of his fame, the u.s.