Elvis global recognition
People confuse popularity with fame.
Elvis' name, image, and likeness are as recognizable as anyone.
600,000 per year from all cultures visit Graceland.
There are Elvis impersonators, postal stamps, and statues of Elvis throughout every populated continent, including Africa.
The world over relate Elvis to slicked back hair, sideburns, his slow southern accent, "Elvis has left the building", "Thank ya, Thank ya very Much, "Mama", "Uh huh", "Hunka hunka burning love", TCB, curled lip, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, Graceland, hound dogs, blue suede shoes, teddy bears, prison stripped shirts, jumpsuits, capes, scarfs, black leather, The King, The King of Rock and Roll, big sunglasses, high collars, Priscilla, Lisa Marie, "The" Lisa Marie, The Colonel, Memphis Mafia, pink cadillacs, suttering the letter i, Las Vegas, Hawaii, Memphis, Tupelo, Lilo and Stitch, Forest Gump, etc.