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(5,812 posts)Maybe that's why?
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)With orange hair
hlthe2b
(102,343 posts)Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)for the Elvis Impersonators.
Freddie
(9,273 posts)Was light brown, like his dad.
Ive seen pics of him in the 50s with brown hair. Maybe he had to colored for a movie role (he was a Native American in a couple films) and liked it?
Niagara
(7,649 posts)It's possible that he copied his hairstyle and color from Tony Curtis. Elvis was 17 years old in 1952 and that would be when Tony Curtis started to become a popular actor.
Whatever the reason he colored his hair, it totally worked for him. Not many people with sandy blonde hair can get away with jet black hair due to their fair complexion.
Docreed2003
(16,869 posts)I've only ever seen one color photo of his natural hair color and that picture hangs next to the stairs at Graceland.
Elvis had an obsession with jet black hair starting in his teens. Some have theorized that it sprung out of wanting to emulate people like Marlon Brando, but he was using shoe polish at a very early age and as he became famous he moved to using a specific Clairol dye mixed with another dye.
quickesst
(6,280 posts)When I clicked on this thread, I was instantly reminded of this movie.
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raccoon
(31,118 posts)But then again, he's Elvis. He could probably pull off red hair.
Skittles
(153,182 posts)yes