Marilyn Monroe

 
 

Tuvalu Post issued this stamp on 15 October 2007.

 

 

Marilyn Monroe’s origin name is  Norma Jeane Mortenson but baptized and raised as Norma Jeane Baker, was born on June 1, 1926 .  Marilyn Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946.

 

 

St. Vincent & The Grenadines , 1995

Her early film appearances were not success. In 1950, her performance in The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve were well received. In  1953, Marilyn Monroe had progressed to leading roles as in Niagara (1953), a melodramatic film noir. 

 

 

75th Birthday Anniversary of Elvis Presley.

The Gambia Post issued this stamp on 15 April 2011

On January 8, 1935 , Elvis Aaron Presley  was born in Tupelo, Mississippi . Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954 when Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, eager to bring the sound of African-American music to a wider audience, saw in Presley the means to realize his ambition.

Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was one of the originators of rockabilly, an up-tempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues