It is Elvis Presley’s break-out year.

He records his first number one hit, “Heartbreak Hotel,” appears on television and on the Las Vegas Strip, and signs a seven-picture movie deal with Paramount.

Norma Jeane Mortenson changes her legal name to Marilyn Monroe.

She marries playwright Arthur Miller and earns a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the film “Bus Stop.”

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