February 1st, 2007 Happy Birthday Lisa Marie Presley! at The Insider

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Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer, daughter of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley.

She's 39!

Lisa Marie is a close friend of her father's ex-girlfriend Linda Thompson. In 2003, after advice from Thompson's record producer and then-husband David Foster, she launched a career as a singer. Her debut album, To Whom It May Concern, reached #5 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and was certified gold. To promote it she presented a concert in the UK, something that her father never did. Presley released her second album, Now What, in 2005 and it reached #9 on the Billboard 200. It was certified gold in November 2005. Unlike her first album, Now What included a Parental Advisory sticker. Both albums as of 2007 have been certified Platinum.

Lisa Marie attended a variety of schools, mostly boarding schools, a few in Los Angeles County (among them the John Thomas Dye School), and also in Ojai, Ventura County, California. She was expelled from at least one boarding school due to illegal drug abuse, especially cocaine. She was briefly a student at a Church of Scientology school in Los Angeles.

The Presley Heritage:

As Elvis' only child, Lisa Marie eventually inherited his estate at the age of 30. In August 2005, she sold 85 percent of the estate's business holdings to CKX, Inc., excluding Graceland itself and the property within it.

A Bit of Trivia:

Her father, who called her Injun, Yisa, and Buttonhead, named one of his private aircraft, a converted CONVAIR 880 jet (original passenger capacity, 100), after her. The airplane "Lisa Marie" is currently on exhibit at the Graceland mansion museum of Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee. The rock band Queen also used this for a flight, and Lisa gave Queen vocalist, Freddie Mercury, a scarf which belonged to her father.

She recently stated, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, that she is 5'2" tall. Lisa Marie Presley on Oprah

She has suffered from depression in the past.

She has a half brother, Navarone, from her mother's 22-year (ended in April 2006) relationship with Marco Garibaldi.

Comedian Dennis Miller cited Lisa Marie's wedding to Michael Jackson as conclusive evidence that Elvis was not alive, because were Elvis alive, he would have "put the kibosh on it".

She has a black belt in kung fu fighting.

She attended the 10th grade at an alternative boarding school in Ojai, California, called Happy Valley School

Other February 1st Birthdays:

Garrett Morris -70
Sherman Hemsley -69
Sherilyn Fenn -42
Pauly Shore -39
Big Boi-Rapper/OutKast -32

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