PHOTOS: Remembering Elvis 45 years after his death

Maybe you rocked out or swooned to Elvis Presley, or maybe your parents or your grandparents did.

He topped the music charts starting in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s with hits that included “Love Me Tender,” “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Suspicious Minds.”

Elvis changed pop culture in the U.S., from his swiveling hips to his movies to his bell-bottomed jumpsuits.

Tens of thousands turned out at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee after he died.

It was 45 years ago on Aug. 16 that the “king of rock and rock” died at the age of 42.

See photos from his life below.

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Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley performs outside to adoring fans on Sept. 26, 1956 in his hometown of Tupelo, Mississippi. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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In this photo released by Sun Records, Elvis Presley, left, with, from second from left, bass player Bill Black, guitarist Scotty Moore and Sun Records and Memphis Recording studio head Sam Phillips, are shown during a break from a recording session in Memphis in 1954. Presley cut his first records in the studio owned by Florence, Ala., native Phillips. (AP Photo/The Daily Times, File)

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In this Oct. 28, 1956 file photo, Elvis Presley receives a Salk polio vaccine shot in New York City from Dr. Harold Fuerst, left. (AP Photo/File)

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Elvis Presley performs onstage at the International Convention Center in Honolulu Hawaii on Jan. 14, 1973. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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A new exhibit is going up at Masur Museum in Monroe, La., features photographs of a young Elvis Presley on the stage of the Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport, La. The show focuses on 40 black and white photographs taken by Shreveport photojournalists Jack Barham and Langston McEachern, most depicting Elvis in his final performance in Shreveport on Dec. 15, 1956. (AP Photo,file)

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An exhibit is at Masur Museum in Monroe, La., featured photographs of a young Elvis Presley on the stage of the Louisiana Hayride in Shreveport, La. (AP Photo,file)

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Elvis Presley is seen in this 1964 portrait. (AP Photo)

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Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley performs on stage in 1972. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Elvis Presley performs in Providence, R.I. on May 23, 1977. (AP Photo, File)

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Hundreds of people wait outside the late Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion before the gates are opened for the public to view the body of the rock and roll singer in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1977. (AP Photo)

Hundreds of people wait outside the late Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion before the gates are opened for the public to view the body of the rock and roll singer in Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1977. (AP Photo)

FILE - A florist adds more floral arrangements to the overflowing collection of flowers that cover the ground at the mausoleum Aug. 18, 1977, where singer Elvis Presley was entombed during funeral services in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo, File)

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A florist adds more floral arrangements to the overflowing collection of flowers that cover the ground at the mausoleum Aug. 18, 1977, where singer Elvis Presley was entombed during funeral services in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - A florist adds more floral arrangements to the overflowing collection of flowers that cover the ground at the mausoleum Aug. 18, 1977, where singer Elvis Presley was entombed during funeral services in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo, File)

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A 45 rpm record of, “I forgot to remember to forget,” is one of the items in a new “60 years of Elvis” exhibit sits inside an annex at Graceland on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Lance Murphey)

A street art display honoring Elvis Presley is shown at the candlelight vigil at Graceland in 2019 commemorating his death. Presley fans flock every year to the Graceland tourist attraction for Elvis Week, a celebration of his life and career as a singer and actor. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)