Emerging as the biggest name in the 1950s rock ‘n’ roll scene, Elvis Presley became one of the first-ever globalised superstars. With a voice that could, by turns, stir honey into tea from a thousand paces or rock a can of Red Bull to sleep, cherubic looks, and hips so slick they could make an ageing snake look stiff, he was a worthy bastion of a new revolution. He awakened a sleeping potential for what we now know and love as pop culture. As th…