The king of rock and roll would have been 67 on August 16 if he were still alive, and his enduring popularity in death has proved as extraordinary as his meteoric rise from impoverished obscurity to global stardom was in life.

• 拥有摇滚乐天王地位的猫王如果还在世，在八月十六日这天将届六十七岁，他在死后盛名久久不衰，就如他在世时由贫贱无名一跃为全球巨星般神奇。