Norma Jean - The Human Face, Divine

The release of this record marked a radical turn in Elvis' career: gradually his repertoire moved away from the rebellious atmosphere of the debut, rushing along the less slippery path of a carefree and sterile stage. The "Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear" smash hit, which held the top spot on the list of best sellers for seven weeks and sold more than a million copies in 1957, is very far from the rebellion inspired by a song like “Mongrels” just a year earlier. The symbolic transition from the intractable street dog to the complaisant teddy bear testifies to the colonel’s desire to smooth the image of Elvis, who gave Christmas a whole cart of toys to the Society of Paralyzed Children.