Though the King of Rock and Roll may only briefly have touched down in Scotland for little more than an hour in 1960, it turns out his Scottish connections actually go much deeper. It turns out that Elvis Aaron Presley's family may originally have been from Aberdeenshire.
The music and film star, known for his unmistakable voice and infectious charisma, may never have performed here but for thousands of fans, he still definitely left his mark. With the legend's life currently being revisited with a new film starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, Aberdeen Live has taken a look back at the work of Scots author Allan Morrison, who, in 2004 finally traced Elvis' roots back to a little village in the north east.
In researching Elvis' lineage for his book the Elvis Prophecy, the writer said he was in Sarasota in America in 2000 when he discovered the star's ancestor Andrew Presley was actually from Scotland, and the first Presley to cross the Atlantic way back in 1745.
