Debut Album (LP)Elvis debut LP, titled Elvis Presley, was the first rock album to reach number one on the charts. Intriguingly, his first long play demonstrates that RCA had no idea what to do with the singer, even though it had paid what was then a kings ransom to buy his contract from Sam Phillips Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. The album was produced by Steve Sholes (head of RCAs Country and Western and Rhythm and Blues division) and released in mono in March