Sam Walters unearths five famous figures who - incomprehensibly - found something better to do than drive a truck.
1 Elvis Presley
Here is the moment you've been waiting at least two minutes for - Truck & Driver's most famous ex-trucker is The King, Elvis Presley.
Before he rose to the status of rock royalty, Elvis drove trucks for a living. It may well have been behind the wheel that Elvis learned his trade - crooning and eating peanut butter. It is certain that his ducktail hairstyle was the fashion for lorry drivers of the Deep South.
Apparently Elvis was told at one audition to stick to the day job but, having come fifth in a singing competition as a youngster and winning $5, he was not to be discouraged. Honing his skills in the laundry room of a Memphis public housing 
development, the shy boy continued to play country music (he was then known as 'The Hillbilly Cat') and express himself through his guitar.
Appropriately he drove for the Crown Electric Company, a Maryland-based firm that still exists today. Elvis's first big commercial recording was in 1956 with the song Heartbreak Hotel; from there he left the open road behind him and went on to revolutionise music and culture.
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