As to your ques­tion re­garding why more RIAA awards weren’t is­sued all through Elvis’ lifetime­time. The an­swer is really quick. RCA was al­All set is­suing in-dwelling gold records normally, so there re­ally wasn’t any need to pursue the RIAA awards, al­although, sometimes it would seem which they were pur­sued. https://goldrecordwallart40246.onzeblog.com/28913479/top-guidelines-of-what-is-a-gold-record-award