Bruno Mars was born into a musically gifted family, his mother was a singer, and his father was a percussionist, introducing him to music at a young age. In 1990, at the age of five, he made his first media appearance in a New York Times article titled “Little Elvis,” featuring a photograph of him dressed up as Elvis Presley. Since the age of four, he was supported and accompanied by the family band “The Love Notes,” practicing, playing, and performing with them for five days a week. Both the role of his musically involved family and imitation of Elvis Presley laid the foundation and initiated his musical career.