HOUND DOG – DON’T BE CRUEL EDITED 12-JUL-1956 SINGLE, RCA STUDIOS NEW YORK 1. HOUND DOG 2. DON’T BE CRUEL Reference: 20/47-6604 Side A: Don’t Be Cruel Recording: July 2, 1956, RCA studios in New York Author: Otis Blackwell &…
GRADUATION AND FIRST RECORDING (SUN STUDIOS, CHASING A DREAM) On June 3, 1953, Elvis graduated from Humes High School. Soon after he quickly finds work at the Parker Machinist store after graduation. That summer, he dropped by Memphis Recording Service,…
ELVIS AND HIS PARENTS LIVE IN PUBLIC HOUSING IN THE POOR NEIGHBORHOODS OF MEMPHIS Meanwhile, at Humes High School, Elvis nervously sings with his guitar at a talent show for the students. To his own surprise, he receives more applause…
IN 1948, ELVIS AND HIS FAMILY MOVE TO MEMPHIS Elvis plays his guitar and sings “leaf on a tree” for his class at Milam Junior High School in Tupelo as a farewell because a new change was going to occur…
AT THE AGE OF 10, HE PARTICIPATES IN A YOUNG TALENT COMPETITION On October 3, 1945, thanks to his teacher Oleta Grimes, a neighbor of the Presley family who had heard young Elvis sing at school, at the age of…
