LOVE ME TENDER: ELVIS DEBUTS ON THE BIG SCREEN Despite having already signed an agreement with Paramount Pictures producer Hal B. Wallis, on August 1, 1956, Elvis began filming (it would finish at the beginning of October) of his first…
THE MILTON BERLE SHOW AND THE HOUND DOG PERFORMANCE CONTROVERSY On July 5, 1956, Elvis appears again on “The Milton Berle Show,” this time in the studio where the show usually takes place. With the backing of The Jordanaires, Scotty Moore…
FIRST PERFORMANCES IN LAS VEGAS On April 3, 1956, Elvis appears on “The Milton Berle Show” on NBC. This special broadcast of the program takes place on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hancock. It is the first of two performances…
CAMERA TEST FOR THE RAINMAKER On February 1, 1956, as “Heartbreak Hotel” makes its way up the charts on its way to #1, the single “I Forgot To Remember To Forget“/ “Mystery Train“, representing his fifth and final single under…
FIRST SUCCESSES “HEARTBREAK HOTEL, ITS FIRST GREAT CLASSIC” With the signing of Elvis’ contract with RCA, the company quickly began preparing for Elvis’s first recording session. RCA had the songs he had acquired from the SUN label, which he would…
