4th March 1955, Friday

[Graeme]

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Ever since DJ Ernest Hackworth (a.k.a. Uncle Dudley) had interviewed Elvis for that December '54 Texarkana show, he'd kept his eyes and ears peeled for any decent money-making opportunities to waltz through his neck of the woods. He liked that quiet-spoken young man, and he thought Elvis had the correct fuel mixture to blast into orbit but just needed the right launch pad to combust upon.
      So when the Lion's club of DeKalb, a little town 30 minutes west of Texarkana, announced that it sought a vehicle to dig up a little capitol for their cause, Hackworth knew just what to suggest. How about a benefit concert? he asked them. And he knew just the perfect person to pack the house...Senor Elvis Presley.