10th March 1955, Thursday
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Elvis Presley performed in Clarksdale, Mississippi, at the City Auditorium. His 8:00 p.m. show featured humour from Bob Neal and songs from Jimmy Work and Betty Amos. The show's emcee was "Fiddling" Bill Cantrell, a local favorite. Adults could get in for $1.00 and $75- cents while children were admitted for 50-cents.
According to Shirley Fleming, ''We had been out playing tennis. Here comes the pinkest car I had ever seen. My friend Carol Black, she was a good-looking girl and a flirt, said, 'That's Elvis', and the race started. We caught them and they pulled over. After the show, Elvis went outside to talk to the girls. I was the chaperone, Carol was the one Elvis fancied, and I had the Brownie camera, and I wasn't really an Elvis fan.
Scotty and Bill wanted to get home. We talked about the Hayride and Scotty said, 'It sure is a long way for what you made''.
Harry Lalcheim cables the Colonel that he has set up the Godfrey audition for March 23, and should Elvis win first place, he will appear on Godfrey's morning TV show for the following three weeks.
Gene Smith, Betty Amos, Helen (Neal) Hobgood, Scotty, Charles Neal, Elvis and Bob Neal with Jimmy Work and Bill Black standing in a cafe in Clarksdale, MS - Mar. 10, 1955
photo taken from A Boy From Tupelo
According to Shirley Fleming, ''We had been out playing tennis. Here comes the pinkest car I had ever seen. My friend Carol Black, she was a good-looking girl and a flirt, said, 'That's Elvis', and the race started. We caught them and they pulled over. After the show, Elvis went outside to talk to the girls. I was the chaperone, Carol was the one Elvis fancied, and I had the Brownie camera, and I wasn't really an Elvis fan.
Scotty and Bill wanted to get home. We talked about the Hayride and Scotty said, 'It sure is a long way for what you made''.
Harry Lalcheim cables the Colonel that he has set up the Godfrey audition for March 23, and should Elvis win first place, he will appear on Godfrey's morning TV show for the following three weeks.
Gene Smith, Betty Amos, Helen (Neal) Hobgood, Scotty, Charles Neal, Elvis and Bob Neal with Jimmy Work and Bill Black standing in a cafe in Clarksdale, MS - Mar. 10, 1955
photo taken from A Boy From Tupelo
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