11th January 1958, Saturday
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Re: 11th January 1958, Saturday
Last Train To Memphis by Peter Guralnick wrote:...so when they embarked on January 10 it was just Gene, Cliff and Alan, plus the Colonel, "security chief" Bitsy Mott, Freddy Bienstock and Tom Diskin. There were huge crowds at every stop, alerted, Alan felt sure, by an intentional leek from the Colonel's organisation.
Elvis passes through Fort Worth, Texas today on his trip to Hollywood.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Elvis passes through Fort Worth], video, January 11, 1958; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67 ... 049375/m1/: accessed February 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.
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Abilene Reporter-News - Sunday, January 12, 1958
DURING TRAIN LAYOVER
Screaming Teen-age Girls Greet Elvis in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Jan. 11 - Elvis Presley, looking like a linebacker trying to size up the offensive team's next move, peered out of a train window here today at a horde of screaming teen-age girls.
"That's pretty rough before breakfast," the Army-bound singer grinned and told newsmen.
Elvis' train had an hour lay-over. About 50 girls were clawing at the trainside. The crowd even included a grandmother, 69, an avowed Presley fan.
Presley, attired in a blue tux jacket and black pants, which he will soon trade for Army khaki, was wearing black loafers. "I quit wearing blue suede shoes when the song went out."
Presley is on his way to Hollywood from Memphis to make that last movie before he's drafted.
The boy who made a million dollars last year and was expected to top that this year before the Army came along, propped up his feet--displaying a hole in an expensive sock.
"The Army's not all that bad. I'm just thankful they didn't take me last year when I was getting established. I'm not asking for any special favors."
He's wearing his sideburns shorter.
"Yeah, they were getting down to my jaw bones. No, I don't mind the Army cutting them off. They'll grow back," he said.
The hip grinder, 23, said he now has five cars, three motorcycles and a midget auto racer. "I use that last one to run around in the yard with, and scare the chickens."
Presley, always polite, was gracious to his fans.
As shrieks rang around him, he signed all autographs and even gave cheek kisses to a couple of girls.
Said one: "I just asked him when I got up close if he was a good kisser, and he kissed me. I've got to leave. I need a doctor."
Abilene Reporter-News - Sunday, January 12, 1958
DURING TRAIN LAYOVER
Screaming Teen-age Girls Greet Elvis in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Jan. 11 - Elvis Presley, looking like a linebacker trying to size up the offensive team's next move, peered out of a train window here today at a horde of screaming teen-age girls.
"That's pretty rough before breakfast," the Army-bound singer grinned and told newsmen.
Elvis' train had an hour lay-over. About 50 girls were clawing at the trainside. The crowd even included a grandmother, 69, an avowed Presley fan.
Presley, attired in a blue tux jacket and black pants, which he will soon trade for Army khaki, was wearing black loafers. "I quit wearing blue suede shoes when the song went out."
Presley is on his way to Hollywood from Memphis to make that last movie before he's drafted.
The boy who made a million dollars last year and was expected to top that this year before the Army came along, propped up his feet--displaying a hole in an expensive sock.
"The Army's not all that bad. I'm just thankful they didn't take me last year when I was getting established. I'm not asking for any special favors."
He's wearing his sideburns shorter.
"Yeah, they were getting down to my jaw bones. No, I don't mind the Army cutting them off. They'll grow back," he said.
The hip grinder, 23, said he now has five cars, three motorcycles and a midget auto racer. "I use that last one to run around in the yard with, and scare the chickens."
Presley, always polite, was gracious to his fans.
As shrieks rang around him, he signed all autographs and even gave cheek kisses to a couple of girls.
Said one: "I just asked him when I got up close if he was a good kisser, and he kissed me. I've got to leave. I need a doctor."
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