THE ELVIS PRESLEY DIARY 
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1956 01 01 Elvis performs at Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MI 1956 01 02 Elvis performs at High School Auditorium, Charleston, MS 1956 01 03 Elvis performs at Von Theatre, Booneville, MS 1956 01 04 Elvis performs at The Community Center, Jonesboro, AR 1956 01 06 Elvis performs at Hi School, Randolph, MS 1956 01 07 Elvis performs at The Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA 1956 01 10 Elvis records I Got A Woman, Money Honey, Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville 1956 01 11 Elvis records I Was The One, I'm Counting On You for RCA in Nashville 1956 01 14 Elvis performs at The Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA 1956 01 15 Elvis performs at Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX 1956 01 16 Elvis performs at City Auditorium, Galveston, TX 1956 01 17 Elvis performs at City Auditorium, Beaumont, TX 1956 01 18 Elvis performs at Coliseum, Austin, TX 1956 01 19 Elvis performs at Memorial Auditorium, Wichita Falls, TX 1956 01 20 Elvis performs at North Side Coliseum, Fort Worth, TX 1956 01 21 Elvis performs at The Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA 1956 01 27 Elvis performs in Austin, Texas and then drives to Dallas to catch a plane for New York 1956 01 28 Elvis appears at The Dorsey Brothers show and sings Shake Rattle And Roll/Flip, Flop And Fly and I Got A Woman. In Memphis, reporter Bob Johnson jotted down these almost prophetic thoughts after seeing the performance: ""Presley puts intensity into his songs. Over-emotional? Yes. But he projects. He 'sells'. Elvis has arrived...But you can't throw that much into something without it telling. It'll wear him out. It will exhaust him emotionally and physically. He's 20 now [he was actually 21]. If he's wise, he'll slow down a little and live another 20 years. 1956 01 30 Elvis records So Glad Your Mine, Blue Suede Shoes, My Baby Left Me and One-Sided Love Affair in RCA Studios, NY 1956 01 31 Elvis records I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry and Tutti Frutti in RCA Studios, NY 1956 02 03 Elvis records Lawdy, Miss Clawdy and Shake Rattle And Roll in Rca Studios, NY 1956 02 05 Elvis performs at Mosque Theatre, Richmond, VA 1956 02 06 Elvis performs at National Theatre, Greensboro, NC 1956 02 07 Elvis performs at Center, High Point, NC 1956 02 08 Elvis performs at Ambassad, Raleigh, NC 1956 02 09 Elvis performs at Carolina Theatre, Spartanburg, SC 1956 02 10 Elvis performs at Carolina Theatre, Charlotte, NC 1956 02 12 Elvis performs at Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk, VA 1956 02 13 Elvis performs at Paramount Theatre, Newport News, VA 1956 02 14 Elvis performs at Charles L. Coon Auditorium, Wilson, NC 1956 02 15 Elvis performs at W. Williams High School Auditorium, Burlington, NC 1956 02 16 Elvis makes 3 performances at the Carolina theatre in Winston-Salem, N.C 1956 02 17 Elvis is awarded his first gold record for the album: ELVIS 1956 02 18 Elvis appears in The Dorsey Brothers show, singing Tutti Frutti and I Was The One 1956 02 19 Elvis performs at Ft. Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL 1956 02 20 Elvis performs at Palms Theatre, West Palm Beach, FL 1956 02 21 Elvis performs at Florida Theatre, Sarasota, FL 1956 02 22 Elvis performs at City Auditorium, Waycross, GA 1956 02 23 Elvis is in Florida and performs at The Baseball Park in Jacksonville. Later the same night he is rushed to the hospital after collapsing 1956 02 24 Elvis is still in Florida and performs at The Baseball Park in Jacksonville 1956 02 25 Elvis performs at The Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA 1956 02 26 Elvis performs at City Auditorium, Pensacola, FL 1956 03 01 Elvis is in court as a witness against Bernice Harris. She is found not guilty of ??. Afterwards the judge asks Elvis for his autograph for his daughter Suzanne. Later Elvis went for a cup of coffee to Macks Gold Food behind the policestation, and while waiting for the coffee he put a coin in the jukebox and played one of his own songs. A waitress said she didn't like how that singer looked, but the song was popular at the diner. Then Elvis showed her his driverlicense and the waitress disappered, blushing. 1956 03 02 Elvis is stopped for speeding at Riverside drive, 38 mph. Later that day, between 5 and 6 he is at Bob Neals record shop to sign autographs and sell his records 1956 03 03 Elvis drives his Cadillac to Shreveport to perform at The Louisiana Hayride 1956 03 07 RCA releases the album Elvis Presley. #1 for 10 weeks 1956 03 08 Elvis is stopped speeding on Kimball between Semmes and Lamar, 40 mph. 1956 03 09 Elvis bought some clothing at Lansky's, a local men's store that was one of Elvis' favorites shops. That evening, he appeared at the Chisca Hotel at a gig hosted by Dewey Phillips, well-known local DJ who helped promote Elvis' music. Sy Rose's Band performed as well 1956 03 10 Elvis performs at The Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA 1956 03 14 Elvis performs at Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA. Elvis get fined $51 for not reporting at the policestation after his last speeding 1956 03 15 Elvis performs at Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA. Elvis signs a new contract with Col. Parker where Parker gets 25% 1956 03 18 Elvis performs at County Hall, Charleston, MS 1956 03 19 Elvis performs at Township Auditorium, Columbia, SC 1956 03 20 Elvis performs at Bell Municipal Auditorium, Augusta, GA 1956 03 21 Elvis, Scotty and Bill performs at YMCA in Lexington N.C. Elvis has a fever this night 1956 03 22 Elvis performs at Mosque Theatre, Richmond, VA 1956 03 23 Elvis performs at S.S. Mount Vernon, Washington, DC 1956 03 24 Elvis appears in the Jackie Gleeson Show afterwards he visits Carl Perkins at the hospital in Dover, Delaware where he is after a carcrash 1956 03 25 Elvis flies to the westcoast to appear in the Milton Berle show and to screentest for Paramount 1956 03 28 Elvis flies back to Memphis 1956 03 31 Elvis performs at The Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA 1956 04 01 Elvis makes a screentest for Paramount Studios in Hollywood. He does a playback to Blue Suede Shoes 1956 04 03 Elvis makes his first appearance in The Milton Berle Show 1956 04 04 Elvis performs at Arena, San Diego, CA 1956 04 05 Elvis performs at Arena, San Diego, CA 1956 04 06 Elvis signs a 7-year moviecontract with Hal Wallis and Paramount Pictures 1956 04 08 Elvis performs at Coliseum, Denver, CO 1956 04 09 Elvis performs at Memorial Auditorium, Wichita Falls, TX 1956 04 10 Elvis performs at Fair Park Auditorium, Lubbock, TX 1956 04 11 Elvis performs at Coliseum, El Paso, TX 1956 04 12 Elvis performs at NM Armory, Albaqureque, NM 1956 04 13 Elvis performs at City Auditorium, Amarillo, TX 1956 04 14 Elvis flies to Nashville to record I Want You, I Need You, I Love You. During the flight the plane has to do an emergency landing due to fuelproblems, everything ends all right 1956 04 15 Elvis perform 2 shows at the Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, TX 1956 04 16 Elvis is in Little Rock, Arkansas 1956 04 16 Elvis performs at Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, TX 1956 04 17 Elvis performs at Heart O'Texas Coliseum, Waco, TX 1956 04 18 Elvis performs at Fairground Pavillion, Tulsa, OK 1956 04 19 Elvis performs at Municipal, Oklahoma City, OK 1956 04 20 Elvis performs at North Side Coliseum, Fort Worth, TX 1956 04 21 Elvis performs at Auditorium, Houston, TX 1956 04 23 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 04 24 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 04 25 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 04 26 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 04 27 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 04 28 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 04 29 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 04 30 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 01 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 02 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 03 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 04 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 05 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 06 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 07 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 08 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 09 Elvis performs at New Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 1956 05 13 Elvis performs at Auditorium, St. Paul, MN and Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN 1956 05 14 Elvis performs at Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium, LA Cross, WI 1956 05 15 Elvis performs at Ellis Auditorium(The Cotton Festival), Memphis, TN 1956 05 16 Elvis performs at Robinson Auditorium, Little Rock, AR 1956 05 17 Elvis performs at Shrine Mosque, Springfield, MO 1956 05 18 Elvis performs at Forum, Wichita, KS 1956 05 19 Elvis performs at University Of Nebraska Coliseum, Lincoln, NE 1956 05 20 Elvis performs at Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE 1956 05 21 Elvis performs at Municipal Auditorium, Topeka, KS 1956 05 22 Elvis performs at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Des Moines, IA 1956 05 23 Elvis performs at City Auditorium, Sioux City, IA 1956 05 24 Elvis performs at Municipal Auditorium Arena, Kansas City, MO 1956 05 25 Elvis performs at Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI 1956 05 26 Elvis performs at Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH 1956 05 27 Elvis performs at University Of Dayton Fieldhouse, Dayton, OH 1956 06 02 Elvis flies to California 1956 06 03 Elvis performs at Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA 1956 06 05 Elvis makes his 2:nd appearance at Milton Berle. He does the "shocking" version of Hound Dog, which makes TV and radio-stations ban him for awhile 1956 06 06 Elvis performs at Arena, San Diego, CA 1956 06 07 Elvis performs at Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, CA 1956 06 08 Elvis performs at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA 1956 06 09 Elvis performs at State Fairground Grandstand, Phoenix, AZ 1956 06 10 Elvis performs at Rodeo Grounds, Tucson, AZ 1956 06 12 Elvis and June Juanico flies to Houston to purchase a 1956 ivory-colored Cadillac Convertible 1956 06 16 Elvis appears on the Dance Party show but he doesn�t perform 1956 06 18 Elvis signs a contract for a performance in Charlotte, NC on June 26�th 1956 06 22 Elvis performs at Paramount Theatre, Atlanta, GA 1956 06 23 Elvis performs at Paramount Theatre, Atlanta, GA 1956 06 24 Elvis performs at Paramount Theatre, Atlanta, GA 1956 06 25 Elvis performs at Sports Arena, Savannah, GA 1956 06 26 Elvis performs at Coliseum, Charlotte, NC. Elvis finally goes public to answer to the accusation about setting a bad example to young people. Elvis says:""Did you see The Milton Berle Show? This Debra Paget is on the same show. She wore a tight thing with feathers on the behind where they wiggle most. And I never saw anything like it. Sex? Man, she bumped and pooshed out all over the place. I'm like Little Boy Blue. And who do they say is obscene? Me! He also said about Arthur Crudup: "I used to hear old Arthur Crudup bang his box the way I do now, and I said if I ever got to the place where I could feel all old Arthur felt, I'd be a music man like nobody ever saw." 1956 06 27 Elvis performs at Bell Municipal Auditorium, Augusta, GA 1956 06 28 Elvis is in New York rehearsing for the Steve Allen Show 1956 06 28 Elvis performs at College Park, Charleston, SC 1956 06 30 Elvis arrives in Richmond for his shows at the Mosque Theater. He got off the train and immediately changed stations - on his RCA ""Transistor Seven"" briefcase-sized radio, that is. The radio was all Elvis carried, leaving the luggage to his cousin Junior Smith. Once he found the country and western music he was seeking, he proceeded out of the building; hips swaying, pants fluttering and two-tones gliding towards a waiting taxi in time to the beat. Elvis checked into the Hotel Jefferson. The eyes of the other quests were transfixed on Elvis as he strode through the lobby, especially with his ""rock 'n roll radio"" reverberating through the marble interior. At the front desk, the clerk recognized Elvis (and Elvis new it). But before the clerk could speak, Elvis announced himself with mock self-importance. ""Elvis Presley"" The dramatic effect was lost on the clerk, but it sure made Elvis grin. Elvis performs at Shrine Mosque Theatre, Richmond, VA 1956 07 01 Elvis appears in the Steve Allen Show and does Hound Dog in tux 1956 07 02 Elvis records Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel and Anyway You Want Me in Rca Studios in NY 1956 07 04 Elvis performs at Russwood Park, Memphis, TN 1956 08 03 Elvis performs at Olympic Theatre, Miami, FL 1956 08 04 Elvis performs at Olympic Theatre, Miami, FL 1956 08 05 Elvis performs at Ft. Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL 1956 08 06 Elvis performs at Polk Theatre, Lakeland, FL 1956 08 07 Elvis performs at Floridian Theatre, St. Petersburg, FL 1956 08 08 Elvis performs at Municipal Auditorium, Orlando, FL 1956 08 09 Elvis performs at Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, FL 1956 08 10 Elvis performs at Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL 1956 08 11 Elvis performs at Florida Theatre, Jacksonville, FL 1956 08 12 Elvis performs at Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, LA 1956 08 23 Elvis begin filming for the movie Love Me Tender at 20th Century Fox Hollywood, CA 1956 08 24 Elvis records We're Gonna Move, Love Me Tender and Poor Boy for the movie Love Me Tender at 20th Century Fox Hollywood, CA 1956 09 01 Elvis records Love Me, Playing For Keeps, How Do You Think I Feel and How's The World Treating You at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, CA 1956 09 02 Elvis records Old Shep, Paralyzed, When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again, Long Tall Sally, Too Much and Anyplace Is Paradise at Radio Recorders Hollywood, CA 1956 09 03 Elvis records Ready Teddy, First In Line and Rip It Up at Radio Recorders Hollywood, CA 1956 09 04 Elvis records Let Me and Poor Boy for the movie Love Me Tender at 20th Century Fox Hollywood, CA 1956 09 05 Elvis records Let Me and Poor Boy for Love Me Tender at 20th Century Fox Hollywood, CA 1956 09 09 Elvis makes his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show 1956 09 26 Elvis performs at Tupelo Fair Grounds, Tupelo, MS. Tupelo celebrates "Elvis Presley Day" and Elvis is accompanied by his parents when he returns to his birthplace. He does 2 shows at The Mississippi-Alabama Fair And Dairy Show, the same fair where he performed at age 10. But this time the stage is guarded by hundreds of soldiers 1956 10 01 Elvis records the final-version of Love Me Tender for the movie Love Me Tender at 20th Century Fox Hollywood, CA 1956 10 11 Elvis performs at Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas, TX 1956 10 12 Elvis performs at Heart O'Texas Coliseum, Waco, TX 1956 10 13 Elvis performs at Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, TX 1956 10 14 Elvis performs at Bexar County Coliseum, San Antonio, TX 1956 10 22 Elvis signs a contract for eight performances in Ohio and Kentucky 1956 10 26 Elvis signs a promotional contract with RCA where Elvis agrees to endorse RCA Victor �Victrola� phonographs 1956 10 28 Elvis makes his 2:nd appearance at the Ed Sullivan show 1956 11 08 Elvis, his cousin, Gene Smith and The Colonel�s brother-in-law Bitsy Mott boards a train for Las Vegas for a 10-days vacation 1956 11 09 Elvis, his cousin, Gene Smith and The Colonel�s brother-in-law Bitsy Mott arrives to Las Vegas 1956 11 10 Elvis buys 2 pair of slacks and 2 jackets at Jack Garn Mens Shop in Vegas 1956 11 12 Elvis and his friends rents a car and drives to Los Angeles 1956 11 22 Elvis performs at Sports Arena, Toledo, OH 1956 11 23 Elvis performs at Arena, Cleveland, OH 1956 11 24 Elvis performs at Hobart Arena, Troy, OH 1956 11 25 Elvis performs at Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, KY. Elvis visited his grandfather Jesse D. Presley who was working at a Pepsi bottling plant in Louisville, he bought his grandfather a new car on this day 1956 12 04 The Million Dollar Quartet session (Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Elvis) takes place in the Sun Studio 1956 12 15 Elvis performs at Fairgrounds Youth Center, Shreveport, LA |
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