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Elvis Presley's first newspaper portrait from 1954.
Jim Reid / Memphis Press-Scimitar
Elvis Presley performs at the Armory in Louisville. Nov. 25, 1956.
By Cort Best, The Courier-Journal
Elvis Presley made an appearance, but did not sing, at Russwood Park on June 28, 1957, for a benefit for what would become St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Elvis is flanked by comic Lou Costello and actress Jane Russell. Others appearing on the program before an estimated crowd of 11,000 were singers Roberta Sherwood and Ferlin Husky and actress Susan Hayward.
Barney Sellers / The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley sings in one of two grandstand shows at the Mississippi-Alabama State Fair on Aug. 26, 1956. The young star nearly caused a riot with his singing in Tupelo, Miss., where he was born.
Eldred Reaney / The Tennessean
1956 - Elvis Presley visits the set of "Dance Party" with Wink Martindale, center, and Dewey Phillips. Phillips was the first deejay to play Elvis' first recording, "That's Alright Mama."
Courtesy Of Wink Martindale / For CommercialAppeal.com
Elvis Presley was outfitted with all of his military gear at Ft Chaffee, Ark. Elvis was inducted March 24, 1958 at Memphis and spent several days at Ft. Chaffee before moving on to Ft. Hood Texas on the 28th, where he would undergo six months training. He would return to his hometown March 7, 1960 after completing his tour of duty.
Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley on the day of his induction into the army March 24, 1958. Miss Judy Spreckels and Miss Anita Wood (next to Elvis) were among those to see him off. After reporting for duty about 6:30 a.m. at the Draft Board office in the M&M Building, 198 South Main, he and other inductees would spend much of the day at Kennedy Veterans Hospital for processing and physicals before boarding a bus for Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. By the 28th, Elvis arrived at Fort Hood, Texas where he would undergo six months of training before shipping off to Germany.
Barney Sellers, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley playing touch football at the Dave Wells Community Center December 27, 1956. Several hundred people watched the singer pass, kick and run a touchdown. Elvis's first movie, "Love Me Tender," in which he performed several songs, had premiered November 15th in New York City. The movie opened Thanksgiving Eve (Nov. 21, 1956) at Loew's State Theatre in Memphis. On Sunday January 6, 1957, Elvis would make his third and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. In between the football game and the Sullivan appearance, he reported for his pre-induction Army physical Jan. 4.
Barney Sellers/The Commercial Appeal
A screaming crowd of thousands of teenagers welcomes a guitar-thumping Elvis Presley back to the town where he was born, Tupelo, Miss., during the Mississippi-Alabama State Fair on Aug. 26, 1956.
Eldred Reaney / The Tennessean
Dec. 4, 1956: Sam Phillips and Elvis Presley when Elvis dropped by Phillips' studio and joined Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis for an impromptu jam that would become known as “The Million Dollar Quartet” session.
Courtesy Of Phillips Family Archives
The U.S. Army provided a box lunch for Elvis Presley and other inductees the day they reported for duty March 24, 1958. After reporting for duty about 6:30 a.m. at the Draft Board office in the M&M Building, 198 South Main, he and other inductees would spend much of the day at Kennedy Veterans Hospital for processing and physicals before boarding a bus for Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. By the 28th, Elvis arrived at Fort Hood, Texas where he would undergo six months of training before shipping off to Germany. ( By Fred Payne, Memphis Press-Scimitar / The Commercial Appeal)
Fred Payne, Memphis Press-Scimitar
Elvis Presley playing touch football at the Dave Wells Community Center December 27, 1956. Several hundred people watched the singer pass, kick and run a touchdown. Elvis's first movie, "Love Me Tender", in which he performed several songs, had premiered November 15th in New York City. The movie opened Thanksgiving Eve (Nov. 21, 1956) at Loew's State Theatre in Memphis. On Sunday January 6, 1957, Elvis would make his third and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. In between the football game and the Sullivan appearance, he reported for his pre-induction Army physical January 4th. (By Barney Sellers / Copyright, The Commercial Appeal)
Barney Sellers, The Commercial Appeal
Elvis Presley at Kennedy Veterans Hospital on Getwell January 4, 1957. Elvis reported to the hospital that afternoon for his army pre-induction physical performed by Capt. Leonard Glick and a written qualification exam administered by Lt. Jack Zager just days before his 22nd birthday on January 8. Elvis left for New York by train later that evening for his third and final appearance on Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town Show" which broadcast January 6.
Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal
While on his first furlough, Elvis Presley explains the insignia on his uniform to fans at the gates of Graceland Sunday evening June 1, 1958. Elvis arrived late Saturday night for a two week leave. He was inducted into the army at Memphis March 24, 1958.
Robert Williams, The Commercial Appeal
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