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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Elvis Las Vegas 1956

Elvis Las Vegas 1956

Belard, Paul

Paperback

General Music

ISBN10: 099727266X
ISBN13: 9780997272666
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Apr 3 2017
Pages: 238
Weight: 1.70
Height: 0.62 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

In April 1956, Elvis' manager, Tom Parker, booked him and his band, Scotty Moore, Bill Black and D.J. Fontana, for a two-week engagement at the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. It was to begin on April 23rd.

It has been widely reported that Elvis bombed in Las Vegas, even that his contract was cancelled after a week. That the middle-aged audience and retirees that could afford to visit Sin City at the time reacted coolly to Elvis is true enough, but his contract was never broken. However, during the first performance, the reserved audience who came to see the other performers, only politely applauded. Thereafter, his performance was switched from closing the show to opening it. Elvis did the scheduled two weeks, closing with his last performance on the evening of May 6.

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