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Elvis In November - 1 of 2
November was often a busy month in Elvis's life and career.
His family moved to Memphis from Tupelo in November 1948 and he then began going
to Humes High School.
In November 1954 Elvis signed his contract to perform weekly on the Louisiana
Hayride radio program.
It was in November 1955 that Elvis received from Mae Axton the demo for
the song "Heartbreak Hotel" she penned with Tommy Durden.Later
that month, leaving Sun Records, he signed his first contract
with RCA Records. "Heartbreak Hotel" became the first of his
many gold record award winners with RCA.By November 1956 Elvis
was a movie star and was riding around Memphis with Natalie Wood
on his Harley Davidson motorcycle.
In November 1957
he sailed to Hawaii and performed his last two live concerts
prior to being inducted into the Army.He spent November 1958
on maneuvers in Germany and in 1959 he was still serving in
Germany and dating his future wife Priscilla.
Elvis finished
shooting a number of his films in the month of November.Many
of his films also were released nationwide in November.
Can you name the
movies released in November?You'll find the answer next week
in Part 2 of "Elvis In November." |
