Original Elvis Presley Concert Ticket Stub Cotton Bowl Stadium Oct. 11, 1956

  
On October 11, 1956, on the start of a 4 day tour in Texas that would include Waco, Houston and San Antonio, Elvis, Scotty, Bill and DJ performed at the Cotton Bowl as featured performers during the State Fair. It was reported that there were 26,500 fans in attendance, the largest paid crowd ever to see an entertainer perform in Dallas and the largest that band had ever performed to at the time. The show, sponsored by KLIF Radio, lasted 90 minutes, 35 minutes of which was Elvis' performance. The first hour consisted of acts by Sherry Davis (a local who had also appeared on the Big D Jamboree and would take many photos of the tour), Howard and Wanda Bell, Rex Marlowe, Hubert Castle and The Jordanaires all backed by Hyman Charninsky and his orchestra. According to a review in the Dallas Morning News, Elvis was momentarily upset immediately prior to his stage appearance when a process server met him at the entrance to the Bowl and presented him with a subpoena for a breach of contract suit. Actor Nick Adams, who accompanied Elvis for the Dallas engagement was erroneously served the paper in a comedy of errors. Elvis appeared shaken up by the event, but when the band struck up a bop tune which was his cue to perform, he hopped in a convertible and started the ride down into the Bowl. Steve Bonner, who was in attendance that evening, said that the stage at the Cotton Bowl show faced the press box side of the stadium where all of the audience was seated. There had been a temporary fence put on that side for security.

I doubt if anyone cared one thing about any of the opening acts. All eyes were glued to the ramp at the south end of the stadium where everyone would come out. Steve said after what seemed forever and even after a decoy was sent out here comes this convertible easing down the ramp with some fellow in a green sport jacket, white shirt and a tie in it perched up on the back seat. The Dallas Morning News reported, a spotlight located high atop the press box cut a path through the cool Texas night and picked out the side-burned crooner in the back seat of the convertible.

A roar snowballed out of the grandstand as the car circled the gridiron, then grew to an earsplitting crescendo. When Elvis waved his hand the roar increased.

As he approached the stage it appeared that the crowd would quiet at least momentarily, but he made the mistake of tossing back his head and emitted a brief laugh. Pandemonium broke loose again and Presley never gave it another opportunity to subside. When he sang it midway through his show, the song brought joyful shrieks of ecstasy from the thousands of teenage fans. Steve said, No fan could have possibly left disappointed in the performance given by Presley that night.

They got more of a show than they would have ever dreamed of. He jumped off the stage to the turf to close with "Hound Dog".

On the humorous side during the performance Elvis informed the crowd that a new movie titled Love Me Tender would be released next month and it was starring Gene Vincent. This was also the first performance that Elvis was pictured using his new 1956 Gibson J-200.

That month, October 1956, Variety magazine dubbed Elvis The King of Rock'n' Roll. The following October, Scotty and Bill performed with Johnny Carroll at Fair Park for two weeks (the 5th through 20th), four shows a day at the Dallas State fair after temporarily leaving Elvis' employ, mainly for economic reasons. Unfortunately though, Elvis would be getting his draft notice and the shows would be almost over. The item "Original Elvis Presley Concert Ticket Stub Cotton Bowl Stadium Oct. 11, 1956" is in sale since Sunday, December 11, 2016.

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