Elvis with Jimmie Rodgers Snow in the parade | Meridian, Mississippi | May 26, 1955

Elvis with Jimmie Rodgers Snow in the parade - Meridian, Mississippi May 26, 1955.

Bill Black, Jimmy Snow and Elvis Presley - 1955.

Wednesday, May 25 1955 - Elvis attends the third annual Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Celebration honoring the universally acknowledged 'Father of Country Music' in his hometown. An afternoon barbecue attracts 10.000 people with Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, and many other current country-and-western stars in attendance, while the evening's shows are divided among five different venues in town'.Music will be provided by Elvis Presley and his orchestra' at the American Legion Hall, according to the Meridian Star.

The September issue of Country Song Roundup reports that Elvis was called back for encore after encore, performing 'Baby Let's Play House', 'I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone', 'Milkcow Blues Boogie', and 'You're A Heartbreaker', amongst others. The next day the Jimmie Rodgers Celebration continues with a noontime parade that attracts a crowd of 60.000. All the performers ride in the parade, including Elvis, and he subsequently does a show at the Junior College Stadium. On this same day Colonel Parker writes a long letter to Bob Neal outlining all that he has done for Presley and offering to work more closely with Neal in promoting the career of the young singer: 'If ever you wish to tie in with me closely and let me carry the ball', he declares in somewhat disingenuous fashion', I will be happy to sit down with both of you and try to work it out'.

View larger image plus a second with Elvis name painted on the door, and the story of how Elvis came to paint his name on his first pink Cadillac, in the article ......

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January 1955

Alvis Presley: January 5, 1955
Elvis Presley on The Louisiana Hayride | January 22, 1955
Tyler | January 25, 1955
Backstage Gilmer | January 26, 1955
Elvis Presley January 29, 1955 The Louisiana Hayride

February

Sun Studios | February 3, 1955 | Elvis, Scotty and Bill
Elvis Presley February 6, 1955 | Memphis. Overton Park Shell
Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley February 13, 1955 | Lubbock, Tx. Fair Park Coliseum
February 26, 1955 | Ad for Cleveland Concert on this date

March

Elvis, Scotty and Bill at Coley's Truck Stop in Dermott, AR | March 25, 1955

April

Bill Black, Royce Hanson Jr. and Elvis Presley Gladewater High School | April 30, 1955

May

Elvis Presley and Dixie Locke | Dixie Locke's Junior Prom | May 6, 1955
Elvis Presley May 13, 1955 | Elvis with Mae Boren Axton
Elvis with Jimmie Rodgers Snow in the parade | Meridian, Mississippi | May 26, 1955
Elvis Presley Texarkana, AR | Friday, May 27, 1955

June

Elvis Presley Fair Park Coliseum Lubbock, TX | June 3, 1955
Elvis Presley June 5, 1954 | Elvis Presley's Burnt out Cadillac
Elvis Presley Big D Jamboree Dallas, Texas. Sportarium June 18, 1955
Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley & Bill Black Beaumont Texas June 21, 1955

July

Elvis Presley July 4, 1955 | Hodges Park | De Leon
Elvis Presley Water Skiing McKellar Lake | July 1955
Elvis Presley July 15, 1955 | Joy Drive-In Theatre Minden, LA
Elvis Presley July 28 & 29, 1955 | Jacksonville, FL. Gator Stadium Baseball Park
Elvis Presley Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL | July 31, 1955

August

Elvis Presley Bryan, Tx., Aug 23, 1955

September

Elvis Presley and friends, backstage | Clarksdale, MS. City Auditorium | September 8, 1955
Gilmer | September 26, 1955

October

Elvis Presley The Cotton Club Lubbock, TX | October 15, 1955
Elvis Presley October 18, 1955
Elvis Presley Cleveland | October 19, 1955
Elvis Presley Cleveland, Ohio | October 20, 1955

December

Elvis Presley New York | December 1, 1955
Elvis Presley Swifton, AR | December 9, 1955
Scotty, Bill and Elvis onstage (in the ring) at Ellis Auditorium | Dec 19, 1955

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