Elvis, Monday evening, January 7, 1957 following his last appearance on the Ed Sullivan show

Elvis, Monday evening, January 7, 1957 following his last appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.

Fans remembers Elvis at Greeneville train station 1957

East Tennessee fans remember Elvis
By Knoxville News Sentinel, January 8, 2010

Rebecca Saye remembers being a 9th-grader boarding the train with friends that carried Elvis Presley in Greeneville, Tenn., in 1957. She said he kissed her and her friends when they departed and she didn't wash her face for six weeks. In 1957, I was in the 9th grade in Greeneville Junior High School, and a huge Elvis fan. At that time Elvis would travel only by train, and he would go through Greeneville from Memphis to NY to be on the Ed Sullivan show. Several mornings during the week that he was to appear on the Sullivan show, my daddy would be late for work, and take me and a friend of mine to the train station to see if Elvis was on the train. Of course, we would be late for school too, but important things like Elvis came first. He didn't come during the week, but on Saturday, he came through. We were waiting, and got our tickets and boarded the train. We had tickets to go as far as Johnson City, where my daddy was going to pick us up. Unfortunately, Elvis was asleep during that trip, but we talked to several people who had seen and heard him until late into the night.

On Sunday, he was on the now famous 'shown above the hips' episode of Ed Sullivan.

On Monday night my one friend, and two others, decided that we would go to the Greeneville train station again, but when we got there the word was out that he was coming through, and there were a lot of people there. We already had our plans made beforehand, so we went to get our tickets.

This time to Morristown., since he was headed back to Memphis. While everyone else was screaming for him, and he was signing autographs for the others, (as seen in the pictures), the four of us girls boarded the train, and when it left the station, we were there with Elvis waving to everyone.

He and his friends, who later became know as the Memphis Mafia, went back to the dining car, and we were able to sit at the table across from them. He had on the deep red suede jacket that he wore on one of his record covers. We all got autographs, and I got a sprig of parsley, and a piece of bread that he had eaten off of.. He kissed us as we left the train, and I didn't wash my face for six weeks. I can't remember now why I broke down and finally washed it. The event was written up in the Greeneville Sun, as well as the Knoxville Sentinel. I was able to see Elvis in two concerts much later on. One in Nashville, and one in Murfreesboro. I was married with children by then, but I still screamed when he moved.

I will never forget getting to ride on the train with him, and it was fun when we were able to take our granddaughters to Graceland and remember how it once was.

Another story from the same timeframe

Joan Price : The third time Elvis passed through Greenville,Tennessee, the crowd at the station was just huge, and we couldn't even get anywhere near him. We were very upset, so my mother bought tickets for the four of us girls to ride down to the next town. We got on the train with him. After the conductor punched our tickets,we went and sat in the dining car right across from him, and ordered Coca-Colas.

Back then Cokes normally cost a nickel, but on that train those Cokes were a dollar and a half a piece! We were just horriified at how expensive they were.Elvis remembered us and was very charming and polite.

So there we were sitting across from him and we're loaded down with movie magazines and records and all kinds of stuff for him to autograph.

Dinah Dodd : He asked us where we went to school,how old we were-things like that. I'm sure we were so silly,giggling and all that kind of stuff. The other guys with Elvis were kind of teasing him about us. You could see them cutting their eyes , then back to us,grinning. Elvis was very nice and cordial and pleasant. He was just a little country boy,not at that point full of himself. We were having such a great time ,but we had to get off at the next stop, Morristown. When we did, we carried off the napkins from his table, and the place mats,the pen he signed with-just about everything we could grab.

Joan Price : One of the other girls even took some crumbs from his table.

I wonder if she still has them. I've still got that napkin in my scrapbook.

Dinah Dodd : And I still have his autograph.

Joan Price : There was a big article in the Greenville paper about us meeting him and about our little trip.

Secend story; Interviewed by Rose Clayton and Dick Heard

Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Show Appearances

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Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Show | October 28, 1956
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January 1957

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March

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April

Elvis Presley Buffalo, NY. Memorial Coliseum | April 1, 1957
Elvis Presley Maple Leaf Gardens Canada | April 2, 1957
Elvis Presley Ottawa Canada | April 3, 1957
Elvis Presley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Sports Arena | April 5, 1957
Elvis Presley and Knox Phillips | Memphis, TN | Tuesday April 9, 1957
Elvis Presley with Yvonne Lime | Easter 1957
Elvis Presley New Music Gates at Graceland in 1957 | April 22, 1957
April 30, 1957 | Bill for Stone Wall Built at the front of Graceland

May

The Dog House That Frank Helped Build | May 17-19, 1957
May 1957 | The Jailhouse Rock Recording Sessions

June

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August

Elvis Presley Vancouver, Canada. Empire Stadium | August 31, 1957

September

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Elvis Presley Seattle, WA. Sick's Stadium (Evening Show) | September 1, 1957
Elvis Presley Multnomah Civic Stadium Portland, OR | September 2, 1957

October

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Elvis Presley and Joan Adams | Las Vegas, October 1957
Elvis Presley October 28 & 29, 1957 | Pan Pacific Auditorium

November

Elvis Presley Hawaii | November 9, 1957
Elvis Presley Hawaii | November 10, 1957
Elvis Presley Honolulu Stadium, Hawaii November, 10 1957

December

Elvis Presley WDIA Goodwill Revue | December 6, 1957
Elvis Presley December 16, 1957
Elvis Presley Graceland | December 20, 1957
Elvis Presley and Colonel Parker | Isetta Sports Car | Saturday | December 21, 1957
Elvis Presley December 21, 1957 | Evening | Ryman Auditorium, Nashville
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