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Custom Caddy. Soon Elvis Presley was upping the ante, wearing a full suit of gold lame. So did Elvis' imitators, and now Liberace complains, "I really have to exaggerate to look different and to top them." He also has to spend. His suits run $10,000 apiece, and they...
There he stood, that moaning old Yank, Elvis Presley, 30, firmly in the No. 1 spot on London's Hit Parade with what the trade calls a ."religiose"-Crying in the Chapel. And were the Beatles crying any more than usual down there in 24th place with Ticket to...
The sudden public acceptance of rock 'n' roll by so many people who supposedly should know better came as no surprise to the record and radio industries. Their surveys have long shown the existence of a vast underground of adult rock 'n' roll fans, including those who were raised on...
Then, in the fall of 1956, came Elvis Presley with his flapping hair, three-inch sideburns, and gyrating hips. "Ah wa-ha-hunt yew-hoo, Ah nee-hee-heed yew-hoo," he sang, and millions of teenagers flipped.
"C'mon, Baby." There was obviously something visceral about Elvis and his music. Because soon there were riots in Hartford, Atlanta, and San Jose, Calif. Theaters were demolished in London and São Paulo, Brazil. Sociologists began to view the phenomenon with alarm. Studies showing that Elvis fans had a...