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Scampering aboard a plane in Los Angeles, impulsive Judy Spreckels, 24, ex-wife of Sugar Daddy Adolph B. Spreckels Jr., was soon in Memphis and the offices of the daily Press-Scimitar. She had learned that a photograph, made last month in Las Vegas, showing her with dreamboat Groaner Elvis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 11, 1956 | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

Item: In Amarillo, when asked if he intended to marry, Elvis answered: "Why buy a cow when you can get milk through the fence?"

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Teeners' Hero | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

When the call came, Presley was overcome by the stiffness that still bothers him when he sings without an audience. The session was about to fizzle when he started fooling around with a rock-'n-roll beat, the same heavily accented style he uses today. Records started to sell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Teeners' Hero | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

It was not long before the response was even better, comparable to Johnnie Ray or Frankie Sinatra, with girls snatching Presley's shirt, belt, shoes, and RCA Victor buying out his recording contract for $35,000. Elvis now nets $7,500 a week for personal appearances, will net more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Teeners' Hero | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

Dodgem, Too. Last week his Heartbreak Hotel was the nation's No. 1 best-selling record, and Elvis Presley himself was appearing at Las Vegas' New Frontier and getting a taste of more adult audiences. There was little screaming to be heard, but some fully grown female listeners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Teeners' Hero | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

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