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...Steve Allen decisively beat CBS's Ed Sullivan a fortnight ago in the battle for TV's Sunday-at-8 audience (TIME, July 16), the burning question among television's hucksters was: Who had done it, Allen or his guest star, Elvis ("The Pelvis") Presley? Sullivan, in the unaccustomed position of runner-up, affected disdain for the Pelvis, snorted that he would not have the gyrating groaner "at any price" on his family-type program. "He is not my cup of tea," Sullivan said loftily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Sunday at 8 (Contd.) | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

...Steve Allen, and the consternation of CBS and Ed Sullivan, the battle of Sunday at 8 (TIME, July 9) took an unexpected turn. In only his second appearance at that critical TV hour, NBC's Steve Allen, aided by his guest star, Elvis ("The Pelvis") Presley, last week badly beat CBS's Ed Sullivan with a Trendex rating of 20.2, and 55.3% of the audience, against Sullivan's 14.8 rating and 39.7% of the audience. Except for a couple of one-shot shows (Martin and Lewis twice) and a Spectacular (Inside Beverly Hills), it was the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: Sunday at 8 (Contd.) | 7/16/1956 | See Source »

Dormitories are fine to sleep in, but the Elvis Presley records are not exactly soothing to somebody who wants to read. The Harvard Summer School should provide an adequate place to study on Saturday, and especially Sunday. Judith Kursch

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 7/12/1956 | See Source »

...American girl who left the States to seek a career. It turned out to be singing. I was ready to head for America to try my luck there. But after reading your articles on Tennessee Ernie, Elvis Presley, and finally "Yeh-heh-heh-hes, Baby," I think I'll give up my citizenship. Not that I don't want to be an American, but I think the public would exile me anyway if I came back singing a square, old, lovely ballad or a song with clever lyrics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 9, 1956 | 7/9/1956 | See Source »

Minstreling through Dixie, Dreamboat Groaner Elvis ("The Pelvis") Presley proved that in the rock-'n'-roll business it helps to be daffy. In Charlotte, N.C. he deeply impressed the local Observer's observer: "Presley burst onto the stage, staggering and flailing like a moth caught in a beam of light." Flouncing down to Charleston, S.C., the twitchy bobby-soxers' twitchy idol made an even deeper impression upon the press. The local News & Courier sent one of its newshens, customarily safe in its education department, to try to talk to Presley and photograph him. As she aimed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 9, 1956 | 7/9/1956 | See Source »

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