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On this photo, Elvis looking like a Beatle years before they first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. Where and when was it taken? https://scontent.fmga3-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/151645912_5157269100980994_2760362249873629829_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=3&_nc_sid=dbeb18&_nc_ohc=GQbUOBgvnpcAX-w0zlJ&_nc_ht=scontent.fmga3-2.fna&oh=322f9f154503b44a6807ea56ef0db495&oe=60595293
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Re: Trivia question
1956, but I can't see anything Beatles related in that picture.
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The question was when and where. You got the year, but you need the month and the day, which should lead you to the place where it was taken. I will give you a hint. It is a small stadium (cap.4,000), which is currently being used as a practice field for a university football team. As to the Beatles connexion, his hair is all over his forehead and that is why it reminds me of them.
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Re: Trivia question
Is that from the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL in 1956?
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No, it's the College Park Stadium, today. It was the site of the June 26, 1956 concert where the trivia question photo was taken. The most famous photo taken that same night is this one.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/db/93/39/db93398156e73674b1720b150e01f4de.jpg
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This appeared in a newspaper tpday
"To meet the demand, the concert relocated to the College Park baseball park on Rutledge Avenue, where it accommodated a crowd reported to be at 4,000, teeming with lines of teenagers. An advertisement for the 8:30 p.m. concert gives Presley top billing as an RCA Victor artist, announcing ticket sales at places like Miller’s Drug Store and Fox Music House.Writer Betty P. Wilkirson of The News and Courier wrote, “Attired in a mandarin-collared grey silk shirt, high-waisted grey trousers, Presley signed autographs with hands that bore two diamond rings — one a horseshoe of stones.”
According to Dave Sikes of Mount Pleasant, his father had the only large outdoor public address system and was contracted to provide the sound for both Presley performances that year. Sikes, 13 at the time, and his 18-year-old brother, who would occasionally help his father with equipment setup and breakdown, were on hand for both shows.
At the first show in March, Sikes said Presley performed for no more than 20 to 40 minutes, then exited by the stairs, shaking the hands of his father and brother while he watched in the background.
In June, Sikes got luckier. When Presley descended the stairs after his performance, he again shook the hands of Sikes’ father and brother. “This time, my father held Elvis’s arm and told him he had another son who wanted to meet him. This is when I got to shake Elvis’s hand. Then, he was off.”
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By Maura Hogan mhogan@postandcourier.com
Robin Collins of Mount Pleasant saw Presley with several of his Orangeburg High School buddies while spending a week at Folly Beach.
“On that warm summer night, we and our dates walked into the stadium,” Collins recounted, citing the huge 18-wheeler truck parked in centerfield, flush against the cement block fence, with its bed used as a stage. Wanting a closer view, they rented some metal folding chairs, placing them near the pitcher’s mound.
According to Rollins, the show started with a warm-up band. “All of a sudden the lights dimmed and the spotlight shined on Elvis as he jumped on stage singing ‘You ain’t nothing but a hound dog.’ My date, a sweet reserved girl, lost it. She started screaming and jumping up and down. It was amazing the effect Elvis and his singing had on the audience, especially the ladies.”
Anna Wireman McAllister, who was 8 when her mother, June Wireman, took her to see Presley, said, “I remember him jumping off the platform, landing on his knees while singing ‘Hound Dog.’”
For 13-year-old Little League player Frank Atkinson, it was easy enough to dodge the ticket fee by instead scaling the park’s wooden gate with two friends in tow to watch the show from behind home plate.
The local reviews varied in their impressions, but confirmed that the entertainer had made one. Basil Hall of The Evening Post wrote, “You ever see a ball park jump? Well, I did. If squeals, shouts, moans and sighs are any indication, Elvis was a tremendous hit. Nobody fainted — they didn’t want to miss the show.”
Wilkirson, who likened the bumps and grinds to a burlesque routine, quoted Presley as saying he wasn’t afraid of the girls mobbing him, just afraid they’d quit. “Judging from the screaming, howling 4,000-voice reaction to his crawling, shaking onstage-offstage-understage performance, his fears of being overlooked are groundless.”
"To meet the demand, the concert relocated to the College Park baseball park on Rutledge Avenue, where it accommodated a crowd reported to be at 4,000, teeming with lines of teenagers. An advertisement for the 8:30 p.m. concert gives Presley top billing as an RCA Victor artist, announcing ticket sales at places like Miller’s Drug Store and Fox Music House.Writer Betty P. Wilkirson of The News and Courier wrote, “Attired in a mandarin-collared grey silk shirt, high-waisted grey trousers, Presley signed autographs with hands that bore two diamond rings — one a horseshoe of stones.”
According to Dave Sikes of Mount Pleasant, his father had the only large outdoor public address system and was contracted to provide the sound for both Presley performances that year. Sikes, 13 at the time, and his 18-year-old brother, who would occasionally help his father with equipment setup and breakdown, were on hand for both shows.
At the first show in March, Sikes said Presley performed for no more than 20 to 40 minutes, then exited by the stairs, shaking the hands of his father and brother while he watched in the background.
In June, Sikes got luckier. When Presley descended the stairs after his performance, he again shook the hands of Sikes’ father and brother. “This time, my father held Elvis’s arm and told him he had another son who wanted to meet him. This is when I got to shake Elvis’s hand. Then, he was off.”
Review: Ranky Tanky and CSO lift up the Gaillard (before it temporarily closes down)
COLUMNISTS
Review: Ranky Tanky and CSO lift up the Gaillard (before it temporarily closes down)
By Maura Hogan mhogan@postandcourier.com
Robin Collins of Mount Pleasant saw Presley with several of his Orangeburg High School buddies while spending a week at Folly Beach.
“On that warm summer night, we and our dates walked into the stadium,” Collins recounted, citing the huge 18-wheeler truck parked in centerfield, flush against the cement block fence, with its bed used as a stage. Wanting a closer view, they rented some metal folding chairs, placing them near the pitcher’s mound.
According to Rollins, the show started with a warm-up band. “All of a sudden the lights dimmed and the spotlight shined on Elvis as he jumped on stage singing ‘You ain’t nothing but a hound dog.’ My date, a sweet reserved girl, lost it. She started screaming and jumping up and down. It was amazing the effect Elvis and his singing had on the audience, especially the ladies.”
Anna Wireman McAllister, who was 8 when her mother, June Wireman, took her to see Presley, said, “I remember him jumping off the platform, landing on his knees while singing ‘Hound Dog.’”
For 13-year-old Little League player Frank Atkinson, it was easy enough to dodge the ticket fee by instead scaling the park’s wooden gate with two friends in tow to watch the show from behind home plate.
The local reviews varied in their impressions, but confirmed that the entertainer had made one. Basil Hall of The Evening Post wrote, “You ever see a ball park jump? Well, I did. If squeals, shouts, moans and sighs are any indication, Elvis was a tremendous hit. Nobody fainted — they didn’t want to miss the show.”
Wilkirson, who likened the bumps and grinds to a burlesque routine, quoted Presley as saying he wasn’t afraid of the girls mobbing him, just afraid they’d quit. “Judging from the screaming, howling 4,000-voice reaction to his crawling, shaking onstage-offstage-understage performance, his fears of being overlooked are groundless.”
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Charlotte, NC. Charlotte Coliseum
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Right!!
The stadium is the property of the Military College where this episode of Columbo was filmed. It was a high school then, the famous Citadel.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/eb/d2/b8/ebd2b8eadfe4cca3d61b862d0f1e63fd.jpg
One of the young actors, later told a zany story of the day he met Elvis. Bruce Kirby
http://radioactive-studios.com/biohazard-films/files/2017/07/Columbo-Dawn-Analysis-20-e1500778503324.jpg
Here is the story. Now, this is the original version, longer, restored. It has to be seen in its entirity to be believed. He is talking about a period between 1967 and 1971.
The place where it happened.
https://scontent.fmga3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/152938155_5162009367173634_2387745441744614098_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=oGm_qcumYDUAX_94tMa&_nc_ht=scontent.fmga3-1.fna&oh=58c7775a99ecf66a40f7556ee97d6838&oe=605B8650
Carl Ballantine, who is mentioned in the story, and Elvis
https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e7/0e/c0/e70ec06fbcdf7ad2347b3658bd1353a7.jpg