Colonel was essentially a one-star manager. He didn't have a group of stars because he didn't think he could give them enough individual attention. He'd managed Eddy Arnold in the late forties up 'til '51, and now he managed Hank snow. In addition, he was an equal partner with snow in Hanks snow Enterprises-jamboree Attractions, which packaged tours. And now he needed somebody to open the Hank snow jamboree tour of '55. So he put Elvis on. Hank was supposed to be the headliner, but it didn't turn out that way. Elvis was the second or third act on the show. But the girls screamed so loud, Elvis had to come back onstage. Hank couldn't even do his show. About ten dates into the tour, Hank said, "Either take elvis off the damn show, or put him on before intermission." Bill black did Elvis merchandising, by the way. He was out there selling pictures up a storm.
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Elvis And The Memphis Mafia By Alanna Nash
Non-FictionA monumental oral biography filled with raucous joy, aching loss and terrible poignancy, Elvis and the memphis mafia is the first book to capture the king - the man and the phenomenon- in his full complexity.
