October 3: G. Rolle White Coliseum, College Station, TX
October 4: Boys Club, Paris, TX
October 5: City Auditorium, Greenville, TX
October 6: Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
October 6: Skyline Club, Austin, TX
October 8: City Auditorium, Houston, TX
October 10: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Brownwood, TX
October 11: Fair Park Auditorium, Abilene, TX
October 12: Midland High School, Midland, TX
October 13: Municipal Auditorium, Amarillo, TX
October 14: Odessa High School, Odessa, TX
October 11: Fair Park Auditorium, Lubbock, TX
October 15: Cotton Club, Lubbock, TX
October 16: Municipal Auditorium, Oklahoma City, OK
October 17: Memorial Auditorium, El Dorado, AR
October 19: Circle Theatre, Cleveland, OH
October 20: Brooklyn High School, Cleveland, OH
October 20: St. Michaels' Hall, Cleveland, OH
October 21: Missouri Theatre, St. Louis, MO
October 22: Missouri Theatre, St. Louis, MO
October 23: Missouri Theatre, St. Louis, MO
October 24: Silver Moon Club, Newport, AR
October 25: Houston Armory, Houston, MS
October 26: Greater Gulf States Fair, Prichard, AL
October 28: Curtis Gordon's Radio Ranch Club, Mobile, AL
October 29: Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
November 5: Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
November 6: Community House, Biloxi, MS
November 7: Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS
November 8: Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS
November 12: Carthage Milling Co., Carthage, TX
November 12: Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
November 13: Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, TN
November 14: Forrest City High School, Forrest City, AR
November 15: Community Center, Sheffield, AL
November 16: City Auditorium, Camden, AR
November 17: Municipal Auditorium, Texarkana, AR
November 18: Reo Palm Isle Club, Longview, TX
November 19: Gladewater High School, Gladewater, TX
November 25: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Port Arthur, TX
November 26: Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
November 29: Mosque Theater, Richmond, VA
December 2: Atlanta Sports Arena, Atlanta, GA
December 3: State Coliseum, Montgomery, AL
December 4: Lyric Theater, Indianapolis, IN
December 5: Lyric Theater, Indianapolis, IN
December 6: Lyric Theater, Indianapolis, IN
December 7: Lyric Theater, Indianapolis, IN
December 8: Rialto Theater, Louisville, KY
December 9: Swifton High School, Swifton, AR
December 9: B&I Club, Swifton, AR
December 10: Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
December 12: National Guard Armory, Amory, MS
December 17: Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
December 19: Ellis Auditorium, Memphis, TN
December 31: Louisiana Hayride, Shreveport, LA
Other important events:
January 1: Elvis signs with new manager Bob Neal.January 6: Waylon Jennings, future Buddy Holly bassist and "outlaw" Country star, meets Elvis for the first time at a show in Lubbock, TX.
January 11: "Colonel" Tom Parker first takes notice of Presley's name after Texarkana, AK, DJ "Uncle Dudley" reports on the crowd frenzy at tonight's show.
January 15: "Colonel" Tom Parker travels to Shreveport, LA, to witness Elvis in concert.
February 6: Bob Neal, Tom Parker and Sam Phillips meet in Memphis to discuss Elvis; Parker angers Phillips by revealing that he is already approaching major labels about the singer.
February 13: As part of the C&W duo Buddy And Bob, Buddy Holly appears on the bill with Elvis in Lubbock, TX.
February 16: Roy Orbison witnesses Elvis' act in Odessa, TX.
March 23: Elvis, Scotty, and Bill audition for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts show in New York and are rejected.
May 6: Elvis returns to Memphis to take his girlfriend, Dixie Locke, to her Junior prom.
May 13: At tonight's show in Jacksonville, FL, Elvis tells the girls who make up the majority of the 14,000-plus crowd that he'll "see [them] backstage." The crowd proceeds to do just that, causing a riot and, reportedly, convincing Tom Parker about Elvis' popularity once and for all.
June 3: Future country-pop star Mac Davis also catches Elvis' show in Lubbock.
June 5: Gladys Presley, Elvis' mother, awakens suddenly in Memphis, convinced that her boy is in danger; at that moment, Elvis' first pink Cadillac catches on fire while en route from Fulton, AR. Elvis is unharmed.
June 17: Bob Neal agrees to let Tom Parker handle all Elvis' bookings.
July 7: Elvis finally finds a new pink Cadillac.
July 22: RCA offers $12,000 for Elvis' contract.
July 26: Elvis meets what would be his first "public" girlfriend, June Juanico, at a concert in Biloxi. The pair "took in some floor shows" and talked in Elvis' car, outside June's house, until 6 am.
July 31: Photographer William S. Randolph takes the famous concert shot that will eventually become the cover of the debut Elvis Presley album.
