Elvis -- Don't Forget The Motor City ! (1956)

Not sure if these have appeared before, but they are pretty neat.

It's Elvis, from the front row, live in Detroit in 1956!

Elvis-DetroitMay251956.jpg

Elvis Presley
Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
Friday, May 25, 1956
Photo: Marilyn Bond
http://www.backstagegallery.com/photographer/MarilynBond.html

ElvisDJFontana-DetroitMay251956.jpg

Elvis Presley, D.J. Fontana
Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
Friday, May 25, 1956
Photo: Marilyn Bond
http://www.backstagegallery.com/photographer/MarilynBond.html

ScottyMooreElvis-DetroitMay251956.jpg

Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley
Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
Friday, May 25, 1956
Photo: Marilyn Bond
http://www.backstagegallery.com/photographer/MarilynBond.html



In a few weeks he would shock America doing an unrecorded song, "Hound Dog," in wild fashion on the Milton Berle program.

What a time to be alive!

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New to me, thanks Doc.

Maybe the second row Doc - the first row are also in the pictures

Excellent to see though. Thanks.

Awesome pics Doc! Just wondering, there are some other musicians playing instruments behind Elvis as well, any idea who they were?

Not sure if these have appeared before, but they are pretty neat.

yeah, they surfaced a couple of years ago. You might remember them from back then. Great shots
http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37935

Awesome pics Doc! Just wondering, there are some other musicians playing instruments behind Elvis as well, any idea who they were?

Joe, they would likely be the Flaim Brothers band.

Emil Flaim, Elvis Presley
Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
Friday, May 25, 1956
Photo: Emil Flaim

The Flaim brothers, Rick and Emil were a musical comedy act from Chicago. Rick, the younger of the two played sax, clarinet and actually all the reed instruments while Emil played piano and accordion ... they also led, and were performing in, their own six piece orchestra that on this tour would also back up the other acts like Frank Connors, an Irish tenor from Detroit who had been performing since the '30s. The orchestra featured Rick Flaim and Wayne Ford on saxophones, Jerry Ross and Marty Scatena on trumpets, occasionally either Bob Allen or Gary Hicks on drums and Emil on piano/accordion. They always opened with the song "Zing! Went the strings of my heart" and on some dates featured female vocalist Jackie Little. Emil said that they usually only backed the Jordanaires for maybe one song and that Hugh Jarrett would be the one that would introduce Elvis.

http://www.scottymoore.net/lacrosse.html

[Source updated as per James' comment below]

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Kool thread!

Not sure if these have appeared before, but they are pretty neat.

yeah, they surfaced a couple of years ago. You might remember them from back then. Great shots
http://www.elvis-collectors.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37935

Awesome pics Doc! Just wondering, there are some other musicians playing instruments behind Elvis as well, any idea who they were?

Joe, they would likely be the Flaim Brothers band.

Thanks James!

Emil Flaim, Elvis Presley
Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
Friday, May 25, 1956
Photo: Emil Flaim

The Flaim brothers, Rick and Emil were a musical comedy act from Chicago. Rick, the younger of the two played sax, clarinet and actually all the reed instruments while Emil played piano and accordion ... they also led, and were performing in, their own six piece orchestra that on this tour would also back up the other acts like Frank Connors, an Irish tenor from Detroit who had been performing since the '30s. The orchestra featured Rick Flaim and Wayne Ford on saxophones, Jerry Ross and Marty Scatena on trumpets, occasionally either Bob Allen or Gary Hicks on drums and Emil on piano/accordion. They always opened with the song "Zing! Went the strings of my heart" and on some dates featured female vocalist Jackie Little. Emil said that they usually only backed the Jordanaires for maybe one song and that Hugh Jarrett would be the one that would introduce Elvis.

http://www.elvisthemagazine.com/articles_2009_07.htm

Elvis the magazine my Ass!
http://www.scottymoore.net/lacrosse.html

Actually I was born the day when

he would shock America doing an unrecorded song, "Hound Dog," in wild fashion on the Milton Berle program.

Even if it was nineteen years later...

But anyway, great pics!

Thank you once again for your wonderful input, Doc!

Have a nice weekend, fellows!

Sincerely,
luckyjackson1

Elvis the magazine my Ass!
http://www.scottymoore.net/lacrosse.html

Um, OK.

Updated my secondary post as per your ... implication.

Thank you once again for your wonderful input, Doc!

You are most welcome.

Elvis the magazine my Ass!
http://www.scottymoore.net/lacrosse.html

Um, OK.

Updated my secondary post as per your ... implication.

Much obliged.

Elvis the magazine my Ass!
http://www.scottymoore.net/lacrosse.html

Um, OK.

Updated my secondary post as per your ... implication.

Much obliged.

Oh Snap!! No he didn't!!

Oh Snap!! No he didn't!!

Get your eyes checked.

Oh Snap!! No he didn't!!

Get your eyes checked.

I already had them striped!!

I already had them striped!!

Huh?

Love any photo's of Elvis in '56...it's what he was all about, R'n'R-the real Elvis. No gimmicks, no flashy lights on stage, just the artist earning his own merits. Charisma was his middle name.

Love any photo's of Elvis in '56...it's what he was all about, R'n'R-the real Elvis. No gimmicks, no flashy lights on stage, just the artist earning his own merits. Charisma was his middle name.

And to be in the front row of a 1956 show ... WOW!

Emil Flaim, Elvis Presley
Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
Friday, May 25, 1956
Photo: Emil Flaim

The Flaim brothers, Rick and Emil were a musical comedy act from Chicago. Rick, the younger of the two played sax, clarinet and actually all the reed instruments while Emil played piano and accordion ... they also led, and were performing in, their own six piece orchestra that on this tour would also back up the other acts like Frank Connors, an Irish tenor from Detroit who had been performing since the '30s. The orchestra featured Rick Flaim and Wayne Ford on saxophones, Jerry Ross and Marty Scatena on trumpets, occasionally either Bob Allen or Gary Hicks on drums and Emil on piano/accordion. They always opened with the song "Zing! Went the strings of my heart" and on some dates featured female vocalist Jackie Little. Emil said that they usually only backed the Jordanaires for maybe one song and that Hugh Jarrett would be the one that would introduce Elvis.

http://www.elvisthemagazine.com/articles_2009_07.htm

Elvis the magazine my Ass!
http://www.scottymoore.net/lacrosse.html

Who is behind that site? Really not cool to pass off a huge article like that as their own work.

Emil Flaim, Elvis Presley
Fox Theater, Detroit, MI
Friday, May 25, 1956
Photo: Emil Flaim

The Flaim brothers, Rick and Emil were a musical comedy act from Chicago. Rick, the younger of the two played sax, clarinet and actually all the reed instruments while Emil played piano and accordion ... they also led, and were performing in, their own six piece orchestra that on this tour would also back up the other acts like Frank Connors, an Irish tenor from Detroit who had been performing since the '30s. The orchestra featured Rick Flaim and Wayne Ford on saxophones, Jerry Ross and Marty Scatena on trumpets, occasionally either Bob Allen or Gary Hicks on drums and Emil on piano/accordion. They always opened with the song "Zing! Went the strings of my heart" and on some dates featured female vocalist Jackie Little. Emil said that they usually only backed the Jordanaires for maybe one song and that Hugh Jarrett would be the one that would introduce Elvis.

http://www.elvisthemagazine.com/articles_2009_07.htm

Elvis the magazine my Ass!
http://www.scottymoore.net/lacrosse.html

Who is behind that site? Really not cool to pass off a huge article like that as their own work.

"An Officially Licensed Publication of Elvis Presley Enterprises."

I don't know if it is, really. They have the logo, but you have to check it out for yourself, I guess. http://www.elvisthemagazine.com/aboutus.htm

rjm

Who is behind that site? Really not cool to pass off a huge article like that as their own work.

"An Officially Licensed Publication of Elvis Presley Enterprises."

I don't know if it is, really. They have the logo, but you have to check it out for yourself, I guess. http://www.elvisthemagazine.com/aboutus.htm

The site is apparently not connected to EPE:
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=elvisthemagazine.com

I long ago updated my post with a link to James' site.

Many thanks for the whois sesrch, Doc. (I know you updated it.) It's just that they are still in operation, and they are frauds. EPE should know.

rjm