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Dixie Locke & Elvis (1957 article)

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This article may not be very factual. But I was surprised to see this being published as early as in early 1957.

The Girl Who Jilted Elvis!
By Ned Polsky
Modern Screen, April 1957
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Thanks, The fool !

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The fool wrote:This article may not be very factual. But I was surprised to see this being published as early as in early 1957.

The Girl Who Jilted Elvis!
By Ned Polsky
Modern Screen, April 1957

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Ned Polsky is yet another writer with a history. He was about 28 when he wrote that piece, and was later a professor of sociology at State University of New York, Stony Brook. In 1967 he published a book of note called Hustlers, Beats, and Others.
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The article is actually pretty close to truth from start-to-finish, save the strong implication that Dixie Locke was the reason they parted and more than a bit "flighty," that she was closer in age than three years apart, and that she was with him in June 1955 when Elvis burned up his automobile on the road (he was actually with Shirley Searcy).

Elvis did carry a torch for her even after they formally broke up in mid-1955, and they did have arguments based on Elvis' jealous nature and ever-demanding career. Polsky does not mention the scores and scores of girls Elvis began to meet as soon as he began touring in the fall and winter of 1954. In the end, one can only imagine how embarrassing this was to see in print, for both Dixie and Elvis.

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Fascinating article, thank you!

John's critique is spot on ... and who gave the reporter the photo ... ?



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One thing. They met after high school, in church. She didn't go to Humes.

Mostly, though, he captured it. I didn't know Polsky had passed away, or that he wrote something like this! Thanks!

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/The article is actually pretty close to truth from start-to-finish, save the strong implication that Dixie Locke was the reason they parted and more than a bit "flighty," that she was closer in age than three years apart, and that she was with him in June 1955 when Elvis burned up his automobile on the road (he was actually with Shirley Stacy)./


Sorry Doc, but the correct name is Shirley Searcy.


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Thank you all.

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And Bing Crosby gives Elvis some advice in
Louella Parsons´ Good News
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And...
Mother Shoots Elvis
by Kay Wheeler
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Wonderful, The fool. Thank you.
The fool wrote:And Bing Crosby gives Elvis some advice in
Louella Parsons´ Good News
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Mississippi wrote:Sorry Doc, but the correct name is Shirley Searcy.
Thanks for the correction. Or course, I didn't have my copy of A Boy From Tupelo handy, and was typing from memory. How did I do with the rest of it? ;-)


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Fairchild1171 wrote:Ol' Bing was kinda off on his predictions...and Bing...it's called a Southern ACCENT! Thanks fool...always a pleasure to read your posts. ::rocks
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Some more informations about Shirley Searcy:


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19395774


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Mississippi wrote:Some more informations about Shirley Searcy:


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19395774


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From that site:
Shirley was a Kilgore Rangerette, an accomplished yodeler, and dated Elvis Presley for two and a half years in his early days.
Shirley Searcy Delgato may have yodeled, but she did not date Elvis for 30 months ...


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