Elvis Presley "First Billed Show Overton Park Shell" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin
# CNS2506 - Elvis Presley "First Billed Show Overton Park Shell" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin
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CNS2506 - Elvis Presley "First Billed Show Overton Park Shell" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin
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Elvis Presley is rightly called the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He is credited with 54 certified gold singles – more than any other recording artist ever! This coin highlights one of those songs that sold at least 500,000 copies.
Mystic has permanently bonded a vibrant image of Elvis to this uncirculated US Half Dollar. The coin features an original photograph of Presley from his estate’s official archives and is officially licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises.
First Billed Show – Overton Park Shell, Tennessee
In the summer of 1954, Elvis recorded his first record with Scotty Moore and Bill Black. Following an uneventful performance at the Bon Air club in Memphis, Tennessee, Sam Phillips got them a spot on the Country Music Jamboree. That concert was Elvis’ first billed performance
Held at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis, the concert featured Slim Whitman and Billy Walker as the headliners. Though it was Elvis’ first billed performance, his name was spelled wrong in the advertisements, as “Ellis.”
The show was advertised as a Hillbilly Hoedown and also featured Sugarfoot Collins, Sonny Harvelle, Tinker Fry, and Curly Harris. Elvis, Scotty, and Bill opened the show at 8:00 p.m. with “That’s Alright Mama.”
As it was his first professional performance, Elvis was extremely nervous. He started to stand on the balls of his feet and shake his leg to the music, which he did sometimes in the studio. To the band’s surprise, the girls in the audience began to yell and applaud, mesmerized by his “dancing.”
After playing “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” they left the stage and Elvis asked why they were yelling. It was at that point he discovered that when he shook his leg, his baggy pleated pants created a wild gyrating effect in time with the music. This performance was just the beginning of the worldwide phenomenon that would become the legend of Elvis Presley.
Elvis Presley is rightly called the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He is credited with 54 certified gold singles – more than any other recording artist ever! This coin highlights one of those songs that sold at least 500,000 copies.
Mystic has permanently bonded a vibrant image of Elvis to this uncirculated US Half Dollar. The coin features an original photograph of Presley from his estate’s official archives and is officially licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises.
First Billed Show – Overton Park Shell, Tennessee
In the summer of 1954, Elvis recorded his first record with Scotty Moore and Bill Black. Following an uneventful performance at the Bon Air club in Memphis, Tennessee, Sam Phillips got them a spot on the Country Music Jamboree. That concert was Elvis’ first billed performance
Held at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis, the concert featured Slim Whitman and Billy Walker as the headliners. Though it was Elvis’ first billed performance, his name was spelled wrong in the advertisements, as “Ellis.”
The show was advertised as a Hillbilly Hoedown and also featured Sugarfoot Collins, Sonny Harvelle, Tinker Fry, and Curly Harris. Elvis, Scotty, and Bill opened the show at 8:00 p.m. with “That’s Alright Mama.”
As it was his first professional performance, Elvis was extremely nervous. He started to stand on the balls of his feet and shake his leg to the music, which he did sometimes in the studio. To the band’s surprise, the girls in the audience began to yell and applaud, mesmerized by his “dancing.”
After playing “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” they left the stage and Elvis asked why they were yelling. It was at that point he discovered that when he shook his leg, his baggy pleated pants created a wild gyrating effect in time with the music. This performance was just the beginning of the worldwide phenomenon that would become the legend of Elvis Presley.