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Elvis with Jimmie Rodgers Snow in the parade : Meridian, Mississippi : May 26, 1955
Elvis with Jimmie Rodgers Snow in the parade - Meridian, Mississippi May 26, 1955
Bill Black, Jimmy Snow and Elvis Presley - 1955
Wednesday, May 25 1955 - Elvis attends the third annual Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Celebration honoring the universally acknowledged 'Father of Country Music' in his hometown. An afternoon barbecue attracts 10.000 people with Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, and many other current country-and-western stars in attendance, while the evening's shows are divided among five different venues in town'.Music will be provided by Elvis Presley and his orchestra' at the American Legion Hall, according to the Meridian Star.
The September issue of Country Song Roundup reports that Elvis was called back for encore after encore, performing 'Baby Let's Play House', 'I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone', 'Milkcow Blues Boogie', and 'You're A Heartbreaker', amongst others. The next day the Jimmie Rodgers Celebration continues with a noontime parade that attracts a crowd of 60.000. All the performers ride in the parade, including Elvis, and he subsequently does a show at the Junior College Stadium. On this same day Colonel Parker writes a long letter to Bob Neal outlining all that he has done for Presley and offering to work more closely with Neal in promoting the career of the young singer: 'If ever you wish to tie in with me closely and let me carry the ball', he declares in somewhat disingenuous fashion', I will be happy to sit down with both of you and try to work it out'.
View larger image plus a second with Elvis name painted on the door, and the story of how Elvis came to paint his name on his first pink Cadillac, in the article ......
The Browns and Elvis Presley : Maxine Brown Recalls Friend Elvis 
January 1955
Alvis Presley : January 5, 1955
Elvis Presley on The Louisiana Hayride : January 22, 1955
Elvis Presley : January 29, 1955 The Louisiana Hayride
February
Sun Studios : February 3, 1955 : Elvis, Scotty and Bill
Elvis Presley : February 6, 1955 : Memphis. Overton Park Shell
Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley : February 13, 1955 : Lubbock, Tx. Fair Park Coliseum
March
Elvis, Scotty and Bill at Coley's Truck Stop in Dermott, AR : March 25, 1955
April
Bill Black, Royce Hanson Jr. and Elvis Presley : Gladewater High School : April 30, 1955
May
Elvis Presley : May 13, 1955 : Elvis with Mae Boren Axton
Elvis with Jimmie Rodgers Snow in the parade : Meridian, Mississippi : May 26, 1955
Elvis Presley : Texarkana, AR : Friday, May 27, 1955
June
Elvis Presley : Fair Park Coliseum Lubbock, TX : June 3, 1955
Elvis Presley : June 5, 1954 : Elvis Presley's Burnt out Cadillac
Elvis Presley : Big D Jamboree : Dallas, Texas. Sportarium : June 18, 1955
Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley & Bill Black : Beaumont Texas : June 21, 1955
July
Elvis Presley : Water Skiing : McKellar Lake : July 1955 
Elvis Presley : July 15, 1955 : Joy Drive-In Theatre : Minden, LA
Elvis Presley : July 28 & 29, 1955 : Jacksonville, FL. Gator Stadium Baseball Park
Elvis Presley : Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory, Tampa, FL : July 31, 1955
August
Elvis Presley : Bryan, Tx., Aug 23, 1955
September
Elvis Presley and friends, backstage : Clarksdale, MS. City Auditorium : September 8, 1955
October
Elvis Presley : The Cotton Club Lubbock, TX : October 15, 1955
Elvis Presley : October 18, 1955
Elvis Presley : Cleveland : October 19, 1955
Elvis Presley : Cleveland, Ohio : October 20, 1955
December
Elvis Presley : New York : December 1, 1955
Elvis Presley : Swifton, AR : December 9, 1955
Scotty, Bill and Elvis onstage (in the ring) at Ellis Auditorium : Dec 19, 1955
CDs
The Complete Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956
Elvis At SUN
Books
The Elvis Files Vol. 1, 1953-1956
The Rock 'N Roll Years : My Wish Came True : 1954-56
Elvis Presley: The Family Album Book
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