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Elvis Presley : The Cotton Club Lubbock, TX : October 15, 1955
April 15, 1955 Elvis, Scotty and Bill returned to Lubbock and performed at The Cotton Club. For over forty years the Cotton Club stood as the most influential and diverse performance venue in the region.
It was once the only profitable venue for a band to stop between Dallas and Los Angeles.
The Cotton Club was unique because of its blindness to race, color and musical genre, presenting artists such as Little Richard, Elvis, and Willie Nelson among many others.
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Some of the earliest film footage of Elvis was shot there of this performance and backstage by local, Ben Hall. Ben would later write 'Blue Days, Black Nights', one of the first songs recorded by Buddy Holly in Nashville after he signed with Decca and subsequently his first release. On later dates Ben also shot backstage film footage there of Buddy, Sonny Curtis, Don Guess, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash.
The Cotton Club : October 15, 1955
The club/dance hall was actually in the city of Slaton, located in the Southeast part of Lubbock County about 15 miles outside of Lubbock on Highway 84. It was owned and operated by Lubbock native Ralph Lowe and his family and according to the book Rockin Across Texas by Stanley Oberst, the club booked the best talent that waltzed through West Texas from Bob Wills to Harry James.
Ralph Lowe's daughter, Pat, would go to the club after school and fix sandwiches for the night's patrons. One time Elvis was entertaining her and they played Tic/Tac/Toe on one of the white tablecloths. Ralph, the owner got angry, had it washed, and then took .75 cents from Elvis' check that night for the laundering.
She also would let Buddy Holly, Mac Davis and others slip in thru kitchen to see Elvis perform.
Ralph Lowe Jr., Scotty and Elvis onstage at the Cotton Club - Oct. 15, 1955
Pat Lowe and Elvis at the Cotton Club : Oct. 15, 1955
Buddy Holly + Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Waylon Jennings & Elvis Presley 
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January 1955
Alvis Presley : January 5, 1955
Elvis Presley on The Louisiana Hayride : January 22, 1955
Tyler : January 25, 1955
Backstage : Gilmer : January 26, 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
Radio promotion for February 23, 1955 Appearance
Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley : February 13, 1955 : Lubbock, Tx. Fair Park Coliseum
February 26, 1955 : Ad for Cleveland Concert on this date
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 : July 4, 1955 : Hodges Park : De Leon
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
Gilmer : September 26, 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
Greatest Live Hits of the 50’s CD From MRS
Elvis At SUN
Books
The Elvis Files Volume 1 : 1953-1956
The Rock 'N Roll Years : My Wish Came True : 1954-56
Elvis Presley: The Family Album Book
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