August 05, ON THIS DAY IN ELVIS HISTORY

August 05, ON THIS DAY IN ELVIS HISTORY

August 05, 1953

Elvis interviewed for a job at Sears Roebuck but was not hired.Elvis Presley performed at the eighth annual Country Music Jamboree in Memphis. The show included Webb Pierce, Sonny James and Johnny Cash.

August 05, 1955

Elvis performed at the Overton Park Shell, Memphis.

August 05, 1956

Elvis performed at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa. Florida at 3.30 and 8.15 p.m.

August 05, 1959

Dick Clark called Elvis Presley and conducted a phone interview in which he informed Presley that his new single had just gone gold.

August 05, 1965

Elvis flew to Hawaii for location shooting with his gang and his father and stepmother.On location shooting began for the Elvis Presley movie "Paradise Hawaiian Style."

August 05, 1974

Elvis responded to a request for donations to help Ivory Joe Hunter, singer and songwriter, who was hospitalized with cancer.

August 05, 1976

Elvis performed at the Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium, Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Date:	05 August 1976
Time:	8.30pm
Venue:	Fayetteville, NC. Cumberland County Memoria
Tickets:	7,000
Costume:	Bicentennial Suit
Track list:	Also Sprach Zarathustra See See Rider I Got A Woman/Amen Love Me If You Love Me You Gave Me A Mountain Help Me All Shook Up Teddy Bear/Don't Be Cruel And I Love You So Jailhouse Rock America Polk Salad Annie [band introductions] Early Morning Rain What'd I Say Johnny B. Goode Love Letters School Days Hurt Hound Dog Funny How Time Slips Away Can't Help Falling In Love
Recordings:	0
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