Today, on 9 April in Elvis History

The Humes High School band presented its annual Minstrel Show at 8:00 p.m. in the auditorium, with Elvis the 16th listed act on the bill, as "Guitarist.....Elvis Presley". Both Elvis and his class mates dated this as the beginning of his rise to fame. According to Elvis: "I wasn't popular in school. I wasn't dating anybody. And then they entered me in this talent show, and I came out and did my "Till I Waltz Again With You" by Teresa brewer. It was amazing how popular I became after that".

Elvis performed at the Louisiana Hayride, municipal Auditorium, Shreveport.

Elvis and the band flew to Wichita Falls, Texas where he performed at the Municipal Auditorium at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.

Elvis and Dewey Philips dropped by Sam Philips' house late in the evening. They played some pool.

Back home in Memphis Elvis went on a shopping spree. Later in the evening he went with his entourage to the Rollerdrome and the Memphian.

Principal photography for Girls! Girls! Girls! began. Each morning from now on Elvis' wardrobe was brought to the hotel before he was driven to the set for makeup.

Elvis was given the rest of the week off by a studio doctor because of a sore throat. He would spend the week in Palm Springs.

Elvis performed at the Coliseum, Hampton Roads, Virginia at 2:30 and 8:00 p.m. This show was filmed by Abel and Adidge' film crew, while RCA recorded this evening show.

Because of Elvis' disappointment in Ed Parker, Kang Rhee awarded Elvis with a 7th degree black belt in his Pasaryu school of karate.