Today, on 15 December in Elvis History

Elvis performed at the Catholic Club, Helena, Arkansas in a show with Carl Perkins. There were sold 500 tickets, two days in advance.

Elvis arrived in Shreveport at 5:00 a.m. and checked into the Captain Shreve Hotel. He performed at the Louisiana Hayride, Hirsch Youth Center, Louisianan Fairgrounds, Shreveport. The performance was attended by Hal Kanter, director of Elvis' upcoming film. After watching the show Hal Kanter even altered something at the screenplay: the story of the rise of a young singer, who very much resembled Elvis Presley.

Elvis gave a present to George Klein: a yellow Cadillac convertible.

The session that was stopped earlier that morning was picked up again and ran from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. They recorded a rocking version of Promised Land.

Elvis closed his 2 week Las Vegas engagement and after expenses Elvis and The Colonel had to split $180,000.