Today, on 1 January in Elvis History

The OK Group from New Orleans in Louisiana hired Elvis several times for 300 dollar each time to perform on the radio.

Elvis performed at the Grand Prize Saturday night Jamboree, Eagles Hall, Houston, Texas.

Elvis performed at the Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, at 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. Elvis flew from Shreveport with Red West to play a Grand Ole Opry package headlined by Hank Snow and featuring Webb Pierce.

Elvis was visited by Jimmie Rodgers Snow, Hank Snow's son, at Graceland.

Elisabeth Stefaniak moved into the hotel with Elvis and his household. She was hired to answer all the fan mail, learning quickly from Red and Lamar how to sign Elvis' name.

Elvis went to the Memphian, like he would do almost every night until he left for Los Angeles and it was during this time he saw the movie Patton for the first time. This film made an enormous impression on him and he memorized the dramatic speech at its beginning.

Elvis went to the Memphian or the Crosstown to watch movies almost every night in the New Year, but unlike other times the screening was for the inner circle only.

Elvis spent the first 3 nights of the New Year at the Memphian.