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Article: LONG LIVE THE KING.(Entertainment)
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- The Independent on Saturday (South Africa)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2006
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50 years ago, Elvis Presley was about to make his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show TV variety show in America.
Nearly everyone in the States who had a TV had tuned in. Presley's first of three appearances on the show, on September 9, 1956, drew 60 million viewers, more than 80% of the national TV audience.
It was the high point in the year, 1956, that was the defining period for Presley's move from regional celebrity to national icon, and it created one of the first great moments in the history of American pop culture.
"This was a chance for him to really prove himself to the country," said Andrew Solt, producer of an upcoming set of ...