Setlist: The Very Best of Elvis Presley (1950s) Live

Liner Note Author: Nicole Audrey Spector.
Recording information: Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, AR (05/16/1956); The Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, Tupelo, MS (05/16/1956); The Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA (05/16/1956); Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, AR (09/26/1956); The Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, Tupelo, MS (09/26/1956); The Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA (09/26/1956); Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, AR (1956); The Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, Tupelo, MS (1956); The Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, LA (1956).
Elvis Presley's breakout year was 1956, and his shows and tours that year with the Jordanaires were exciting media events, particularly in the South, where Presley was as polarizing and controversial as he was riveting and electric as an entertainer. This set draws from three shows Presley did in 1956 in May, September, and December in Little Rock, Arkansas, Tupelo, Mississippi, and Shreveport, Louisiana, respectively, and includes versions of his early signature hits "Heartbreak Hotel," "Love Me Tender," "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog," and others. The pop world would never be the same again. ~ Steve Leggett