Elvis at the Big D Jamboree — 1955
by Paula Bosse
by Paula Bosse
Today is Elvis Presley’s birthday — a perfect time to present a nostalgic look back at the early days of his fame, before he broke nationally and when it was still pretty easy to get a ticket to see him. Here are a few tidbits from his appearance on Sept. 3, 1955 at the legendary Big D Jamboree (held at the equally legendary Sportatorium). Happy Birthday, E!
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Big D Jamboree program, Sept. 3, 1955
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That night’s schedule — E’s all over it
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Typos like this wouldn’t be a problem soon
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Photo of Elvis and the two clippings from the Big D Jamboree program to that night’s show, Sept. 3, 1955 (which the ad is promoting).
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Copyright © 2015 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.
Flashback : Dallas 
That twas what I was telling everyone over the years great you go this one, you know i had too go over there when they tore that place down and it was sad it was a landmark and look at that area today, nothing/……You have Elvis sittings and you have Picasso sittings…..while in Dallas we may be Rome in tearing it all down, we are image rich to see that it took place…..
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The Old building burned in the early fifties and my dad and Ed McLemore were good friends,. My dad was the supervisor at Cox Fence Fittings next door. When the rebuilt the Jamboree building, my dad did all of the welding. We went every Saturday night to the shows and we saw all the greats. Tuesday night was wrestling night and we went to most. Dad would watch them rehearse that morning and usually it went as planned, but they would get mad and really fight. A lot of great talent played there before they were really famous. Sure miss the old days. I wish the old building had remained.
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Thanks for sharing your memories!
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The Belew Twins were standing in the wings watching Elvis and realizing their time of being the young rock n roll hotties was coming to an end.
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Yep.
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Reblogged this on ♫ COSMIC DWELLINGS ♫ and commented:
Really cool little find on the ‘WordPress’ network! It was posted earlier this year to commemorate the anniversary of Elvis’ 80th Birthday, and it’s an homage to his ‘Big D Jamboree’ appearance on September 3rd, 1955…
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[…] It’s Elvis’ birthday again! Check out this post from last year with some Big D Jamboree-related […]
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I was there that night, Elvis came out in a pink satin shirt with black satin pants, (unheard of at that time) and sang Blue Moon if Kentucky, rock a billy style. I loved him, but some of the people in the crowd tried to throw things at him. His way of singing, plus his hip gyrations, were just a little too much for a Dallas conservative crowd. Believe this was his first appearance, about 1955.
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That is so cool. I can’t even imagine what it must have felt like to see him for the first time. My father told me about a couple of his SMU fraternity brothers who had gone to see him at the Sportatorium and couldn’t stop talking about the experience for a week.
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