The Follow That Dream collector's label announced the release of the book 'Elvis ’57: The Final Fifties Tours'.
But while he pursued his dream of becoming a Hollywood actor, the military draft threatened to shatter it along with his wildly successful Rock and Roll career. Elvis couldn’t resist the excitement he found performing on stage before swarms of shrieking teenage girls, and in that final year before he entered the U.S. Army, he went back on the road for three short tours.
'Elvis ’57' recalls that magical year when the King played to audiences a quarter of a million people strong, and controversy and pandemonium accompanied him wherever he went.
Alan Hanson takes us for a rollicking ride through eighteen major cities in the United States and Canada. Elvis wore his famed gold lame suit and thirteen girls fainted in an effort to reach him. In Vancouver, British Columbia, thousands left their seats and rushed the stage, forcing him to abruptly end the show.
Drawing on first-hand accounts from the disc-jockeys on the front lines of Elvis’s exploding career and fans who attended the ’57 concerts, Hanson sweeps you back to the years that forever changed the King of Rock and Roll.
Alan Hanson turned to writing after thirty years as a public high school history teacher. He and his wife, Christine have two daughters, Katie and Beth, and live in Spokane, Washington. 'Elvis ’57: The Final Fifties Tours' was Hanson’s first book, he's also the co-author of 'Elvis: The Movies', which was published 8 years ago and he blogs on his >>> Elvis History blog.
Note from Alan Hanson: The text of the new edition is the same as the original 2007 edition, with only a few errors corrected. The big difference is that the reprint includes many more photographs from Pal Granlund's collection, increasing the number from 19 to over 300 pictures.
The book is available from the >>> Elvis Matters webshop.
(Source: Memphis Mansion / Alan Hanson)