“Sixteen Tons” (Ford)
Slavonian Lodge (Biloxi)
Slayton, Mildred
Smiling Jack Herring and his Swingbillies
Smith, Billy
Smith, Mark D.
Snow, Hank
Songs (Presley): “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”; “Blue Moon of Kentucky”; “Don’t Be Cruel”; Elvis in Memphis (album); “Fame and Fortune”; “In the Ghetto”; “Heartbreak Hotel”; “Hound Dog”; “If I Can Dream”; “I Forgot to Remember to Forget”; “I’ve Got a Woman”; “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You”; “Jailhouse Rock”; “Known Only to Him”; “Long Tall Sally”; “Love Me Tender”; “Mystery Train”; “Never Been to Spain”; number 1 hits; “Rock Around the Clock”; “Shake, Rattle and Roll”; “Stuck on You”; “Suspicious Minds”; “That’s All Right Mama”; “Unchained Melody”; “Witchcraft”
Songwriting: Beatles and; Bob Dylan and; Byrds and; Hoyt Axton and; Mae Axton and; Tommy Durden and
Southeastern Pavilion (Ocala)
Southern venues; Arkansas; Mississippi; Texas; Waycross (Ga.). See also Florida
South Street Casino (Orlando)
Stage manner: gyrating and; negative impressions of
Stage Show
Stanley, Dee
Stardom: headlining; press coverage and; television appearances and; Tom Parker and
Stefaniak, Elisabeth
Stephens, Connie
Stephens, Martin
Steve Allen Show
St. Petersburg (Fla.): performances in; segregation and
St. Petersburg Evening Independent
St. Petersburg Times
“Stuck on You”
Sullivan, Ed
Summers, Dale
Sun Records; contract with; limited distribution by; promotion by; recording sessions
“Suspicious Minds”
Swift, Bob
Tampa (Fla.), performances in
Tampa Bay Times
Tampa Tribune
Taylor, Dub
TCB Band
Teenagers: in audience; impressions on; rebellion and; spending power of
Television: appearances on; appearance with Sinatra; Ed Sullivan Show; Steve Allen Show
Texas: Lubbock performances; Midland performances
Tharp-Gurley, Doris
“That’s All Right Mama”
Thies, Frank
Thornton, Big Mama
“Tonsil photo”
Trainor, Charles
Turner, James
TV Guide Magazine
“Unchained Melody”
Valerie Theater (Inverness)
Van Gestel, Jan
Van Kuijk, Andreas. See Parker, Colonel Tom
Violanti, Anthony
Voltz, Luther, Jr.
Waffle Stop
Wall, Jimmie
Wallace, Hal
WALT-AM radio
Waycross (Ga.), performances in
Waycross City Auditorium
Weall House (Inglis, Fla.)
Weeki Wachee Springs
Weld, Tuesday
Wesley, Jeremiah
West, Red
West Palm Beach (Fla.), performances in
When Elvis Came to Town (musical)
Whitman, Slim
Wichner, Jerry
Wilburn, Doyle
Wilburn, Teddy
The Wilburn Brothers
Wilder, Paul
Williams, Francis “Cowboy”
Williams, Hank
Williams, Jeannie
Williams, Katie
Winters, Roland
WINZ-AM radio
Wise, Brownie
“Witchcraft”
WMOP radio
WMYR radio
Wolfe, Ron
Wolfson, Samuel W.
Wolfson Park (Jacksonville)
WPDQ radio
WQIK radio
WRHC radio
Yankeetown (Fla.)
Yothers, Jean: interview with Andy Griffith; perceptive reporting by; Presleymania reporting by; rock and roll music and
Young, Faron
Zinkil, William
Zollo, Paul
BOB KEALING is an Edward R. Murrow and four-time Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist who has appeared on Dateline NBC, C-Span, the Today show, CNN, MSNBC, and CBS This Morning. Kealing is the author of four books, including Life of the Party from Crown Archetype, in development as a major motion picture. Kealing’s research has led to the establishment of the Jack Kerouac House in Orlando and Gram Parsons Derry Down in Winter Haven, both historic landmarks. Kealing lives north of Orlando with his wife and two children.
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