Elvis Ignited

  “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.