Roger Marshutz Elvis Presley Performing in Tupelo 1956 Photograph

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Elvis Presley aka "King of Rock and Roll" is photographed performing at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show in Tupelo, … more Elvis Presley aka "King of Rock and Roll" is photographed performing at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show in Tupelo, Mississippi on September 26, 1956. According to the official Elvis website, "He performs two shows at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, the same fair where he had performed at age 10. One-hundred National Guardsmen surround the stage to control the crowd of excited fans." Photograph by Roger Marshutz.

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11x14 print

More information about photographer Roger Marshutz:
(1929 - 2007)
Roger Marshutz began working as a Hollywood photographer in the mid-1950s, taking pictures of the most famous actors of the day, including Rock Hudson, Audrey Hepburn and Paul Newman. He was hired by movie studios and popular picture magazines like Photoplay. One of his best-known images shows Elvis Presley at an outdoor concert in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1956, singing to a crowd and reaching for the hands closest to the stage. His Hollywood subjects also included such names as Marilyn Monroe, Natalie Wood and Kim Novak. less