August 5th in Elvis History

It's August 5, and on this day in 1953, Elvis interviewed for a job at Sears Roebuck but was not hired. In 1955, Elvis performed at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis, a key early venue in his live career. By 1956, he was performing at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa, Florida, with shows at 3:30 and 8:15 p.m. In 1965, Elvis flew to Hawaii with his group, father, and stepmother for location shooting on one of his films. On August 5, 1972, Elvis opened an engagement at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. Despite invited guests like Richard Harris, Paul Anka, and Sammy Davis Jr., Elvis complained of a headache and performed for only thirty minutes without any rock songs. In 1974, Elvis responded to a request for donations to support singer and songwriter Ivory Joe Hunter during his battle with cancer. And in 1976, Elvis performed at the Cumberland County Memorial Auditorium in Fayetteville, North Carolina.