July 7th in Elvis History

It’s July seventh, and on this day in 1954… Sam Phillips, fresh from recording Elvis Presley’s explosive version of “That’s All Right,” took an acetate of the track to local Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips. Dewey agreed to play it the following evening on his *Red, Hot and Blue* radio show. That decision would launch not just a song, but a seismic shift in American music. The world hadn’t heard Elvis on the radio yet—but by this time tomorrow, it would never be the same.