October 16th in Elvis History

It's October sixteenth, and on this day in 1954... Elvis Presley made his debut on the *Louisiana Hayride* at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana. Backed by Scotty Moore and Bill Black, he performed both sides of his first single—“That’s All Right” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky”—twice during the show. His appearance impressed the producers enough to offer him a one-year contract on the spot, marking the true beginning of Elvis’s professional music career and the first step toward national recognition.