October 24th in Elvis History

It's October twenty-fourth, and on this day in 1955... Elvis Presley performed at the Silver Moon Club in Newport, Arkansas, sharing the bill with local rockabilly artist Sonny Burgess, who would later sign with Sun Records. Behind the scenes, Colonel Tom Parker took a pivotal step toward taking control of Elvis’s career by sending a telegram to Sun Records' Sam Phillips, stating he had authorization from Elvis’s parents to negotiate the purchase of Elvis’s recording contract—a move that would soon change the trajectory of Elvis’s life forever.