Cleary bemoans Tigers' bad habits after Eels' comeback win. Mitchell Moses almost undid his future employers, but the Parramatta Eels waged a stunning second-half revival to snap a four-game losing streak at ANZ Stadium on Easter Monday.
Elvis signs his first contract with RCA Records. Colonel Parker negotiates the sale of Elvisâ Sun contract to RCA, which includes his five Sun singles and his unreleased Sun material. The price is an unprecedented $40,000, with a $5,000 bonus for Elvis. RCA soon re-releases the five Sun singles on the RCA label.
Adult disapproval of Rock Nâ Roll music led to censorship, including Elvis appearâ ances on the Ed Sullivan Show, which only showed Presley from the waste up. However, in 1959, three years after his Ed Sullivan Show performances, Elvis had sold 25 million copies of single records in four years, an all-time high. year later, Phillips finally gave Presley a call to come in for a record-ing session.During his first session, Presley sang numerous pop ballads which amounted to nothing. âI guess I must have sat there at least three hours,â Elvis told Memphis reporter Bob Johnson in 1956.