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From the Center for American Music Preservation
Elvis Presley and Bill Randle in 1955
Now available for 2025!
In celebration of the 90th birthday of Elvis Presley
(born: January 8, 1935)
and
the 70th anniversary of his early appearances in Cleveland, Ohio...
(picture courtesy of Bill Randle)
"Good Rockin' Tonight" -
Electric Elvis in Cleveland, 1955This PDF article illustrated with rare pictures
was written by Roger Lee Hall, a music preservationist and a former disc jockey who once worked for Bill Randle as his teaching assistant at a university in Cleveland in the 1970s.The article details the appearances by Electric Elvis in
Cleveland in 1955 and his promition by two local
disc jockeys: Tommy Edwards and Bill Randle
(both shown in the above picture).
Free for the month of January 2025
The article is available Free providing you credit it anywhere it is used in print or on the web.To receive your copy of this special PDF article
sent directly to you by email, send your email address to
- Order your copy today of the PDF book (sent as Adobe Acrobast PDF directly by email attachment) for only $11.95 payable through safe and secure PayPal.
You will also reeceive a Free radio air check from Bill Randle's radio show in early 1955 where he reads letters from his young fans abaout Elvis Presley.
The Bill Randle Chronicles
(PineTree Press, 2023)To order your copy of the PDF book
just click the button below to pay $11.95 from safe and secure PayPal:
After you have ordered your copy of the PDF book,
please make sure to send your email address so the book will be sent directly to you.Send to:
Lost Elvis Film
(Picture courtesy of Bill Randle)Listen to Mr. Hall tell about his conversations with Bill Randle
about Elvis and the movie short filmed in 1955 on this YouTube audio podcast:
Elvis: The Ultimate Fan Channel
For the centennial of the birth of
popular Cleveland disc jockey,
Bill Randle (1923-2004)
(picture courtesy of Bill Randle)
A special Zoom video program, sponsored in 2023 by
the Shaker Historical Society and Shaker Heights Public Library,
was presented by Roger Lee Hall
and now available on YouTube"Bill Randle in Cleveland:
From Electric Elvis
to The Shakers" -- click here
Read about the music of Early Elvis --
just click this picture...
.
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