Days before Elvis Presley took the stage at the Polk Theatre on Aug. 6, 1956, on a Florida swing of concerts, a columnist wrote about his show in Miami.
“Elvis can’t sing, can’t play the guitar — and can’t dance,” pronounced Herb Rau in The Miami News.
And yet, Rau said, “He has two thousand idiots” who attend his shows.
15 minutes of fame
Elvis was getting that kind of greeting from the press everywhere that summer. And the ardor of his teenaged fans was undimmed…