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From the Times of Aug. 6, the day after Elvis Presley performed at the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory in Tampa: “He was greeted with deafening screams from the audience of about 1,000 teenagers, which oddly enough was sprinkled liberally with adults. . . . He rocked ’n’ rolled his way through seven numbers, laughing, winking, pointing and wriggling. . . . Asked later what he will do when this rock ’n’ roll ‘fad’ passes, he said, ‘I’ll probably sit back and think about what I once had -- with no regrets.’ ”

A HUNKA HUNKA
Times photo by BOB MORELAND



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