By: Guillermo Perez Arguello

Guillermo Perez Arguello — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:24:03 +0000

Sometime in May of 1956, a young lad wrote a letter to the Editor of the Las Vegas Sun, his aim to discredit the pompous and quite negative review , some of which is quoted in the above article. And this is what the the teenager wrote. “It is a weakness of the mind to preconceive a judgment of your thought, before the act is done. Despite the acid hemlock stirred by “The Las Vegas Sun” , Mr. Presley will survive and live to sing some more. Perhaps this cat should have studied grand opera, or the fiddle (but), I don’t join that school of thought. You see, he’s a natural and any dope knows what a natural is. His vocal is real and has a hep to the motion of sound, with a retort that is tremendous. Squares who like to detract their imagined misvalues can only size a note creeping upstairs after dark; this cat can throw them downstairs, or even out the window, with a depth of tone that can sink deeper than a well. He can wilt into a whisper faster than a gossipmonger can throw down a free drink and he really makes them cry. Presley’s voice is that of American youth looking at the moon and wondering how long it will take to get there, something new coming over the horizon, all by himself, and he deserves his ever-growing audience. Yep, this boy’s sails are set and he’s got wind. Good luck and the best of everything. I hope they hold you over! After all, ten million cats can’t be wrong” Unquote. That then teenager became Ed Jameson, President and CEO of Bancorp, Las Vegas and his letter was duly published on the May 12, 1956 edition of the said paper.

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By: Guillermo Perez Arguello