In the early 1950s, rock and roll was dismissed as rowdy bar music. But everything changed when a young, bold Elvis Presley stepped onto the scene.
Long before he became a legend known worldwide, Elvis was just another artist chasing a dream. That all shifted in 1956 when he made his television debut.
His promotional clip for *Heartbreak Hotel* created such a buzz that it caught the eye of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. They booked him for a six-week stint on their CBS variety show, *Stage Show*. On January 28, 1956, Elvis took the stage with *Shake, Rattle and Roll*, electrifying audiences and rewriting music history forever.
