Alfred Wertheimer didn’t know who Elvis was, but his photographs - TopicsExpress



          

Alfred Wertheimer didn’t know who Elvis was, but his photographs of The King are the most revealing in history ~ March 17, 1956: That morning Wertheimer got a call from a publicity agent at RCA asking if he could shoot pictures that night at a national TV broadcast, brothers Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey’s Stage Show, televised from what is now the Ed Sullivan Theater, where David Letterman’s show is set now. Because he was a fan of the big-band sound, Wertheimer was excited. No, the agent told Wertheimer, “We don’t want you to take pictures of the Dorsey brothers. We want you to photograph Elvis Presley.” There was a long pause. “Who,” said Wertheimer, “is Elvis Presley?”
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:55:40 +0000

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