Memphis' All - American High Schooler, Elvis Aron Presley!

More snippets from All Shook Up, page 24.

"At Humes High School. he joined ROTC, the Biology Club, the English Club, the History Club and the Spanish Club.

"With his family, he attended the Pentecostal Assembly of God.

"He let his sideburns grow long and got kicked off the high school football team for refusing to cut his hair.

"He bought clothes at Lansky's on Beale Street, a store patronized by blacks, dressed often in his favorite colors. pink and black, and kept his shirt collar up in back and his hair pomaded in a wave.

"Elvis later remembered that when his classmates saw him walking down the street, they yelled, Hot dang, let's get him, he's a squirrel, get him, he just come down outta the tress..."

What a guy! :)