Elvis with the great great Barbara Stanwyck during filming of ROUSTABOUT

Dear Elvis, your eyelashes are so long that they are casting a vast shadow.  Just thought you should know I appreciated that.  Love, Sheila. 

Always had time for his fans.

Elvis, in his tux, getting ready to go on the Steve Allen Show, 1956. 

Vacation: Elvis, Tom Jones, their wives, their friends.

Elvis recording at RCA, New York: Dec. 1, 1955  

Rare photo:  Elvis and his cousin Kenny on the back of a bull at a fair in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Elvis as a teenager, with two neighbors.  Still a growing boy, but already confident - look at his body language.

I love this one.  It is so intense.  It really speaks to how Elvis treated the microphone, even in private, as a one-on-one conduit to his fans.  You can see it in his face.  Dec. 1, 1955.

Dec. 1, 1955: Recording/photo shoot at RCA in New York.  Hard to believe he’s only 20 years old.  What an exciting time for him.