Elvis on the Shores of the Potomac
Hillbilly music was popular in Washington DC of 1956. Fans of country music came out on a blustery March night in 1956 to see a new performer named Elvis Presley, and cruise the Potomac at the same time. The Mount Vernon could accommodate 1,000 dancing couples on such a Country Music Midnight Cruise. But the ship had broken down earlier that day, so Elvis played his three hour set to a stationary crowd.
Presley was still unknown to most adults, but his single Heartbreak Hotel, released earlier that March, had already started its climb on the charts.
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