This photo was taken at Sam Phillip’s house on Menden Hall Road in Memphis in the late spring of 1957. Elvis is wearing a medallion he got in Ottawa, Canada from a fan on April 3rd and his hair is certainly 1957, dyed black. Roy Orbison is wearing his “Ooby Dooby” diamond ring and his hair is also dyed black. The photo was taken to Cecile Hollifield in Midland/Odessa by Roy himself. This was a nice souvenir for Hollifield to have, as he was friends with both singers and with Sam Phillips. Roy always said he met Elvis in Memphis on June 1st 1956 at the Overton Park Shell, so this picture is definitely 1957.
(There are more pictures out there.
Possiblilities are the June 1, 1956 Overton Park Shell Concert and backstage in Las Vegas in 1976.)
Thank you to all involved in finally releasing this picture to the public.
