Elvis signing autographs after his show at the City Auditorium in Houston, Texas, on April 21st, 1956. Photo by John D. Greensmith.

Elvis performing at the Olympia Theatre in Miami, Florida, on August 3, 1956.

Elvis and fans backstage at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA, June 8, 1956.

Elvis at Los Angeles Airport, August 1956.

Elvis with fans backstage at the Auditorium in Ottawa, Canada, on April 3, 1957.

Elvis being escorted by Memphis Police at Russwood Park, July 4, 1956.

Elvis talking to fans aboard a troop train from Fort Hood to the Brooklyn Army Terminal, September 19, 1958.

Elvis greets fans at the stage door to CBS Studio 50 after his fifth appearance on the Dorsey Brothers’ “Stage Show”, March 17, 1956. Photo by Alfred Wertheimer.

I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play. - Elvis

He really appreciated them. There was a real relationship between Elvis and his fans. -Jerry Schilling

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Original caption:

Seventeen year old Margit Bürgin of Frankfurt is kissed by Pvt. Elvis Presley at the request of photographers in Bad Homburg, West Germany October 8, 1958. Presley, assigned to the Third Armored Division at Friedberg, was at liberty on a weekend pass and spent most of the time with his father and grandmother in Bad Homburg.