Larry Magid, founder of Electric Factory Concerts in an interview with Amplify, published in their online edition of October 12, 2017.

I came home from school one day in the fall of 1857 and my mother said she read in the newspaper that Elvis Presley was going to play the arena right near my high school. She didn't want me to go see Elvis. But years later, when the Electric Factory Concerts I then headed booked Elvis at the Spectrum, in 1971, she was the first to ask me for tickets...

— Larry Magid

What It Means

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Elvis Presley

About Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.