He later became a district manager before retiring from the insurance profession. I made a career out of my business", he said. Barhanovich said he never felt regrets about his decision later. "If he would have let me manage him in addition to my insurance business, it would have been OK, but I would have had to travel all over". Would be a conflict of interest", he said. Elvis, he said, was not the first name entertainer to ask that he become a manager. You can take Elvis, but not my daughter". The contract called for her to go to the Moulin Rouge nightĬlub, but I told the manager, 'We don't take our daughter into a night club. One time we were booked with Elvis Presley in Lafayette, Louisiana. My daughter had never appeared in a night club. Had an opportunity", he said of Elvis' offer, "but I passed it up. Ann had made up to seven hundred and fifty dollars when she was only fourteen and he was dedicated to advancing her career at that moment. Young singers would have been a bit uneasy. I told him I had a career in the insurance business and I was devoting a lot of my time to me daughter". And Ann told Elvis, 'You're like a sailor. The interest of a fan, and so drove out to Rampart Street and looked in on the Astora, Blue Eagle, and Tiajuana clubs before calling it a night in New Orleans.īarhanovich said once when Elvis Presley and his daughter, Ann, were appearing on a New Orleans television interview show, "he told Ann, 'How about being my girlfriend?'. Records were carving a territorial nice for his music.Īs usual, as a result of his uncontrolled energy and passion for music, Elvis Presley combined his performing with All disc jockey’s played Presley's music after he appeared at the Golden Cadillac Lounge. At Joe Assunto's One-Stop Record shop, there was a run on Elvis Records. Responding to customer demand, Johnny Vincent, the owner of Ace Records and distributor for Sun Records in New Orleans, immediately told his chiefĮmployee, Joe Corona, to order more Presley records. Mitchell was stunned by Presley's "black sound".Īt the Golden Cadillac is a microcosmic example of how Presley's small club dates helped to sell his records. A local New Orleans rhythm and blues singer, Bobby Mitchell, was in the audience. Elvis Presley knew that the audience was an rhythm and blues one, and he tailored his song selection to include tunes like "Shake A
After opening with "That's All Right", Elvis interspersed rhythm and blues songs with his Sun recordings. The night that Elvis Presley appeared at the Golden Cadillac, it was filled with excited spectators. The booking agent, Keith Rush, was a wheeler-dealer on the New Orleans music scene, and he envisionedīig profits because of the popularity of Presley's records. Danny White and the Cavaliers were the house band during its heyday. On St, Clade Avenue near Poland Avenue, The Cadillac was a white club with a black band. Later that night, Elvis Presley appeared at the Golden Cadillac Lounge We performed together May 26 in Meridian at the Jimmie Rodgers Celebration. "I sang on the same bill with Elvis Presley in quite a few places, from Florida to Louisiana, that summer. "That was the first time I'd ever seen anything like that", said Ann Barhanovich. That night, Joe Clay sat in on drums, because D.J. The show was open to everyone at the fairgrounds, and rides, including one of the world's largest roller coasters, were $ 1.00 for adults en 50-cents for children under twelve. Jimmie Rodgers made a personal appearance, followed by Jim Reeves, Al Terry, Jack Cardwell, Jimmy Swan, Ernie Chafin, Ann Raye, Ray Parker, and Hillbilly Evans. Prior to Elvis' portion of the show, Mrs. Musical portion of the entertainment began at 9:30 p.m. with the Flying LaVals as well as Risko and Nina.Īt 7:20, everyone enjoyed the Miss Hillbilly Dumplin' Contest featuring "lovely, luscious teenagers" who competed to win an all expenses- paid vacation to Ocean Hills Resort in Biloxi The The show was a celebration for disc jockey Red Smith of WBOK radio. In front: Ann Raye with Red Smith.Įlvis Presley, the fourteen year old Ann Barhanovich and the "Fireball Star of Records and Louisiana Hayride Fame", performed at the "Second Annual Hillbilly Jamboree" at the Lake Pontchartrain Beach amusement area in New Orleans for 23,000 Jimmie Rogers, Al Terry, Jim Reeves, Jeff Bidderson, Lawton Williams, From left: Scotty Moore, Jack Cardwell, Roy Parker, Jimmy Swan, Ernie Chaffin, Mrs.
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