Dewey and Elvis: The Life and Times of a Rock 'n' Roll Deejay

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The usually supercharged Dewey in one of his calmer moments. (Dorothy Phillips Collection) 11A_PHOTO_2_Cant.indd฀฀฀1 2/8/05฀฀฀1:56:09฀PM The Home of the Blues Record Shop on Beale Street, facing east from Main Street, late 1930s or early 1940s. (Robert Dye) The original Poplar Tunes on Poplar Avenue. (Robert Dye) 11A_PHOTO_2_Cant.indd฀฀฀2 2/8/05฀฀฀1:56:09฀PM Sam Phillips at Sun Studio. (Robert Dye) Dewey, Wink Martindale, and Elvis on Wink’s Dance Party. (Courtesy of Wink Martindale) 11A_PHOTO_2_Cant.indd฀฀฀3 2/8/05฀฀฀1:56:09฀PM Although recovering from his second automobile accident, Dewey still broadcast from Kennedy Veterans Hospital in Memphis; the engineer is unidentified. (Dorothy Phillips Collection) During television show, Harry Fritzius (center, in ape mask) frightening guest Jane Russell. (Dorothy Phillips Collection) 11A_PHOTO_2_Cant.indd฀฀฀4 2/8/05฀฀฀1:56:10฀PM Cavorting with Harry Fritzius, who appeared with Dewey on the Pop Shop television show. (Special Collections, University of Memphis Library) 11A_PHOTO_2_Cant.indd฀฀฀5 2/8/05฀฀฀1:56:10฀PM Killing time, a favorite practice on Pop Shop. (Special Collections, University of Memphis Library) The Holy Grail of rock ’n’ roll, Elvis’s first record. (Robert Dye) 11A_PHOTO_2_Cant.indd฀฀฀6 2/8/05฀฀฀1:56:11฀PM ...