SOUTHERN MUSIC

One person who heard it with special interest was Steve Sholes, RCA Victor's country - and - Western specialist. Another was Col. Tom Parker, booker of country-and-Western shows. Tom Diskin, Parker's associate, tells their reaction:" In Texas, touring with a show, we began hearing about this new singing sensation, Elvis Presley. We thought it was one of those local-boy-makes-good things-but every disc jockey we spoke to complained he had requests for only four records, all of them by Presley."