July 8, 1954 - Dewey Phillips of Memphis' WHBQ radio plays a new song, "That's All Right (Mama)," and its flip, "Blue Moon of Kentucky," on his "Red Hot & Blue" R&B show. An instant hit, the song is immediately played 14 more times. Callers to the station insist that the singer, a local boy named Elvis Presley, must be a black man. Elvis himself, who knew of the airplay in advance, hides out at a local movie show, but response is so immediate and positive that Dewey tracks him down for a live radio interview later that evening