Marion Keisker

Marion Keisker
Born	September 23, 1917 Memphis, Tennessee
Died	December 29, 1989
Occupation	Radio show host
Known for	First person to record Elvis Presley

Marion Keisker MacInnes (September 23, 1917 – December 29, 1989), born in Memphis, Tennessee, was a radio show host, station manager, U.S. Air Force officer, and assistant to Sam Phillips at Sun Records. She is best known for being the first person to record Elvis Presley on July 18, 1953.

Keisker was alone in the office of Sun Records, which also served as recording studio named "Memphis Recording Service", when Presley recorded two songs "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" for a fee of $3.25. Her exchange with Presley on that occasion has since become part of Elvis lore: I said, "What kind of singer are you?" He said, "I sing all kinds." I said,"Who do you sound like?" He said,"I don't sound like nobody."[1]

She was portrayed by Ellen Travolta in the 1979 film Elvis and by Jill Jane Clements in the 2005 CBS miniseries Elvis and Paula Person in the Jerry Lee Lewis biopic Great Balls of Fire!.

References

• Peter Guralnick: Last Train to Memphis — The Rise of Elvis Presley, New York: Little, Brown 1994 (ISBN 0-316-33220-8).

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Name	Keisker, Marion
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Short description	born in Memphis, Tennessee, was a radio show host, station manager, U.S. Air Force officer, and assistant to Sam Phillips at Sun Records. First person to record Elvis Presley.
Date of birth	September 23, 1917
Place of birth	Memphis, Tennessee
Date of death	December 29, 1989
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