Elvis Presley's 1953 Senior Photo Elvis biographers have long known about a school production he appeared in on April 9th of his senior year, but relatively recent discoveries have shown that Elvis actually performed at least one other high school show before he graduated. In his book Last Train t o Memphis , author Peter Guralnick quotes Elvis as follows: "I wasn't popular in school. I wasn't dating anybody [there]. I failed music - only thing I ever failed. And then they entered me in this talent show, and I came out and did my [first number], 'Till I Waltz Again With You' by Teresa Brewer, and when I came onstage I heard people kind of rumbling and whispering and so forth, 'cause nobody knew I even sang. It was amazing how popular I became after that." The long-standing assumption seems to have been that Elvis was referring to the Humes Annual Minstrel on April 9th, where he was the 16th act. I've included a photo of the program cover below, bu...