Valley View Park near Yorkana was the storied venue for the likes of Roy Acuff, Hank Williams Sr. and Tex Ritter to perform some years ago.
The eastern York County concert location, now covered with housing, is highlighted in a small exhibit at the York County Heritage Trust, 250 E. Market St.
Roy Rogers is one of the performers displayed in the exhibit.
But the most famous performer to grace the stage there was Elvis Presley, who had just performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1956... .
He added the "Elvis Pelvis" to his routine, something TV viewers missed on the censored Sullivan show.
"The more he shook, the more they screamed," Betty M. Scott told the York Daily Record in 1998.
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