What singer won the 1945 Alabama-Mississippi State Fair talent contest?

October 3, 1945, It is children's day at the annual Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show at the Fairgrounds in the middle of town. Ten-year-old Elvis stands on a chair at a microphone and sings 'Old Shep' in the youth talent contest. The talent show is broadcast over WELO Radio. Second prize is $5.00 and free admission to all the rides at the fair.

Legend has it that, wearing glasses and standing on a chair to reach the microphone in front of several hundred people, Elvis won second place. Elvis' prize supposedly consisted of free passes for all of the rides at the fair plus five dollars -- Elvis did wear glasses for a short time in the fifth grade.

However, Elvis did not place second at the fair. He may have placed fifth, but probably did not win a prize. By his own recollection he wins fifth place but gets a whipping the same day from his mother, probably for going on one of the more 'dangerous' rides.