1955 – CBS talent scout Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley
on March 14th, 1955 at 10:26 am1955 – CBS talent scout Arthur Godfrey turned down the chance to sign Elvis Presley, instead at the same audition he signed singer Pat Boone. Godfrey was born in New York City in 1903. His mother, Kathryn Morton Godfrey, was from a well-to-do Oswego, New York, family which disapproved of her marriage to an older […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

