Elvis was the third of many performers scheduled to perform that day.

After he gave a final encore and exited the stage, many of the young people in the crowd continued screaming for him.

Some stood up and began leaving, either hoping to see Elvis outside or not seeming to understand that the Hayride show was not over.

“Please, young people...Elvis has left the building. He has gotten in his car and driven away...Please take your seats.” At that point, according to various written sources , Hogan took the microphone and said:

In an excerpt from an audio recording of the show, the words Hogan uses are slightly different (though it’s possible that the written sources and recording may both only include part of what he said that day).

What Hogan can be heard saying in the audio version is: “All right, uh, Elvis has left the building. I've told you absolutely straight up to this point, you know that, he has left the building. He left the stage and went out the back with the policemen and he is now gone from the building.”

Frank Page, who was the radio announcer for Louisiana Hayride. Further confusing the issue is the fact that at least one version of the audio posted on YouTube credits these words to KWKH disc jockey, who was the radio announcer for

Based on what I’ve read and other recordings of Page’s voice I’ve listened to, I believe the voice in the Louisiana Hayride audio is Horace Logan. (Some sites credit audio clips to Hogan that I think are actually the voice of Al Dvorin.)





What seems certain is that the phrase “Elvis has left the building” was first used at at the end of Presley’s appearance onon December 15, 1956 and that it was later picked up andby Al Dvorin — whose most famous use was recorded at the Elvis concert at Madison Square Garden on June 10, 1972.