{"id":632059,"date":"2026-09-22T03:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/632059\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T03:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T03:28:22","slug":"womans-front-row-seat-at-elvis-homecoming-captured-in-iconic-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/632059\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman\u2019s front-row seat at Elvis homecoming captured in iconic photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) \u2013 A 1956 photograph shows a 13-year-old girl standing at the front of the crowd as Elvis Presley performed at the Tupelo Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Seventy years later, that girl\u2019s family says the image remains one of the most recognizable in American music history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The girl in the photo was Jannette Knight. Her daughter-in-law, Deanna Knight, said the photograph captures a moment frozen in time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s just that iconic image,\u201d Deanna Knight said. \u201cIt is one of the images in American music history that you just know instantly when you see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Deanna Knight said Jannette Knight was 13 years old and positioned near Presley during the concert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s almost like time stops. You look at the picture, and you\u2019re just like, 70 years ago. That is insane,\u201d Deanna Knight said. \u201cBut you look at her, and she\u2019s 13 years old. It\u2019s just frozen in time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The concert marked Presley\u2019s first homecoming performance in Tupelo. An estimated 5,000 fans attended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201c5,000 people at a concert in 1956 is probably unheard of. But she would tell us, \u2018I was in the front row, and everybody was swooning,\u2019\u201d Deanna Knight said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jannette Knight has since died.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To mark the 70th anniversary of the homecoming concert, the Elvis Presley Birthplace is hosting a free homecoming concert on September 26 at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WTVA. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) \u2013 A 1956 photograph shows a 13-year-old girl standing at the front of the crowd&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-632059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}