Honorable History on Instagram: "Hide yo girl Elvis Presley’s first national television appearance wasn’t on The Ed Sullivan Show, as many people assume, but on the Dorsey Brothers’ Stage Show, a CBS variety program hosted by big band phenoms Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. On this day, January 28, 1956, the 21-year-old Presley stepped onto the stage in New York, introduced by disc jockey Bill Randle, who predicted he might make television history. Dressed in a black shirt, white tie, and tweed jacket,