Unfortunately for Forrest Gump’s accuracy, Elvis is rumored to have begun the hip-swinging in 1954 at his first paid concert in Tennessee as an attempt to cover up his nervous leg-shaking. The comedic aspect of Elvis's inclusion in the Forrest Gumptrue story is that Forrest and his awkward dancing from his leg braces inspired Elvis's controversial pelvic dancing. By this time, Elvis had already been touring for about a year and a half, made several television appearances, and was all over the radio with “Heartbreak Hotel.” While he was already making a name for himself, it was this appearance and the scandalous dancing that turned him into a star. The program Forrest and his mother saw Elvis performing on was The Milton Berle Show on June 5th, 1956. The Forrest Gump true story doesn’t give an exact date for when Elvis stayed at the house, but the timeline of his performance puts it around 1956.
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