“Elvis has left the building! Goodnight.”

The above famous phase was uttered without thought at the end of one of Elvi’s concerts and went on to be a big part of every Elvis performance for years. It’s writer and performer was Al Dvorin. (pictured below in the WIBC studio’s when he appeared on my show.
According to Al, Col. Parker asked him to go up when the band had finished playing Elvis off stage at the end of the show, and let people know, that was it. Elvis had left there would be no more show that night. This also served to hustle folks to the t-shirt tables too:)

Elvis and Al Dvorin. Al used to be the leader of a Big Band that backed Elvis in the 50’s. That’s how they first met.