ON April 3, 1957 Elvis Presley gave a concert in Ottawa, after having performed the day before in Toronto. While in Toronto, various news reporters tried but failed to get any sort of exclusive interview with him.
In Ottawa, my uncle Mac Lipson did manage to get an interview, and it is famous as one of the only audio interviews of Elvis outside of the USA. This interview appears all over the internet, including official Elvis websites.
Mac worked for CKOY radio at the time, although it seems this interview was also “claimed” by the CBC — presumably he was allowed to freelance his services to the CBC as well (or maybe just for this interview.)
I found a bunch of photos of the Ottawa concert, (which occurred 2 days after my 4th birthday 🙂 )
The famous audio interview by my Uncle is also below…
