Tom, Elvis, and Sue

By Susan F. Reid

“You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog…” Tommy and Sue happily sang during their first concert on an upright piano. At age six, they chose to perform ‘Hound Dog’ because it was their favorite song.

Once the record player started playing the 1956 pop hit, their performance began. Sue enthusiastically struck the keys. Tom pressed the pedals with his hands because neither one of them could reach them with their feet.

They performed lots of shows before they broke a piano pedal and their concerts ended. They didn’t start ‘cryin’ all the time’ because they now had baseball on their minds.