"Elvis has left the building!" is a phrase that was often used by public address announcers following Elvis Presley concerts to disperse audiences who lingered in hopes of an Elvis encore. Al Dvorin, a concert announcer who traveled with Elvis throughout the performer's career, made the phrase famous when his voice was captured on many recordings of Elvis' performances. Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer and actor who had an effect on Western popular music rivaled only by The Beatles . ... Al Dvorin (1923 - August 22, 2004) was the announcer who during an Elvis Presley concert in the 1970s coined the famous phrase Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building. ...

It was originally used by promoter Horace Lee Logan on December 15, 1956, to plead with concertgoers not to leave a concert hall to try to see Elvis as he left, and instead remain to see the other acts on the bill. The full quotation was "Please, young people... Elvis has left the building. He has gotten in his car and driven away.... Please take your seats." December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The phrase has since become a pop culture catch phrase and punchline, used to refer to anyone who has "exited" in some sense. For instance, it might be used when someone makes a dramatic exit, such as at the end of an argument, partly to relieve tension among those who remain. Baseball announcers on radio or television sometimes use the phrase as a humorous way to describe a home run, which is typically hit over the outfield fence and into the stands. Also, some online communities use a variant of or reference to the phrase to refer to someone who has ceased to be a part of the community - e.g. "looks like he's Elvissed". Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... Punchline is also the name of a 1988 film. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... For other uses of the phrase see Home run (disambiguation) In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run himself (along with a run for each runner who was already on... A virtual community is a group whose members are connected by means of information technologies, typically the Internet. ...

At the end of some episodes of Frasier, Kelsey Grammer says "Frasier has left the building." This contemporary twist on Elvis was a very popular way to tell viewers that the show had ended. Frasier was an American TV situation comedy. ... Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane on Frasier. ...

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