Remembering Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaiʻi via Satellite"

Elvis Presley’s First Trip to Hawaii – 1957 In November 1957, Elvis Presley set sail for Hawaii for the very first time. He boarded the USS Matsonia on November 5th, leaving Los Angeles behind and heading into the Pacific. When he arrived in Honolulu on November 9th, more than four thousand fans were waiting at the dock, cheering as he stepped onto the island. Elvis had come to perform two benefit concerts at Honolulu Stadium on November 10th, raising money for the Kapiolani Hospital for childre