Concert announcer who popularized (but did not invent) the phrase
"Elvis has left the building."
Continued to perform his signature closing line at casinos and Elvis
impersonator concerts after Presley's death.
A former bandleader and talent agent in Chicago, he toured with Presley
from his early days as a performer until his last tour in 1977.
The phrase that he made his signature was first uttered by other
announcers early in Presley's career. It was intended to disperse
audiences who lingered in hopes of an Elvis encore. Dvorin's version
was captured on many recordings of Elvis' performances and has become a
pop-culture catchphrase and punchline.
Everybody and his brother has claimed the line, and I'm sure Elvis' mother, when somebody called him, said, 'Elvis is not home. Elvis has left the building.' As far as I know, I created it.