Sun Records (Memphis) Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner) Sam Phillips, owner/producer.
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Sun Records (Memphis)
Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner)
Sam Phillips, owner/producer
Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977)• b. Tupelo, MS (poor white rural)
• Wide range of musical influences
• 1948 – to Memphis
• 1953 – 1st time at Sun Studios
• 1954 – demos for Phillips(“That’s All Right Mama” / “Blue Moon of Kentucky”)
• Public performances
• 1955 - Col. Tom Parker, manager
• Contract sold to RCA
• TV – 1956
• 1958-60 – into Army
Louisiana Hayride
• Ex. Elvis Presley Louisiana Hayride – YouTube
• Elvis Presley. I Got A Woman.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011 . – YouTube
• Elvis Presley. Tweedle Dee.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011 . – YouTube
• Elvis Presley. Maybellene . ( Tunzi Remix ).Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011 . - YouTube
Elvis on Television
• Jan-Feb ’56: Stage Show (CBS)- Variety show hosted by Dorsey Brothers- No special interest or reaction
• Milton Berle Show- 1948-56 (“Mr. Television”) - 3 Apr ’56 : YouTube - Elvis Presley Milton Berle Show 3 Apr 1956: Blue Suede Shoes (c. 17:00)- 5 June ’56: ELVIS PRESLEY - Hound Dog (live on the Milton Berle Show in 1956) - YouTube
- “Elvis the pelvis” – panned by critics as obscene
Elvis on Television (part 2)• The Steve Allen Show
- Sunday night variety (competitor to Ed Sullivan)- 1 July ’56 : Elvis 1956 Hound Dog 'Live Steve Allen Show – YouTube “Hound Dog”
• Ed Sullivan Show- Leading TV Variety Show- 9 Sept ’56 : Elvis - Ready Teddy - Hound Dog (Sept 9, 1956) – YouTube (from Hollywood, Charles Laughton, host)- 28 Oct ’56 : Elvis - Don't Be Cruel - Love Me Tender (Oct 28, 1956) – YouTube (NYC)- 6 Jan ’57 : For Elvis Fans Only. P in the V. HD and Stero – YouTube (NYC)
Elvis Presley – Singer/Personality• No Original Material• Eclectic vocal style• Stage presence & overt
sexuality – “Elvis the Pelvis”• Universal appeal (all charts)• Examples
- (1st rec.) Elvis Presley thats all right mama + blue moon of kentucky SUN 209 – YouTube
[cf. Crudup original : Arthur Crudup - That's All Right (original version) – YouTube]- (1957) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video)
- (1957 movie) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (End Scene)
- (RCA rec.) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Carl Perkins(1932-1998)
• b. to Tennessee sharecropper
• Gospel & black music
• “Rockabilly”• Examples
- Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes on Ranch Party (1957 ) – YouTube
- Carl Perkins - Honey Don't All Shook Up – YouTube
- Carl Perkins - Matchbox - 1984 - YouTube
Johnny Cash(1932-2003)
• b. Arkansas (J.R. Cash)• Sun recording artist• Rockabilly, but no crossover
appeal• Country music superstar• Marries June Carter• YouTube - Johnny Cash -
Get Rhythm (Tex Ritter TV show 1958?)
Jerry Lee Lewis(b. 1935)
• b. Louisiana- poor family (religious)- cousins (J. Gilley & Jimmy Swaggert)
• Boogie woogie piano style• “Wild man of Rock ‘n Roll”• Examples
- YouTube - Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (1957)- Great Balls of Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis-original song-1957 – YouTube- jerry lee lewis - good golly miss molly.wmv – YouTube- Jerry Lee Lewis -Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (Live 1964) - YouTube
Sun Records’ “Million Dollar (Rockabilly) Quartet”
1956 : Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash
Buddy Holly(1936-1959)
• b. Lubbock, TX• Influenced by Elvis, etc.• C&W meets R&B for
Pop audiences• Examples
- Buddy Holly That'll Be the Day with Lyrics - YouTube
- YouTube - Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57 (Peggy Sue)
“The Day the Music Died”
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
(“Donna” / “La Bamba”)
J.P. Richardson, aka “The Big Bopper”(“Chantilly Lace”)
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