... Elvis Still The King Tee. The trio would record at Sun together until November 1955, when Phillips sold Presley's contract to RCA Victor for $40,000; it was, at the time, the highest sum ever paid for a recording contract. [1][8] Before creating Sun, Phillips licensed recording to Chess Records for release. Sam asks Elvis what he can sing, and Elvis runs through a number of popular tunes. $17.95. Pink Floyd LP Music Records. In 2002, RCA included information in the liner notes of Sunrise as to Presley recording this song while simultaneously playing the piano, and not aided by his rhythm guitar, as previously believed. If you feel betrayed, I figure it's your own fault - for not reading the series' title. Over the decades, several additional recordings have been claimed as having been recorded by Elvis at Sun Records. Recorded 1933[24][25], Also; Lonestar Cowboys, 1933 on RCA (Victor),[26][27] Nelstone's Hawaiians:[28] Victor V40273 (1929). RCA soon re-releases the five Sun singles on the RCA label. Ten were released by Sun as Elvis's first five singles between 1954 and 1955. [10], When Phillips acquired a demo recording of "Without You" and was unable to identify the vocalist, his assistant, Marion Keisker, reminded him about the young truck driver. His reputation as a performer on stage was already growing in the same dimensions. This was the bright, upbeat sound he had been looking for. LP Vinyl Records. [4][5] Turner brought fellow musicians Howlin' Wolf, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Little Milton, Billy "The Kid" Emerson and Roscoe Gordon to record for Phillips. Several biographers cite Jim Denny, talent agent at the Opry, as the man who told Presley that he should "go back to driving a truck".[22]. During Presley's tenure at Sun Records, he recorded two demo recordings in Lubbock, Texas: "Fool, Fool, Fool" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll", which were released for the first time by RCA in the 1990s. Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1952. Make sure to visit the Sun Diner during your next trip to Nashville! Original: The Shelton Brothers (1942, Decca)[23] 1953 [29] The song was also recorded by Frank Yankovic and was responsible for his band being rated the #13 band "on the Nation's Juke Boxes" in 1948. Original: Billy Emerson (1955, Sun). "Would he still be King?". His American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multi-platinum awards for 150 different albums and singles, far more than any other artist. He takes the acetate home, and reportedly gives it to his mother as a much-belated extra birthday present. This leads to regular appearances on the Hayride and, in November, Elvis signs a one-year contract for fifty-two Saturday night appearances. Hugh Williams – Jimmy Kennedy. As always, Elvis’ live appearances have special appeal for the teenagers, especially the females. Eddie Bond, the owner of the Hi-Hat, turned him down. "It Wouldn't Be the Same Without You" is the fourth and final self-financed demo Elvis recorded. Listed are the 24 titles from 1953–55, ordered by their recording date. Sun Records is located in Nashville, Tennessee. They ended up with a fast version of the song in 4/4 time. They appear for the first time on the Louisiana Hayride, a live Saturday night country music radio show originating in Shreveport, Louisiana, broadcast over KWKH Radio. At that moment, "Heartbreak Hotel" was climbing the lists, but as Rock'n'Roll was largely bought by teenagers at the time, and teenagers usually bought singles,[41] albums were seen as less important for the genre; as such, "Heartbreak Hotel" is not on this album. Original: Little Junior's Blue Flames (1953, Sun), William R. Emerson. (The studio came to be known as Sun Studio though never officially named that until the 1980s. For the jazz rock label established by Frank Wright, see. Parker is also the manager for country star, Hank Snow. June 3, 1953 Try Records. [2] It was founded with the financial aid of Jim Bulliet, one of many record executives for whom Phillips had scouted artists before 1952. This is a painful disappointment in Elvis’ early career. Original probably Kokomo Arnold (1935, Decca), Other releases: Johnny Lee Wills (1941, Decca); Moon Mullican (1946, King); Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys as "Brain Cloudy Blues", (1946, Columbia), Arthur Gunter. And it's not about Elvis. Carl Perkins - The Dance Album Of LP. It is not. Original: possibly Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians. Among his many awards and accolades were 14 Grammy nominations (3 wins) from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which he received at age 36, and his being named One of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Nation for 1970 by the United States Jaycees. January, 1954 [14] When the other two musicians joined in, Phillips got them to restart and began taping. "That's All Right (Mama)" was written and recorded by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (1947, RCA Victor). Or Jerry Lee Lewis. These sessions are not generally included when reference is made to "Elvis's Sun Sessions", however. Prior to that, Sun had concentrated mainly on African-American musicians because Phillips loved rhythm and blues and wanted to bring it to a white audience. "I'll Never Stand in Your Way," by Hy Heath, is another self-financed recording. [2] He paid $3.98 to record the first of two double-sided demo acetates, "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin". Most of the tapes, including the private single, the Million Dollar Quartet and alternate takes have been released. This meeting was recorded on December 4, 1956, and dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet by the local newspaper the next day. Missing: The current (as of mid-2006) version of the Sun recordings. RCA soon re-releases the five Sun … [3], In March 1951, Phillips produced "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm. The studio owner isn’t in, so his assistant, Marion Keisker handles the session. [21], Over the next 15 months, the trio would release five singles, tour extensively across the South, and appear regularly on the Louisiana Hayride; it was the biggest rival to the Grand Ole Opry at the time. They did so on Sunday, July 4, 1954, at Moore's house. In January 1956, Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel", his first RCA Victor single. That summer he drops by The Memphis Recording Service, home of the Sun label and makes a demo acetate of “My Happiness” and “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin” for a cost of about $4.00. Elvis signs a contract with Bob Neal, who becomes his manager. Gladys never heard his first recording ,Elvis left the Acetate at his frI ends grandparents home and left.. (August 11–August 17, 2007). Crudup's original title is "That's All Right (Mama)"; on the Sun label, and many later releases, '(Mama)' is omitted: "That's All Right". Because the piano was not directly miked, it can only be heard faintly in the background. The music of many Sun Records musicians helped lay part of the foundation of late 20th-century rock and roll and influenced many younger musicians, including the Beatles. Elvis's recording of "That's All Right (Mama)" is mentioned as one of the beginning of rock and roll, though the first rock and roll records predate it. Colonel Parker negotiates the sale of Elvis’ Sun contract to RCA, which includes his five Sun singles and his unreleased Sun material. Elvis, Scotty, and Bill start performing together, with Scotty acting as the group’s manager. [3] This song has been misidentified as the same song. "[16] The group recorded four songs during that session, including bluegrass musician Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky", which he had written and recorded as a slow waltz. Elvis stayed to jam with Carl as well as with Jerry Lee Lewis, who was the piano player on the session. [20] Moore and Black were originally members of their own band, The Starlight Wranglers, but after the success of "That's All Right", jealousy within the group forced them to split. In december 4 1956 Elvis went to the Sun recording studio. Web. About 40 titles are recorded, most of them incomplete. Elvis signs his first contract with RCA Records. By 1956, he was an international sensation. In 2001, Paul McCartney appeared on a tribute compilation album titled Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records. Current Top Sellers. He said, "I was forced into it by those labels either coming to Memphis to record or taking my artists elsewhere."[9]. Elvis graduates from Humes High School. Elvis’ musical influences were the pop and country music of the time, the gospel music he heard in church and at the all-night gospel sings he frequently attended, and the black R&B he absorbed on historic Beale Street as a Memphis teenager.