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Birth of Rock& Roll Music Project 1954-1959: 1956: No. 28: New Orleans: Little Richard

February 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

Recording Date: May 9, 1956, J&M Recording Studio, 840 N. Rampart Street, New Orleans LA. Richard Penniman, a/k/a Little Richard, age 24: Vocal, Piano Lee Allen, age 29: Tenor Saxophone […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: 1956: No. 27: Gene Vincent: Cliff Gallup

January 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

We have attached two tracks from 1956 which feature two performers who were in the vanguard of those who created and birthed Rock & Roll Music. Recording Date for “Race […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: No. 26: (1956): Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two: Get Rhythm

January 28, 2020January 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Recording Date: April 2, 1956, Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, TN.  Written by Johnny Cash.  Vocal by Johnny Cash.  Electric Guitar: Luther Perkins.  Upright Acoustic Bass:  Marshall Grant.  Record Producer and […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959 No. 25: 1956: Warren Smith: Sam Phillips: Rock & Roll Ruby

January 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

Recording Date: February 5, 1956, Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, TN. Debut recording for Warren Smith. It is uncertain who wrote “Rock & Roll Ruby”. Some say Johnny Cash. Cash is […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: Part 24: Lee Hazelwood: Sanford Clark: Al Casey: The Fool

January 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

The recording date of “the Fool” is uncertain, but we can be sure that it took place in Phoenix, Arizona in late 1955 or early 1956. The singer is Sanford […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: No. 23: 1955: Chuck Berry: Maybellene

January 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

Recording Date: May 21, 1955, Universal Recording Studio, Chicago. Sound Engineer and Producer: Bill Putnam. Maybellene was Berry’s first recording, his first experience inside a recording studio. He was 29 […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: No. 22: Carl Perkins: December 19, 1955: Blue Suede Shoes

December 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

Carl Perkins was actually playing what we now know as Rock & Roll in live performances in the rural honky-tonks of west Tennessee as early as 1953. One of the […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: No. 21: Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues

December 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

Recording Date: July 30, 1955, Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, TN Johnny Cash, Vocal and Rhythm Guitar; Luther Perkins, Electric Guitar; Marshall Grant, Acoustic Bass; Sam Phillips, Producer Cash had no […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: No. 20: 1955: Mystery Train

December 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

Recording Date: July 11, 1955, Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, TN This is the final and best recording made by Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and producer Sam Phillips at […]

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Birth of Rock & Roll Project 1954-1959: No. 19: 1955: R&R Songwriting: R&R Guitar and Piano: Chuck Berry and Johnnie Johnson

December 4, 2019 Leave a Comment

This track recorded 5-21-1955 at Universal Recording Studio in Chicago. Chuck Berry, Vocal, Electric Guitar, Songwriter. Johnnie Johnson, Piano. Charles Edward Anderson Berry, born 10-18-1926, St. Louis, MO; died at […]

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  • Birth of Rock& Roll Music Project 1954-1959: 1956: No. 28: New Orleans: Little Richard
  • Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: 1956: No. 27: Gene Vincent: Cliff Gallup
  • Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: No. 26: (1956): Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two: Get Rhythm
  • Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959 No. 25: 1956: Warren Smith: Sam Phillips: Rock & Roll Ruby
  • Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: Part 24: Lee Hazelwood: Sanford Clark: Al Casey: The Fool

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