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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]