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 […]
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 […]
Bo Diddley, Checker 814. This track was recorded at Universal Recording Studio, 46 E. Walton Street, Chicago, Ill., on March 2, 1955. Big, unique, original Guitar sound, lots of tremolo […]
Date: September 2, 1954 Place: Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA This 1954 Capitol 45 rpm record is a guitar instrumental featuring two ace session guitarists who worked […]
Date: July 5, 1954. Time: Approximately 11 P.M. Recording Engineer and Producer of “That’s All Right”: Sam Phillips, age 31. Musical Performers: Elvis Presley, age 18, vocal and acoustic rhythm […]
The two attached selections are the final “Early Influences” in this project. All future parts will feature what we believe to be Rock & Roll Music from 1954-1959. The Mercury […]
Here we take note of one more piano player who was not only an early influence on Rock & Roll Music in the 1950s, but also an influence on any […]
Merrill Moore was born September 26, 1923, in Algona, Iowa. He learned to play the piano as a child. Moore served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He […]
Hank Williams Live Performances – Move It On Over, in occupied Berlin, Germany – Jambalaya, at The Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, before he went into the studio to […]
Tiny Murphy was born and raised in Paducah, Kentucky. He moved to Chicago in the 1940s, worked for many years in the Chicago clubs and dance halls, and recorded for […]
