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The Sun Sessions
The Sun Sessions cover
Compilation album by Elvis Presley
Released March 22, 1976
Recorded July 1954-July 1955
Genre Rock
Length 39:47
Label RCA Records
Producer Sam Phillips
Professional reviews
Elvis Presley chronology
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 2
(1976)		 The Sun Sessions
(1976)		 From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee
(1976)

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Contents

Making of the album

It features most of the tracks recorded by Sam Phillips, the head of Sun Studios. Samuel Cornelius Phillips ( January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) better known as Sam Phillips, was an American Phillips signed Presley after hearing a song that he had recorded for his mother on his birthday. It includes "That's All Right (Mama)" one of the many recordings regarded by some as "the first rock and roll record. " That's All Right (Mama " is the name of the first single released by Elvis Presley, written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup. There are many candidates for the title of the first rock and roll record, but it is arguable whether any such thing exists "

Phillips said that Presley was rehearsing with his band, Scotty Moore and Bill Black, when Presley started singing the song, a blues song written by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III (born December 27, 1931 near Gadsden Tennessee) is a legendary American Guitarist and William Patton "Bill" Black Jr ( September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an American Musician. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (also known as "Pop" Crudup) ( August 24 1905 — March 28 1974) was a Delta Phillips said that the version of the song was what he was looking for when he signed Presley, and turned the tape recorder on.

All in all Elvis recorded more than 20 songs at the Sun studio, plus some private recordings (Before his professional recordings for Sun, they were, "My Happiness", "That's When Your Heartaches Begin", "I'll Never Stand in Your Way", and "It Wouldn't Be The Same Without You". Elvis Presley 's Sun recordings are a number of recordings he made at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee U Of these more than 20 songs, 15 ended up on this album.

Missing songs:

Chart success

The Sun Sessions was released in March 1976 and reached #76 on the pop and #2 on the country charts.

The single "Baby, Let's Play House" combined with "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" reached #5 on the country charts in 1955. Also, RCA Records saw that Elvis was rapidly building a reputation for his live performances. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. They offered Sun Records $35,000 to buy out Presley's contract and the rest is history.

The single "That's All Right" did not chart in the United States national music chart when released in 1954, furthermore the song was never issued as a single in the Great Britain during Presley's lifetime, but it became the focus of a great deal of attention fifty years after it was first issued in 2004 when it was the subject of a great deal of publicity. " That's All Right (Mama " is the name of the first single released by Elvis Presley, written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands There was a special ceremony on 6 July 2004 featuring Isaac Hayes, Justin Timberlake, Moore which was beamed live to 1200 radio stations. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Isaac Lee Hayes Jr (August 20 1942 – August 10 2008 was an American Academy Award winning soul and Funk singer-songwriter Musician Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31 1981 He has English ancestry although he has also claimed some American Indian ancestry probably through unconfirmed The song now went top 5 in the UK and Canada and also charted in Australia. The Sun Sessions was also re-released in 2004 (in Japan only) to celebrate the anniversary. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

Importance

In 2003, the album was ranked number 11 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published . In 2001, the TV channel VH1 named it the 21st greatest album of all time (in the book version it is replaced by Sunrise). The term television channel generally refers to either a Television station or its cable / satellite counterpart (both outlined below VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television Allmusic rates it as five stars, saying "it collects his first, and arguably most important, recordings into one convenient package. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Who doesn't need this in their record collection?"

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has selected The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States There are two tracks from the album listed: "Mystery Train" and "That's All Right. " Mystery Train " is a song written by Junior Parker and Sam Phillips. " That's All Right (Mama " is the name of the first single released by Elvis Presley, written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup. "

In 2002, and given their importance in the development of American popular music, The Sun Sessions were chosen, by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, to be kept there, for posterity. The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally historically or aesthetically important and/or inform or reflect life in the United States The Library of Congress is the De facto National library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress

This album is also important for being the very first Elvis album to feature "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine", which was only previously issued as a single. After more than 20 years, "The Sun Sessions" marked the song's official debut on LP.

Track listing

  1. "That's All Right" (Arthur Crudup) – 1:57 (from single, 1954)
  2. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (Bill Monroe) – 2:04 (from single, 1954)
  3. "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine" (Mack David) – 2:28 (from single, 1954)
  4. "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown) – 2:14 (from single, 1954)
  5. "Milkcow Blues Boogie" (Kokomo Arnold) – 2:39 (from single, 1955)
  6. "You're a Heartbreaker" (Jack Sallee) – 2:12 (from single, 1955)
  7. "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (Stan Kesler, William Taylor) – 2:37 (from single, 1955)
  8. "Baby Let's Play House" (Arthur Gunter) – 2:17 (from single, 1955)
  9. "Mystery Train" (Herman Parker Jr. " That's All Right (Mama " is the name of the first single released by Elvis Presley, written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup (also known as "Pop" Crudup) ( August 24 1905 — March 28 1974) was a Delta William Smith Monroe ( September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American musician who developed the style of music known as Mack David ( July 5, 1912 - December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his work in film and television in the Roy Brown may refer to Roy Brown (Montana politician, Montana state Senator and gubernatorial candidate Roy Brown (Manitoba politician Kokomo Arnold ( 15 February 1901 — 8 November 1968) was an American Blues Musician. Arthur Gunter ( May 23, 1926 in Nashville Tennessee – March 16, 1976 in Port Huron Michigan) was an American Blues " Mystery Train " is a song written by Junior Parker and Sam Phillips. , Sam Phillips) – 2:26 (from single, 1955)
  10. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (Kesler, Charlie Feathers) – 2:30 (from single, 1955)
  11. "I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')" (Jimmy Wakely) – 2:26 (RCA 1956)
  12. "Trying to Get to You" (Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton) – 2:33 (RCA 1956)
  13. "I Love You Because" (Leon Payne) – 2:33 (RCA 1956)
  14. "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:41 (RCA 1956)
  15. "Just Because" (Sydney Robin, Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton) – 2:34 (RCA 1956)
  16. "I Love You Because" (Second version) (Payne) – 3:25 (RCA 1956)

Note: Last six tracks are original Sun recordings, but were not released until 1956 on Elvis' first album by RCA. Samuel Cornelius Phillips ( January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) better known as Sam Phillips, was an American I Forgot to Remember to Forget is a country song written by Stan Kesler and Charlie Feathers. Charles Feathers, ( June 12, 1932 - August 29, 1998) was an influential Rockabilly and Country music performer Jimmy Wakely (born James Clarence Wakeley February 16, 1914, died September 23, 1982) was an American Country-Western singer Leon Payne ( June 15, 1917 – September 11, 1969) "the Blind Balladeer" was a Country music singer and songwriter This article is about the astronomical phenomenon For other uses see Blue Moon (disambiguation. Richard Charles Rodgers ( June 28, 1902, Arverne Queens, New York City &ndash December 30, 1979, New York Lorenz "Larry" Hart ( May 2, 1895 &ndash November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Never released on Sun.

Personnel

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1976 Billboard Country Albums 2
1976 Billboard Pop Albums 76

External links

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