They were released 25 years later under the title “The Million Dollar Quartet.” The event was dramatized in a musical of the same name in 2007. In 1965, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was ...
Revisit the blessed recording studio and the legendary record label that brought you Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Rufus Thomas and scores more rockin ...
We start, predictably, in 1954 with a baby-faced Elvis cutting “That’s All Right” at Sun Records, then tumble through the usual milestones. There’s the shy country boy from Tupelo who was ...
Elvis Presley's so-called "'68 Comeback Special" has become one of the King's most celebrated achievements. Here is a look ...
Sun Records may be world renowned for Elvis' rock revolution, but the label also has prolific country ties. Popular Baton Rouge lecturer Barbara Sims will explore this in her talk, "The Country ...
Recorded the day after It’s ... It is a fascinating leftover from Elvis’s pre-fame sessions with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Studio in Memphis in 1954. Released two years later, it sounds ...
Less than two years after the release of the excellent four-CD The Songs of Bacharach & Costello, Elvis Costello has unveiled another major box set. Called King of America & Other Realms, it features ...
Robert Gordon has been honoring Memphis music in his books, films and essays for more than 40 years. Now, he's getting a ...
Music fans should be easy to shop for this holiday season, right? Wrong! What do you pick up for the friend who knew about ...
Elvis Presley was a proud motorcycle rider, and had an impressive collection of bikes. He was particularly fond of Harleys, ...
J. Kemper Campbell M.D. is a retired Lincoln ophthalmologist who first encountered rock ’n’ roll while attending the drive-in ...
As Elvis was recording for a small Memphis label ... early days of international fame he suddenly turned up alone at Sun Records in Memphis, desperate for advice from Sam Phillips, worried that ...