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The Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an impromptu jam session between Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. The jam session seems to have happened by pure chance. Perkins, who by this time had already met success with “Blue Suede Shoes,” had come into the studios that day, accompanied by his brothers Clayton and Jay and by drummer W.S. Holland, their aim being to cut some new material, including a revamped version of an old blues song, “Matchbox.” Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, who wished to try to fatten this sparse rockabilly instrumentation, had brought in his latest acquisition, singer and piano man extraordinaire, Jerry Lee Lewis, still unknown outside Memphis, to play the piano on the Perkins session.

JASON GELT recently listed his “Top Ten Old Time Memphis Records” in the LOS ANGELES EXAMINER:

* This is an old article that we just happened across and thought we’d share. It’s not 100% accurate, but it’s pretty  close…

Knox Phillips, the son of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, will receive the 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award in the Creative and Performing Arts from the University of Memphis College of Communications and Fine Arts at a luncheon later this month.

Elvis Week 2008 Kicks Off With Fast Feet, Fast Balls & Fireworks
Another exciting Elvis Week has arrived and two action packed events helped jumpstart the excitement.

NEW YORK – Elvis Presley’s favorite performance costume, the peacock jumpsuit, has sold for $300,000, making it the most expensive piece of Elvis memorabilia sold at auction.

In less than 2 weeks, a five year anniversary will dawn upon us. On July 30, 2003 the man hailed as the Father of Rock n’ Roll passed away. Sam Phillips was 80 years old.

JOHNNY CASH REMIXED SET FOR OCTOBER 14 RELEASE
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Last man standing? Anyone following the career of Jerry Lee Lewis, the great wild man of early rock-and-roll, the guy who out-partied, out-fought and out-gunned (literally) such contemporaries as Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison, wouldn’t have put money on it.

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The 50’s, as they go down in musical history, have been marked by a revolution in the record business which has brought to the public attention an unprecendented number of new artists. Now that we’re looking toward the 60’s, it’s plain that only a few of these overnight sensations have endured, and Sun Records is justifiably proud that one of their discoveries, Johnny Cash, has earned an abiding place in the hearts of the music lovers of the United States and the entire world.

Call it personality – style – indivduality – whatever you choose, that quality which endears a performer to his public is an asset which cannot be duplicated. Johnny Cash’s personality pervades each selection on this album. The listener senses his warmth, his sincerity, his humor, and most of all his sense of loneliness – which perhaps is his strongest bond with the man or woman who pauses to listen to his singing.

Included  in the selections on this LP are numbers which have soared high in the nations’s popularity charts as single releases: “Katy, Too” and “Luther’s Boogie,” to mention just a couple. Also found here are three tunes penned by another Great of the music world, Hank Williams. “You Win Again”, “Hey Good Lookin’”, and “I Could Never Be Ashamed of You” represent the best of Hank Williams, the writer, and Johnny Cash, the artist.

Johnny Cash, just a few years ago an Arkansas farmboy, has matured to an entertainment figure with the magic to endear his personality to his fans. His records, his frequest TV appearances, and his road tours are nringing him increasingly closer to his fans. Audences like not only his singing and playing- they like him as a person. They trust him and they sense that Johnny is their friend.

It is for these loyal followers that Sun Records presents “GREATEST — JOHNNY CASH”

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