From 1959, here's Jerry Lee Lewis with "The Ballad of Billy Joe." Included in this video is a cameo appearance by Sam the Chihuahua!
Showing posts with label Sun Records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sun Records. Show all posts
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Monday, February 07, 2011
Sorry, Charlie
Released in 1960, here's Charlie Rich with own composition "Lonely Weekends" on the Phillips International label. PI was a Sun Records subsidiary.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Red Hot
From 1957, here's Billy Lee Riley's version of "Red Hot" on Sun Records. It sold something like 37,000 copies.
Time For A Song From Billy The Kid
Billy "The Kid" Emerson, that is. This is his original 1955 recording of "Red Hot" released by Sun Records.
Thursday, February 03, 2011
Time For Junior
Recorded on the Sun Records label in November , 1953 in Memphis, here's Junior Parker with "Mystery Train."
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Shelby Singleton, R. I. P.
Shelby Singleton, famed record producer who wound up launching his own record company that ultimately purchased Sun Records in the late 1960s, passed away on Wednesday in a Nashville hospital at age 77.
Mr. Singleton, who, prior to launching his own record company had been a successful producer for Mercury Records and its' Smash subsidiary, had been battling brain cancer.
Mr. Singleton, who, prior to launching his own record company had been a successful producer for Mercury Records and its' Smash subsidiary, had been battling brain cancer.
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