SUN SOUNDS- ” BEAR CAT”- RUFUS THOMAS
Sun Sounds- “Bear Cat”- Rufus Thomas. Rufus Thomas 1917-2001 was a jack of all trades in Memphis- singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ, and comic entertainer. He recorded for two of the […]
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SUN SOUNDS- “MYSTERY TRAIN”- ELVIS PRESLEY
Sun Sounds- “Mystery Train”- Elvis Presley. Yesterday I featured Junior Parker’s original version of “Mystery Train”- a great performance- but in 1955 it became a totally different tune the hands […]
SUN SOUNDS- “MYSTERY TRAIN”- JUNIOR PARKER
Sun Sounds-“Mystery Train”- Junior Parker. The most famous version of “Mystery Train” is Elvis Presley’s- also recorded at Sun Studio a couple years after Junior Parker’s- we will get to […]
SUN SOUNDS- “HOW MANY MORE YEARS”- HOWLIN’ WOLF
Born Chester Arthur Burnett in Mississippi in 1910- Howlin’ Wolf didn’t get the opportunity to record until 1951- when Ike Turner heard Howlin’ Wolf playing in West Memphis and brought […]
THE BIRTHPLACE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL- SUN STUDIO-SUN RECORDS- MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE// SUN SOUNDS-“ROCKET 88”- JACKIE BRENSTON AND HIS DELTA CATS
706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee- the home of Sun Studio- considered by many to be the birthplace of Rock “N” Roll. Sam Phillips-[pictured above} founded Sun Studio and Sun Records […]
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