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Sun Records (Memphis) Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner) Sam Phillips, owner/producer.

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1 Sun Records (Memphis) Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner) Sam Phillips, owner/producer

2 Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977) b. Tupelo, MS (poor white rural) Wide range of musical influences 1948 – to Memphis 1953 – 1 st time at Sun Studios 1954 – demos for Phillips (“That’s All Right Mama” / “Blue Moon of Kentucky”) Public performances 1955 - Col. Tom Parker, manager Contract sold to RCA TV – 1956 1958-60 – into Army

3 Louisiana Hayride Ex. Elvis Presley Louisiana Hayride – YouTubeElvis Presley Louisiana Hayride – YouTube Elvis Presley. I Got A Woman.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954- 1956.Remastered.2011. – YouTubeElvis Presley. I Got A Woman.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954- 1956.Remastered.2011. – YouTube Elvis Presley. Tweedle Dee.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011. – YouTubeElvis Presley. Tweedle Dee.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011. – YouTube Elvis Presley. Maybellene. ( Tunzi Remix ).Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954- 1956.Remastered.2011. - YouTubeElvis Presley. Maybellene. ( Tunzi Remix ).Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954- 1956.Remastered.2011. - YouTube

4 Elvis on Television Jan-Feb ’56: Stage Show (CBS) - Variety show hosted by Dorsey Brothers - No special interest or reaction Milton Berle Show - 1948-56 (“Mr. Television”) - 3 Apr ’56 : YouTube - Elvis Presley Milton Berle Show 3 Apr 1956: Blue Suede Shoes (c. 17:00) - 5 June ’56: ELVIS PRESLEY - Hound Dog (live on the Milton Berle Show in 1956) - YouTube - “Elvis the pelvis” – panned by critics as obsceneYouTube - Elvis Presley Milton Berle Show 3 Apr 1956: Blue Suede ShoesELVIS PRESLEY - Hound Dog (live on the Milton Berle Show in 1956) - YouTube

5 Elvis on Television (part 2) The Steve Allen Show - Sunday night variety (competitor to Ed Sullivan) - 1 July ’56 : Elvis 1956 Hound Dog 'Live Steve Allen Show – YouTube “Hound Dog”Elvis 1956 Hound Dog 'Live Steve Allen Show – YouTube Ed Sullivan Show - Leading TV Variety Show - 9 Sept ’56 : Elvis - Ready Teddy - Hound Dog (Sept 9, 1956) – YouTube (from Hollywood, Charles Laughton, host) - 28 Oct ’56 : Elvis - Don't Be Cruel - Love Me Tender (Oct 28, 1956) – YouTube (NYC) - 6 Jan ’57 : For Elvis Fans Only. P in the V. HD and Stero – YouTube (NYC)Elvis - Ready Teddy - Hound Dog (Sept 9, 1956) – YouTubeElvis - Don't Be Cruel - Love Me Tender (Oct 28, 1956) – YouTubeFor Elvis Fans Only. P in the V. HD and Stero – YouTube

6 Elvis Presley – Singer/Personality No Original Material Eclectic vocal style Stage presence & overt sexuality – “Elvis the Pelvis” Universal appeal (all charts) Examples - (1 st rec.) Elvis Presley thats all right mama + blue moon of kentucky SUN 209 – YouTube [cf. Crudup original : Arthur Crudup - That's All Right (original version) – YouTube] - (1957) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video) - (1957 movie) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (End Scene) - (RCA rec.) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me TenderElvis Presley thats all right mama + blue moon of kentucky SUN 209 – YouTubeArthur Crudup - That's All Right (original version) – YouTubeYouTube - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video)YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (End Scene)YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender

7 Carl Perkins (1932-1998) b. to Tennessee sharecropper Gospel & black music “Rockabilly” Examples - Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes on Ranch Party (1957 ) – YouTube - Carl Perkins - Honey Don't All Shook Up – YouTube - Carl Perkins - Matchbox - 1984 - YouTubeCarl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes on Ranch Party (1957 ) – YouTubeCarl Perkins - Honey Don't All Shook Up – YouTubeCarl Perkins - Matchbox - 1984 - YouTube

8 Johnny Cash (1932-2003) b. Arkansas (J.R. Cash) Sun recording artist Rockabilly, but no crossover appeal Country music superstar Marries June Carter YouTube - Johnny Cash - Get Rhythm (Tex Ritter TV show 1958?)YouTube - Johnny Cash - Get Rhythm

9 Jerry Lee Lewis (b. 1935) b. Louisiana - poor family (religious) - cousins (J. Gilley & Jimmy Swaggert) Boogie woogie piano style “Wild man of Rock ‘n Roll” Examples - YouTube - Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (1957) - Great Balls of Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis- original song-1957 – YouTube - jerry lee lewis - good golly miss molly.wmv – YouTube - Jerry Lee Lewis -Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (Live 1964) - YouTubeYouTube - Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (1957)Great Balls of Fire-Jerry Lee Lewis- original song-1957 – YouTubejerry lee lewis - good golly miss molly.wmv – YouTubeJerry Lee Lewis -Whole Lotta Shakin Going On (Live 1964) - YouTube

10 Sun Records’ “Million Dollar (Rockabilly) Quartet” 1956 : Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash

11 Buddy Holly (1936-1959) b. Lubbock, TX Influenced by Elvis, etc. C&W meets R&B for Pop audiences Examples - Buddy Holly That'll Be the Day with Lyrics - YouTubeBuddy Holly That'll Be the Day with Lyrics - YouTube - YouTube - Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57 (Peggy Sue)YouTube - Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57

12 3 February 1959 5 miles NW of Mason City, IA Airport

13 “The Day the Music Died” Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens (“Donna” / “La Bamba”) J.P. Richardson, aka “The Big Bopper” (“Chantilly Lace”)

14 End of the “Rock ‘n Roll” era Into the US Army (1958-1960) Legal Troubles and Prison (1959-63) Gets Religion (1957-63) “Reverend Penniman” (1958): his 2 nd Marriage to his 1 st cousin (once removed)

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