Sun Records/Memphis Recording Service. In the mid- to late summer of 1953, Elvis was a walk-in who paid $3.98 to record “My Happiness.” A year later, on July 5, 1954, he would record “That’s All Right (Mama),” often called the Big Bang of Rock and Roll.
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The latest Elvis record is not the kind you download. If you were in Memphis, you knew you weren’t on Lonely Street at all those sold-out events. But Graceland spokesman Kevin Kern says the official attendance figure for the week was 75,000. Even in the sweltering heat, 55,000 took part in the candlelight vigil. “The […]
By the time Elvis Presley walked into American Sound Studios in early 1969, guitarist Reggie Young had cut hit songs by the dozens.
Seminal records by the likes of Dusty Springfield ( Dusty in Memphis and its signature tune “Son of a Preacher Man”), Neil Diamond ( Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show ), B.J. Thomas (”Hooked […]
Once the site of the Memphis Draft Board, where Elvis reported in March 1958 for his induction into the Army.
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