The Sun Records Collection

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Tracklist

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▼CD 2
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1That’s All Right
double bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (on 1954-07-05)
guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (on 1954-07-05) and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1954-07-05)
vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1954-07-05)
cover recording of:
That’s All Right (on 1954-07-05)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Crudup Music, Hill & Range Songs, Inc., Intersong GmbH (publisher; do NOT use as release label), PW Ballads, Special Rider Music, St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill1:56
2Good Rockin’ Tonight
double bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (in 1954-09)
guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (in 1954-09) and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (in 1954-09)
vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (in 1954-09)
cover recording of:
Good Rockin’ Tonight (in 1954-09)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (in 1947-07)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Knox Music, Inc., Lark Music Ltd., Lois Music Publishing Co., Trio Music (publisher) and Trio Music Co., Inc.
Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill2:13
3Drinkin’ Wine Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee
double bass:
Jake Ryles (on 1954-10-10)
guitar:
Gordon Mashburn (on 1954-10-10) and Malcolm Yelvington (on 1954-10-10)
piano:
Reece Fleming (on 1954-10-10)
steel guitar:
Miles Winn (on 1954-10-10)
vocals:
Malcolm Yelvington (on 1954-10-10)
recording of:
Drinkin’ Wine, Spo‐Dee‐O‐Dee (on 1954-10-10)
writer:
Stick McGhee and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
Malcolm Yelvington2:50
4Turn Around
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1954-10)
electric guitar:
Quinton Claunch (in 1954-10)
fiddle:
Bill Cantrell (in 1954-10)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1954-10) and Jay Perkins (in 1954-10)
membranophone:
W.S. Holland (in 1954-10)
steel guitar:
Stan Kesler (in 1954-10)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1954-10)
recording of:
Turn Around
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
Carl Perkins2:59
5Baby Let’s Play House
engineer and producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04, from 1955-02 until 1955-03)
double bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (on 1954-11-16)
electric guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (on 1954-11-16, from 1955-02 until 1955-03) and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1954-11-16, from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04, from 1955-02 until 1955-03)
vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1954-11-16, from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1953, in 1955)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
cover recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House (from 1954-07 until 1955-07)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. and LPGV Music (BMI)
lyrics quoted on:
Run for Your Life
cover recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House (on 1954-11-16)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. and LPGV Music (BMI)
lyrics quoted on:
Run for Your Life
cover recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. and LPGV Music (BMI)
lyrics quoted on:
Run for Your Life
recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House (from 1955-01-30 until 1955-02-04)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. and LPGV Music (BMI)
lyrics quoted on:
Run for Your Life
cover recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House (on 1955-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. and LPGV Music (BMI)
lyrics quoted on:
Run for Your Life
cover recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House (in 1955-02)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. and LPGV Music (BMI)
lyrics quoted on:
Run for Your Life
cover recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House (from 1955-02 until 1955-03)
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Embassy Music Corp. and LPGV Music (BMI)
lyrics quoted on:
Run for Your Life
Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill3.52:17
6Someday You Will Pay
The Miller Sisters2:19
7Red Hot
double bass:
Kenneth Banks (on 1955-05-31)
guitar:
Calvin Newborn (50s US R&B guitar player) (on 1955-05-31)
membranophone:
Phineas Newborn, Sr. (on 1955-05-31)
piano:
Billy “The Kid” Emerson (rock 'n' roll on Sun, Vee-Jay & Chess Records) (on 1955-05-31)
tenor saxophone:
Jewell Briscoe (on 1955-05-31) and Moses Reed (on 1955-05-31)
vocals:
Billy “The Kid” Emerson (rock 'n' roll on Sun, Vee-Jay & Chess Records) (on 1955-05-31)
recording of:
Red Hot
writer:
W. R. Emerson (rock 'n' roll on Sun, Vee-Jay & Chess Records)
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc.
Billy “The Kid” Emerson2:25
8Lookin’ for My Baby
Little Milton2:54
9Cry! Cry! Cry!
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1955-05)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1955-05)
bass and double bass:
Marshall Grant (in 1955-05)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (in 1955-05)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1955-05) and Luther Perkins (in 1955-05)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1955-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1955) and Sun Record Company (in 1955)
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry! (in 1955-05)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two3.252:29
10Sitting by My Window
Five Tinos3:26
11Mystery Train
double bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (in 1955-07)
guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (in 1955-07) and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (in 1955-07)
vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (in 1955-07)
recording of:
Mystery Train (on 1955-07-11)
writer:
Junior Parker and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hi Lo Music, Mijac Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Hilo Music Inc. (in 1953)
Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill2:29
12Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-07)
electric guitar:
Quinton Claunch (in 1955-07)
fiddle:
Bill Cantrell (in 1955-07)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-07) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-07)
membranophone:
W.S. Holland (in 1955-07)
steel guitar:
Stan Kesler (in 1955-07)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-07)
recording of:
Let the Jukebox Keep On Playing
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
Carl Perkins2:55
13Defrost Your Heart
double bass:
Johnny Black (bassist) (in 1955-07)
fiddle:
Bill Cantrell (in 1955-07)
guitar:
Quinton Claunch (in 1955-07) and Charlie Feathers (in 1955-07)
steel guitar:
Stan Kesler (in 1955-07)
vocals:
Charlie Feathers (in 1955-07)
Charlie Feathers2:28
14Folsom Prison Blues
producer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Bob Johnston (American record producer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-07-30)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30) and Luther Perkins (on 1955-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1988)
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1955-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two4.22:49
15Blue Suede Shoes
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (in 1955-12)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-12)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun (US label founded in 1952) (from 1956 to present)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 5) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 95)
recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes (in 1955-12)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., Hi Lo Music, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
Carl Perkins42:15
16Honey, Don’t!
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (from 1955-12 until 1966-12)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-12)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12)
recording of:
Honey, Don’t! (in 1955-12)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hi Lo Music, Hi Lo Music Inc., Knox Music Ltd. and MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)
Carl Perkins42:50
17Let’s Get High
alto saxophone:
Adolph "Billy" Duncan (in 1956-02) and Charles Taylor (gospel) (in 1956-02)
baritone saxophone:
Richard Sanders (saxophonist) (in 1956-02)
double bass:
Tuff Green (in 1956-02)
guitar:
Foree Wells (in 1956-02)
membranophone:
John Murray Daley (in 1956-02)
piano:
Rosco Gordon (in 1956-02)
saxophone:
Willie Wilkes (in 1956-02)
vocals:
Rosco Gordon (in 1956-02)
Rosco Gordon2:37
18Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1956-03)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03) and Eddie Starr (in 1956-03)
membranophone:
W.S. Holland (in 1956-03)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03)
arranger:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956)
recording of:
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (in 1956-03)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Rex Griffin (American country musician and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Knox Music Ltd., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company) and Knox Music, Inc. (on 1957-11-12)
Carl Perkins2:14
19Rock ’n’ Roll Ruby
bass:
Jan Ledbetter (in 1956-02, on 1956-02-05)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Bernero (in 1956-02)
guitar:
Buddy Holobaugh (in 1956-02, on 1956-02-05) and Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (in 1956-02, on 1956-02-05)
membranophone:
Johnny Bernero (on 1956-02-05) and Clyde Leoppard (on 1956-02-05)
piano:
'Smokey' Joe Baugh ("Smokey Joe") (in 1956-02) and Smokey Joe ("Smokey Joe") (on 1956-02-05)
steel guitar:
Stan Kesler (in 1956-02, on 1956-02-05)
vocals:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (in 1956-02, on 1956-02-05)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-02-05)
recording of:
Rock and Roll Ruby (on 1956-02-05)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
Warren Smith2:53
20I Walk the Line
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Bob Johnston (American record producer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-03-30)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two4.152:44
21Get Rhythm
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-03-30)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02) and Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-03-30, on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-03-30)
recording of:
Get Rhythm (on 1956-03-30)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
recording of:
Get Rhythm (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two3.752:14
22Ooby Dooby
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
double bass:
Jack Kennelly (in 1956)
drums (drum set):
Billy Pat Ellis (in 1956)
guitar:
Roy Orbison (in 1956) and Johnny 'Guitar' Wilson (in 1956)
mandolin:
James Morrow (in 1956)
vocals:
Roy Orbison (in 1956)
recording of:
Ooby Dooby (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Wade Moore and Dick Penner
publisher:
Hi Lo Music, Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
Roy Orbison and The Teen Kings52:13
23Red Headed Woman
double bass:
Johnny Ray Hubbard (on 1956-05-02)
guitar:
Sonny Burgess (rockabilly artist) (on 1956-05-02) and Joe Lewis (1950s US rockabilly artist) (on 1956-05-02)
membranophone:
Russ Smith (on 1956-05-02)
piano:
Kern K. Kennedy (on 1956-05-02)
trumpet:
Jack Nance (on 1956-05-02)
vocals:
Sonny Burgess (rockabilly artist) (on 1956-05-02)
recording of:
Red Headed Woman (on 1956-05-02)
composer:
Sonny Burgess (rockabilly artist)
Sonny Burgess2:11
24Dixie Fried
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1956-03)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03) and Eddie Starr (in 1956-03)
membranophone:
W.S. Holland (in 1956-03)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03)
edit of:
Dixie Fried (version 2: 3 false starts & master) by Carl Perkins
recording of:
Dixie Fried (in 1956-03)
composer:
Howard Griffin and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
Carl Perkins2:26
25Ubangi Stomp
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1956-08)
guitar:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (in 1956-08) and Brad Suggs (in 1956-08)
membranophone:
Johnny Bernero (in 1956-08)
piano:
Smokey Joe ("Smokey Joe") (in 1956-08)
vocals:
Warren Smith (US rockabilly vocalist/guitarist) (in 1956-08)
recording of:
Ubangi Stomp (in 1956-08)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Underwood
publisher:
Artemis Muziekuitgeverij B V, Jason Clement Music, Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division and Hi Lo Music (from 1956 to present)
Warren Smith1:58
▶CD 3

Credits

Release

mastering:Bob Fisher (producer, recording artist & mastering engineer)
part of:BMG Club Edition (number: DRC31211) (order: 127)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3804489 [info]
ASIN:US: B0000033DF [info]