Birth Of WAQY Radio
I got this copy when I worked for WAQY back in 1969 or so. This is a short skit Tommy and Doug put together and as far as I know, played on the air only once – the moment WAQY signed on the air for the very first time. This obviously introduced WAQY […]
Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: 1956: No. 27: Gene Vincent: Cliff Gallup
We have attached two tracks from 1956 which feature two performers who were in the vanguard of those who created and birthed Rock & Roll Music. Recording Date for “Race With The Devil” and “Be Bop A Lula”: May 4, 1956, Bradley Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, TN. Vocal on both tracks by […]
Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: No. 26: (1956): Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two: Get Rhythm
Recording Date: April 2, 1956, Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, TN. Written by Johnny Cash. Vocal by Johnny Cash. Electric Guitar: Luther Perkins. Upright Acoustic Bass: Marshall Grant. Record Producer and Sound Engineer: Sam Phillips. An early Rock & Roll masterpiece. Still no drummer in the studio. Cash threaded another dollar bill through the strings of […]
Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959 No. 25: 1956: Warren Smith: Sam Phillips: Rock & Roll Ruby
Recording Date: February 5, 1956, Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, TN. Debut recording for Warren Smith. It is uncertain who wrote “Rock & Roll Ruby”. Some say Johnny Cash. Cash is credited as the songwriter on the Sun #239 record label. Others say that country hall of famer George Jones wrote the song and sold it […]