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 […]

The recording date of “the Fool” is uncertain, but we can be sure that it took place in Phoenix, Arizona in late 1955 or early 1956. The singer is Sanford Clark, then 20 years of age, who was back in Phoenix, the city he grew up in, on a short leave from the military. The […]

Recording Date: May 21, 1955, Universal Recording Studio, Chicago. Sound Engineer and Producer: Bill Putnam. Maybellene was Berry’s first recording, his first experience inside a recording studio. He was 29 years of age. This recording was released by Chess records. By August of 1955, it had reached the #5 position on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. […]