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. […]
BIRMINGHAM RECORD COLLECTORS DEDICATED TO THE COLLECTING OF MUSIC, ITS PRESERVATION AND LASTING FRIENDSHIP MONTHLY MEETING THIS SUNDAY, JANUARY 12th, 2020 – 2:00 PM HOMEWOOD LIBRARY – 1721 OXMOOR ROAD 35209 NEXT MEETING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9th, 2020 THE SECOND SUNDAY THIS MONTH’S MEETING This month Elvis would have been 85 on January 8th. Hard to […]
Carl Perkins was actually playing what we now know as Rock & Roll in live performances in the rural honky-tonks of west Tennessee as early as 1953. One of the persons who came to hear him in 1953, at a roadhouse called the El Rancho, was a guy named Elvis Presley. Recording date of “Blue […]
This was done by friend of mine: As you know Charlemagne is closing its doors next week. So I went down Saturday and visited with Marian, took a few iphone clips, and came home and made this. I thought you old-school record collectors might enjoy it https://youtu.be/3iX4S3MVAg0
Recording Date: July 30, 1955, Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, TN Johnny Cash, Vocal and Rhythm Guitar; Luther Perkins, Electric Guitar; Marshall Grant, Acoustic Bass; Sam Phillips, Producer Cash had no drummer in the studio. In an effort to replicate a snare drum beat on 2 and 4, Cash threaded a dollar bill between the strings […]