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Recording Sessions 1955

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Demo Session for Cotton Club

Place: Cotton Club Lubbock, Texas
Date: January 6, 1955
Producer: Sam Phillips
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Year
WPA5
2533-NA
Fool, Fool, Fool
1:53
January 6
66050-2
The King Of Rock 'n' Roll
1992

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Titel:
Time:
Date:
1st Release:
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WPA5
2534-NA
Shake, Rattle and Roll
2:18
January 6
66050-2
The King Of Rock 'n' Roll
1992

Personnel:

Guitar Elvis Presley
Guitar Scotty Moore
Bass Bill Black
More info: These recordings were most likely made on January 6, 1955, when Elvis played Lubbock for the first time, if not, they are from February 13, 1955, when he returned. It was common at the time for artist to visit local radio stations when touring, encouraging the local DJ to play their records, often performing live (or taped) on the air to promote their upcoming shows. Because Elvis and his Blue Moon Boys had so little recorded repertoire, they would supplement their own reprtoire with covers like above. 'Fool, Fool, Fool' was a number one R&B record by The Clovers in 1951, 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' was a 1954 R&B hit in its original version by Big Joe Turner. -Elvis Presley, a Life in Music-.

Demo Session for Cotton Club

Place:
Date:
Producer:

Cotton Club Lubbock, Texas
January 6, 1955
Sam Phillips

Matrix

Nr

Titel

Time

Date

1st Release

Album

Year


WPA5

2533-NA

Fool, Fool, Fool

1:53

January 6

66050-2

The King Of Rock 'n' Roll

1992

WPA5

2534-NA

Shake, Rattle and Roll

2:18

January 6

66050-2

The King Of Rock 'n' Roll

1992

Musicians:

Guitar:
Guitar:
Bass

Elvis Presley
Scotty Moore
Bill Black



These recordings were most likely made on January 6, 1955, when Elvis played Lubbock for the first time, if not, they are from February 13, 1955, when he returned. It was common at the time for artist to visit local radio stations when touring, encouraging the local DJ to play their records, often performing live (or taped) on the air to promote their upcoming shows. Because Elvis and his Blue Moon Boys had so little recorded repertoire, they would supplement their own reprtoire with covers like above. 'Fool, Fool, Fool' was a number one R&B record by The Clovers in 1951, 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' was a 1954 R&B hit in its original version by Big Joe Turner. -Elvis Presley, a Life in Music-.