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"Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956 at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. An article about the session was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar under the title "Million
Million Dollar Quartet is a jukebox musical with a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux.It dramatizes the Million Dollar Quartet recording session of December 4, 1956 among early rock and roll/country stars who recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, which are Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and newcomer Jerry Lee Lewis.
The Shepherd of the Hills is a 1941 American drama film starring John Wayne, Betty Field and Harry Carey. [1] The supporting cast includes Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Marjorie Main and John Qualen. The picture was Wayne's first film in Technicolor and was based on the novel of the same name by Harold Bell Wright.
Review: On Dec. 4, 1956 coincidence put Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins in a studio. 'Quartet' gives life to late greats.
Cash, Lewis and Perkins had previously collaborated in 1956 with the Million Dollar Quartet and in 1982 with The Survivors Live. Dick Clark hosted a TV special with footage of the studio sessions aired on TBS in 1989. [7]
He played drums on the 1955 Sun Records recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" and performed on the "Million Dollar Quartet" session that featured Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Perkins, and Cash. [1] Holland appeared with the Carl Perkins band in the 1957 rock and roll movie Jamboree , performing " Glad All Over ."
The Shepherd of the Hills was a popular outdoor drama staged from May to October, from 1960 until what was initially announced as its final performance on October 19, 2013, [5] in Branson, Missouri. However, the play was brought back the next year with a reduced performance schedule beginning on May 23, 2014. [ 6 ]
Mutrux co-wrote the musical theater productions Million Dollar Quartet (2010), [1] [2] [3] Baby It's You! (2009). [4] [5] [6] and Heartbreak Hotel, which opened at the Broadway Playhouse in Chicago on June 30, 2018, and closed on September 9, 2018. [7] He and co-writer Colin Escott were nominated for a Tony Award for Million Dollar Quartet. [1]