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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 and Carl Perkins, and newcomer Jerry Lee Lewis.
"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" sessions: 4:09: 3. "Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley" Traditional "Million Dollar Quartet" sessions: 3:28: 4. "I Shall Not Be Moved" Traditional; arr. by Elvis Presley "Million Dollar Quartet" sessions: 2:15: 5. "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)" Thomas A. Dorsey "Million Dollar Quartet" sessions: 1:33: 6 ...
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.
Nearly every song Elvis recorded at Sun is present here (although "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" is hidden on CD number 5; the rest is on CD 1). Missing: "Satisfied" (apparently lost forever), all but one track from the Million Dollar Quartet session, as well as "It Wouldn't be the Same Without You" and "I'll Never Stand in Your Way".
The song was a hit in 1951 for Red Foley backed by the Sunshine Boys Quartet, reaching number seven on the Country & Western Best Seller chart. [5] It was among the first gospel recordings to sell one million copies. Foley's version was a 2006 entry into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. [6]
Nov. 6—PEMBROKE — Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley are together again to celebrate the holidays in the "Million Dollar Quartet Christmas." The heartwarming holiday ...
Oct. 2—MEDORA, N.D. — For those who appreciate rock 'n' roll, have a fondness for classic hits, or seek an evening of top-tier entertainment, Medora's Old Town Hall Theater beckons. "Million ...