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Show 53: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 13: Sun Records

Sun gets its own chapter because it sits at one of the busiest crossroads in American music. This show is about the blues under the hood of rockabilly, early rock and roll, and Memphis studio culture.

Host Narration

I'm your host. For today's 53rd episode of the CC Blues Show, we will be resuming our Alphabet Blues series, where I aim to spin, for you, the most important tracks from every significant record label. Last week, we covered Specialty Records, Stony Plain Records, and a good chunk of tracks from Sun Records. Tonight, we'll be finishing up the incredible catalogue out of that legendary label, and then we'll hear some of Vanguard Records' most visionary musicians. Up first, we've got the boy from Tupelo's recording from 1955 entitled "Milkcow Blues Boogie." Accompanying Mr. Presley on guitar is Scotty Moore, and on bass is Bill Black. This trio of Elvis and his Blue Moon Boys comes in on the track slow, but after the first line Elvis insists to the fellas that "that don't move me," and that this time they've gotta be gettin' real, real gone for a change before kicking up the tempo. Here it is.

38Tracks
31Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags

Sun gets its own chapter because it sits at one of the busiest crossroads in American music. This show is about the blues under the hood of rockabilly, early rock and roll, and Memphis studio culture.

SeriesLabel Series
TagsSun RecordsMemphisrockabillyblues crossoverrecord labels
Genrestraditional bluesbluesrock-and-rollrockabillychicago blues
Tracklist
OrderTrackArtistSegmentBridgeStory
1Milkcow Blues BoogieElvis Presley1-
2Mystery TrainElvis Presley1-
3Baby, Let's Play HouseElvis Presley1-
5C.C. RiderCharlie Rich1-
6MatchboxCarl Perkins1-
7Don't Put No Headstone on My GraveCharlie Rich1-
8Boppin' The BluesCarl Perkins1-
9I Heard That Lonesome WhistleJohnny Cash1-
10ClaudetteRoy Orbison1-
11Daddy BluesSonny Burgess1Yes-
12Oh RedHowlin' Wolf2Yes-
13Lookin' for My BabyLittle Milton2-
14Prison Bound BluesWillie Nix2-
15Grandma Told GrandpaBig Walter Horton2-
16West Winds Are BlowingBig Walter Horton2-
17Wolf Call BoogieHot Shot Love2-
18I'm Gonna Murder My BabyPat Hare2-
19No Teasin AroundBilly The Kid" Emerson"2-
20I Feel So WorriedWillie Johnson,Sammy Lewis2-
21She's DynamiteB.B. King2Yes-
22Rocket 88Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats3Yes-
23I'm Gonna Forget About YouIke Turner3-
24Goin' On Down The LineEarl Hooker3-
25Straighten Up BabyJames Cotton3-
26My Baby Left MeRaymond Hill3-
27Help MeJunior Wells' Chicago Blues Band3-
28Goodnight IreneMississippi John Hurt3-
29Midnight SpecialOdetta3-
30House Of The Rising SunOdetta3-
31Rolling StoneBig Mama Thornton3-
32West Helena BluesJames Cotton3-
33Cypress GroveSkip James3-
34One Room Country ShackBuddy Guy3-
35Death Sound BluesCountry Joe & The Fish3-
36I'm On The Road AgainCountry Joe McDonald3-
37Black Snake MoanRamblin' Jack Elliott3-
Frank Stokes' DreamFrank Stokes-
What’d I SayJerry Lee Lewis-