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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
SeriesLabel Series
TagsSun RecordsMemphisrockabillyblues crossoverrecord labels
Genrestraditional bluesbluesrock-and-rollrockabillychicago blues
Tracklist
#TrackArtist
1Milkcow Blues BoogieElvis Presley
2Mystery TrainElvis Presley
3Baby, Let's Play HouseElvis Presley
5C.C. RiderCharlie Rich
6MatchboxCarl Perkins
7Don't Put No Headstone on My GraveCharlie Rich
8Boppin' The BluesCarl Perkins
9I Heard That Lonesome WhistleJohnny Cash
10ClaudetteRoy Orbison
11Daddy Blues bridgeSonny Burgess
12Oh Red bridgeHowlin' Wolf
13Lookin' for My BabyLittle Milton
14Prison Bound BluesWillie Nix
15Grandma Told GrandpaBig Walter Horton
16West Winds Are BlowingBig Walter Horton
17Wolf Call BoogieHot Shot Love
18I'm Gonna Murder My BabyPat Hare
19No Teasin AroundBilly The Kid" Emerson"
20I Feel So WorriedWillie Johnson,Sammy Lewis
21She's Dynamite bridgeB.B. King
22Rocket 88 bridgeJackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
23I'm Gonna Forget About YouIke Turner
24Goin' On Down The LineEarl Hooker
25Straighten Up BabyJames Cotton
26My Baby Left MeRaymond Hill
27Help MeJunior Wells' Chicago Blues Band
28Goodnight IreneMississippi John Hurt
29Midnight SpecialOdetta
30House Of The Rising SunOdetta
31Rolling StoneBig Mama Thornton
32West Helena BluesJames Cotton
33Cypress GroveSkip James
34One Room Country ShackBuddy Guy
35Death Sound BluesCountry Joe & The Fish
36I'm On The Road AgainCountry Joe McDonald
37Black Snake MoanRamblin' Jack Elliott
Frank Stokes' DreamFrank Stokes
What’d I SayJerry Lee Lewis