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The Million Dollar Quartet: Jerry Lee, Carl, Elvis & Johnny

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an improptu jam session between Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash.

This book details the early lives and careers of the quartet to where they were in 1956. Relevant social and economic factors which meant that a massive audience of young people were keenly looking for a new kind of music they could call their own.

Also covered are the "reunions" of surviving members of the quartet, the emergence of the tapes - first on bootleg and then legitimate CDs - and the genesis of the stage show and its reception. This music has enduring appeal.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Omnibus Press

Release: August 01, 2013

ISBN: 1780385145

ISBN 13: 9781780385143

The Million Dollar Quartet: Jerry Lee, Carl, Elvis & Johnny

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Million Dollar Quartet is the name given to recordings made on December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an improptu jam session between Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash.

This book details the early lives and careers of the quartet to where they were in 1956. Relevant social and economic factors which meant that a massive audience of young people were keenly looking for a new kind of music they could call their own.

Also covered are the "reunions" of surviving members of the quartet, the emergence of the tapes - first on bootleg and then legitimate CDs - and the genesis of the stage show and its reception. This music has enduring appeal.

Language: English

Pages: 272

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Omnibus Press

Release: August 01, 2013

ISBN: 1780385145

ISBN 13: 9781780385143

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