Saturday, July 06, 2013

Today in Music History

Rockabilly N Blues Records: Sam Phillips gives Elvis' "That's All Right" to DJ Dewey Phillips: July 6, 1954- Sam Phillips takes an acetate recording of Elvis' "That's All Right" over to Memphis DJ Dewey Phillips to play on his "Red, Hot & Blue" radio show the next day (7th). This was the first time Elvis was played on the air.

1 comment:

Ed Gorman said...

I'm not a snob but generally I prefer those old Sun recordings to the ones that came after--with certain exceptions of course.