The Music That Made Memphis

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Annotation

Distributed in 1996 by Warner Special Products and the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau with no available UPC.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Introduction
Rufus Thomas3:30
2Great Balls of FireJerry Lee Lewis1:51
3Soul ManSam & Dave2:37
4Green OnionsBooker T. & the MG’s2:45
5That's When Your Heartaches BeginElvis Presley2:46
6Love and HappinessAl Green5:00
7Soul Finger
The Bar‐Kays2:18
8Walkin' the Dog
recording of:
Walking the Dog
lyricist and composer:
Rufus Thomas
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. and East/Memphis Music
Rufus Thomas2:28
9Knock on Wood
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-07-13)
producer:
Steve Cropper
baritone saxophone:
probably Floyd Newman
bass guitar [bass]:
Duck Dunn (on 1966-07-13)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Al Jackson (on 1966-07-13)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (on 1966-07-13)
organ:
Booker T. Jones (on 1966-07-13)
piano:
Isaac Hayes (on 1966-07-13) and Booker T. Jones (on 1966-07-13)
tenor saxophone:
probably Andrew Love (on 1966-07-13)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (on 1966-07-13)
vocals:
Eddie Floyd (on 1966-07-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (in 1967)
recording of:
Knock on Wood (on 1966-07-13)
writer:
Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd
publisher:
East/Memphis Music, Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music, Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Rondor Music Publishing, Warner Bros. Music Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell North America
adaptation of:
Potkraj na les
Eddie Floyd3:04
10Blue Suede Shoes
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (in 1955-12)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (in 1955-12) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-12)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (in 1955-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun (in 1955, from 1956 to present)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 5) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 95)
recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes (in 1955-12)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (in 1955)
publisher:
Aberbach (London), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing, Hi Lo Music, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
Carl Perkins2:14
11Wooly BullySam the Sham & the Pharaohs2:19
12Let's Do It Again
recording of:
Let’s Do It Again
lyricist and composer:
Curtis Mayfield
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (from 1975 to present)
The Staple Singers3:28
13Don't Let GoIsaac Hayes3:57
14The LetterThe Box Tops1:52
15Every Day I Have the BluesB.B. King4:39
16B-A-B-YCarla Thomas2:48
17My Happiness
guitar:
Elvis Presley (in 1953-07)
recorded at:
Sun Records' Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1953-07)
cover recording of:
My Happiness (in 1953-07)
lyricist:
Borney Bergantine (in 1933) and Betty Peterson (in 1948)
composer:
Borney Bergantine (in 1933)
publisher:
Chappell Music and Happiness Music Corp.
Elvis Presley2:31
18(Sittin' On) The Dock of the BayOtis Redding2:57