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STUDIO SESSION FOR THE EVANS FAMILY
FOR SUN RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE(S)
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER – UNKNOWN

ECHOES FROM THE BURNING BUSH
Composer: - Byron Foust-V.O. Sumner
Publisher: - James D. Vaughan Music
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

I WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
Composer: - Thomas A. Dorsey
Publisher: - Hill and Range Music
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

HEAVEN'S GOING TO SHINE
Composer: - Albert E. Brumley
Publisher: - Stamps-Baxter Music
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

I'M FEELING FINE
Composer: - Mosie Lister
Publisher: - Lillinass Publishing
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

I'VE BEEN CHANGED
Composer: - Mosie Lister
Publisher: - Mosie Lister Music
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

LORD, HASTEN THAT DAY
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

> LORD, LEAD ME ON <
Composer: - Arno de Pano
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Brimhall Music
Matrix number: - None – Not Originally Issued (1:49)
Recorded: - Unknown Date
Released: - April 3, 2012
First appearance: Sun Records X5 Music Group Internet Sample-18 mono
VARIOUS ARTISTS - SUNSHINE - CHRISTIAN COUNTRY SONGS

OVERSHADOWED BY LOVE
Composer: - H.A. Ironside and George S Schuler
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

STORMY WATERS
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

WHEN HE LOOKED UP AND I LOOKED DOWN'' - B.M.I.
Composer: - Albert E. Brumley
Publisher: - Stamps-Baxter Music
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Evans Family – Vocal
John Addison - Vocal

APRIL 1962

But, of course, Sam Phillips' first love had always been the music he founded his studio to record: rhythm and blues. Few came closer to the music Phillips loved than Frank Frost. Phillips' words about Frost say a great deal about his own musical values as the sixties moved on: ''I saw a place from Frank Frost, even though, he, was the most bluesy thing I had recorded in years. By the 1960s there were more radio stations that could expose the blues to a white audience than there had been earlier. Rock music had gone in other directions, but I felt that there was a chance of going against the odds and producing solid down-home blues that would still get played and bought''.

A native of Lula, Mississippi, Frost came to Phillips' studio in April 1962 and, over the course of three marathon sessions, cut some of the last truly great blues recordings to emerge from Memphis. He was hardly an innovator, but his music was still nourished from within his own community rather than by white college audiences, which gave it a cutting edge that blues recordings increasingly lacked. As Phillips recalls, ''John R. (a disc jockey) on WLAC in Nashville, told me that the Frank Frost album was the best record he had ever heard, and John R. was a big name''. Yet, John R. endorsement notwithstanding, the Frost album was a sales disaster.

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A bluesman of the older Delta school, Frost was influenced by many of the great names such as Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy, but in particular by Robert Nighthawk after whom he named his band. Drummer Sam Carr was Nighthawk's son.

STUDIO SESSION FOR FRANK FROST WITH THE NIGHT HAWKS
FOR SUN RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: MONDAY APRIL 7, 1962
(SESSION DATE ACCORDING TO LP CR 30106)
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER – SAM PHILLIPS

I WANT YOU TO LOVE ME
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

LUCKY TO BE LIVING
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

JELLY ROLL KING
Composer: - Frank Frost
Publisher: - Knox Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

'SO MEAN
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

I LOVE YOU BABY
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

SO TIRED
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

FRANk'S THEME
Composer: - Frank Frost
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

POCKETFUL OF SHELLS
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

I LOVE YOU BABY
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

MOONLIGHT SHINING
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

TOO LATE
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

WHISKEY HEADED MAMA
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

SUGAR MAMA
Composer: - Unknown
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

MYSTERY TRAIN (1)
Composer: - Herman Parker Jr.-Sam Phillips
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Memphis Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

MYSTERY TRAIN (2)
Composer: - Herman Parker Jr.-Sam Phillips
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Memphis Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - April 7, 1962

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Frank Frost - Vocal, Guitar & Harmonica
The Night Hawks consisting of
Jack Johnson - Guitar
Sam Carr - Drums

APRIL 9, 1962 MONDAY

Elvis Presley begins filming ''Girl, Girls, Girls'', is a 1962 American musical comedy film starring Elvis as a penniless Hawaiian fisherman who loves his life on the sea and dreams of owning his own boat. "Return To Sender'', which reached number 2 on the Billboard pop singles chart, is featured in the movie. The movie opened at number 6 on the Variety box office chart and finished the year at number 31 on the year-end list of the top-grossing movies of 1962. The movie earned $2.6 million at the box office. The film was the second of three films Presley shot on location in Hawaii.

APRIL 10, 1962 TUESDAY

Brenda Lee and Gene Vincent perform at St. Andrews Hall in Glasgow.

Marty Robbins recorded ''Devil Woman'' and ''Ruby Ann'' in an evening session at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios.

APRIL 13, 1962 FRIDAY

Hank Locklin recorded ''We're Gonna Go Fishin''' during an afternoon session at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

Donnie Brooks guests on The Ed Sullivan Show.

MID APRIL 1962

Wanda Jackson is at the Commercial Hotel in Elko, Nevada. Billy Ward and His Dominoes are playing the Carnival Club in Phoenix, Arizona.

APRIL 16, 1962 MONDAY

Decca Records released the Brenda Lee pop hit ''Everybody Loves Me But You'', and the double-sided Webb Pierce hit, ''Take Time'' backed with ''Crazy Wild Desire''.

Bass player Jerry Scheff has a son, Jason Scheff, in San Diego, California. In July 1969, Scheff became a member of Elvis Presley's touring TCB Band. With the band, he performed in concert with Presley from August 1969 to June 1973 and from April 1975 until Presley's final show on June 26, 1977 at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. He appears on ''Aloha From Hawaii'' (Elvis' 1973 live television concert), "That's The Way It Is'' documentary, ''Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden'' live concert; the documentary movie from 1972 ''Elvis On Tour'', among others. In later years, Scheff worked with Willy DeVille, Bob Dylan, John Denver, Elvis Costello, The Doors, singer Sam Phillips, Richard Thompson, and many other artists. Scheff also was a bassist for Southern Pacific on their debut album. He also participated in the 1987 cable television concert Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night. In June 2009 he gave a sold out performance in Breda, the Netherlands with the remaining TCB bandmembers. Scheff has stopped touring with the TCB band due to creative and cultural differences. Scheff has two sons: Jason and Darin Scheff. Jason has been the bassist for the band Chicago since 1985. He co-wrote the song "Bigger Than Elvis'' as a tribute to his father, featuring himself on vocals and Jerry on the bass guitar. As of 2010, he splits his time between his native California and his home in a small village in Northumberland, England with his wife Natalie. In 2013 and 2014, Scheff performed two concerts in Birmingham (UK) with the singer Janson Bloomer, playing the greatest hits of Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and the Doors.

APRIL 18, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Dick Clark emcees two Philadelphia Academy of Music shows to benefit the widow and orphans of Joe Kuhn, a Philadelphia songwriter-arranger-conductor.

Appearing are Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Dee Dee Sharp, Linda Scott, Danny and the Juniors, Del Shannon and the Orlons.

Bill Haley and His Comets are at the Terrazzo Cafe in Mexico City.

Jay and the Americans open at the Camelot in New York City.

Johnny cash and ''Bonanza'' star Lorne Green hold a recording session at the Columbia Studios in Hollywood. The track is never released.

Buck Owens remakes The Drifters' ''Save The Last Dance For Me'' in an afternoon session at Los Angeles' Capitol Recording Studio.

Rex Allen recorded ''Don't Go Near The Indians'' in Nashville, Tennessee.

APRIL 19, 1962 THURSDAY

Jackie Wilson makes his debut at the Copacabana in New York City.

ABC-Paramount rush released an edited version of Ray Charles' ''I Can't Stop Loving You'' to beat Tab Hunter's pop rendition of the song.

Johnny and Jonie Mosby sign with Columbia Records.

APRIL 20, 1962 FRIDAY

Neil Sedaka plays the London Palladium.

APRIL 21, 1962 SATURDAY

The Rock 'N' Twist - USA package, Johnny Burnette, Gary U.S. Bonds and Gene McDaniels Begin tour of the British Isles with a show tonight at St. Andrews Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

The Upsetters are booked at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City.

APRIL 22, 1962 SUNDAY

Jerry Lee Lewis is in Minneapolis to play a show when Jerry Lee's three year old son, Steve Allen Lewis, accidentally drowns in the swimming pool at the family home in Hernando, Mississippi.

In Kansas, Chuck Berry is transferred to Leavenworth Federal Prison.

Decca released Loretta Lynn's ''Success''.

APRIL 24, 1962 TUESDAY

Floyd Cramer recorded ''Java'' under the direction of producer Chet Atkins. It appears 15 years later on the Grammy-nominated album, ''Chet, Floyd and Danny''.

Five days after signing with Columbia, Johnny and Jonie Mosby hold their first recording session.

APRIL 24, 1961 TUESDAY

Jerry Lee Lewis' son, Steve Allen is buried in Clayton, near Ferriday, Louisiana.

APRIL 26, 1961 THURSDAY

Location shooting is completed in Hawaii for Elvis Presley's ''Girls! Girls! Girls!''.

Rhythm and blues singer Sam Cooke recorded ''Bring It On Home To Me'' with Lou Rawls on backing vocals. The song becomes a country hit for Mickey Gilley 14 years later.

The first United States rocket Ranger IV lands on the moon.

APRIL 27, 1962 FRIDAY

Sun 376 ''Blue Train'' b/w ''Born To Lose'' by Johnny Cash issued.

APRIL 26, 1962 THURSDAY

Neil Sedaka opens at the Forty Thieves Lounge in Bermuda.

Jerry Lee Lewis arrives in London to begin a tour of England. It has been four years since Lewis fled England because of the disclosure that he was married to his thirteen year old cousin. Lewis will perform thirty-two times and gross nearly $50,000.

APRIL 28, 1962 SATURDAY

Ray Charles plays the 3,450 seat Donnelly Memorial Theater and brings in $18,000 for two performances.

APRIL 28/MAY 19, 1962

Jerry Lee Lewis arrived in England for his come-back tour, during which he was scheduled to play 17 cities, with two shows in the U.K., plus a short tour of US Army bases in Germany. He had lost his son in tragic circumstances on April 22, but decided to go ahead with the tour in spite of his sorrows. Myra, originally scheduled to travel with him, only arrived on May 8. Jud Phillips, Cecil Harrelson and drummer Ernie Bowman accompanied Jerry Lee. He was backed for this tour by British band The Echoes, with The Viscounts, Vince Eager and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates. He opened in Newcastle and immediately put the 1958 fiasco behind him; this tour, promoted by Don Arden, would be a success.

According to Graham Knight, ''I first met Jerry in Newcastle on the opening night of the comeback tour after the 1958 debacle when he had received all the bad publicity about his marriage to Myra. That night in 1962 was an important one for Jerry and came just a few days after the tragic death pf his son Steve Allen. Many expected the tour to be cancelled but Jerry arrived on time and fulfilled his commitments''.

''I was 19 years old and already a big fan of Jerry Lee Lewis. I quickly deduced that Cecil Harrelson was his road manager and I helped him connect an amplifier they had brought with them all the way from the States. I reset it for our higher voltage and the first show eventually started half an hour late. Needless to say Jerry was a great success and, through Cecil, I got to meet Jerry for the first time. He was kindness itself''.

''On May 18 Jerry played St. Andrews Hall, Glasgow and Sounds Incorporated backed him for the first time, with no rehearsal. The show ended with hundreds of fans on the stage and Jerry on top of the piano. The piano damaged and the lid broken as a few fans joined Jerry on top of the instrument. One week later, a classical concert was cancelled as the piano had been left in such bad shape. The classical musician told the Daily Express, ''I just wanted to play the piano - not stand on it like Mr. Lewis''.

''Back on those tours in 1962 and 1963 I went to most of the shows and got to know Jerry pretty well. I stayed in the same hotel and sometimes I would drive him to the theatre in the ''mini'' car; Jerry and Cecil were always amazed at how fast it could go''.

There are tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of blues records out there featuring songs by men like Frank Frost, hailing from tiny town up and down the Delta and urban jungles in the frozen north. Most of those records, whether by famous or unknown blues men, are nowhere near as good as this ''Jelly Roll King'' is certainly one of the best singles ever released under the Phillips International banner, but more than that it ranks among the best blues records issued in Sun's history; it's right up there with classics like ''Cotton Crop Blues'' and ''I Feel So Worried''. Arguably, this belongs among the best blues records issued in the past 40 years.

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In 1959 writer and publisher Jimmie Rogers established a Memphis connection by supplying ex-Sun artist, Ray Smith, with his one sizeable hit, ''Rockin', Little Angel''. He also made custom masters with a house band at his demo studio in Mobile, Alabama, from whence he pitched this one-of instrumental (along with a ballad by The Teenangels) in the direction of Sam Phillips. The earthy workout caught Sam's imagination and it was chosen as the final release on Phillips International.

STUDIO SESSION FOR THE QUINTONES
FOR SUN RECORDS 1962

PROBABLY MELOTONE RECORDING STUDIO
MOBILE, ALBAMA
STUDIO SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE APRIL 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER – JIMMIE OTTO ROGERS

> TIMES SHO' GETTIN' RUFF <
Composer: - Jimmie Otto Rogers
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated – Stairway Music
Matrix number: - P 437 - Master (2:12)
Recorded: - Unknown Date 1962
Released: - 1963
First appearance: - Phillips International (S) 45rpm standard single PI 3586-A mono
TIMES SHO' GETTIN' RUFF / SOFTIE
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15806-4/25 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 6

In truth, this is a rather sad note on which to end a record label. When you hear these sides, it's hard not to think of amateur night or the best band in your high school. The Quintones were plainly listening to the Mar-Keys' ''Last Night''. The drummer, in particular, must have had his ears glued to the radio. The boys also didn't miss the fact that it was commercial to interject some black sounding phrases into your instrumental work, and so we have the gratuitous ''Times Sho' getting' Ruff''. In much the some vein, ''Softie'' is a relatively nondescript 12 bar blues with a passing similarity to the Silhouettes' ''Get A Job''.

The Quintones were studio musicians from Mobile, Alabama, and recorded this single for Jimmie Otto Rogers, the producer of the Teenangels and the cowriter of Buddy Holly's ''Midnight Shift''. The Quintones consisted of William Andrew Lowery, Charles Broward Lewis, Bobby Claude Smith, Ray Edward Thompson, and Woodrow Wilson Bryant, Jr.. Several other groups called the Quintones flitted in and out of circulation, but these Quintones only ever existed for one afternoon in Roger's Melotone Studio in April 1962.

MAY 10, 1962 THURSDAY

Jerry Lee Lewis appear at the Bradford St. George's Hall in Bradford. Jerry was headliner with Johnny Kid and The Pirates, Mark Eden, Dave Reid, Vince Eager, The Echoes, The Batchelors, and top recording stars, The Viscounts.

Johnny Cash plays prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York. He's supported on the bill by George Jones, Tompall and The Glaser Brothers and The Carter Family.

MAY 11, 1962 FRIDAY

Jimmy Dean recorded ''Little Black Book'' at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studio.

Top rated deejay at WAMO in Pittsburgh, Porky Chadwick produces a rock and roll show at the Civic Arena. Performers include Jackie Wilson, the Drifters, the Coasters, the Castelles, Jerry Butler, the Flamingos, the Angels, the Blue-Belles, the Skyliners, the Marvelettes, the Jive Five, the Carousels, Bobby Vinton, Gene Pitney, Kitty Lester and Big Maybelle. 13,000 fans attending with a $35,000 gross.

Clyde McPhatter, LaVern Baker, the Creats and Nathaniel Mayer are at the Tivoli Theater in Chicago.

MAY 12, 1962 SATURDAY

The Biggest Show of Stars for 1962 at the Forum in Whitcita, Kansas. The headerliners are Brook Benton, Fats Domino, Bruce Channel and Gene Chandler. Tickets are $2.00 - $3.00.

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STUDIO SESSION FOR BRAD SUGGS
FOR SUN RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: MAY 18, 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM PHILLIPS
AND/OR SCOTTY MOORE OR UNKNOWN

IT ONLY HURTS FOREVER
Composer: - Brad Suggs
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - June 5, 1962

MY ONLY LOVE
Composer: - Brad Suggs
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - June 5, 1962

NATURE BOY
Composer: - Brad Suggs
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - June 5, 1962

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Brad Suggs - Guitar
Alexius Martin - Drums
Larry Muhoberac - Piano
Ronnie Capone - Saxophone

 

MAY 19, 1962 SATURDAY

Tony Orlando is in Hartford, Connecticut doing a benefit for Buddhist victims of leprosy in Burma.

George Jones hits number 1 on the Billboard chart with ''She Thinks I Still Care''.

Marilyn Monroe made one of her last public appearances at a birthday celebration for United States President John F. Kennedy before her death. The event became an iconic moment in pop culture when the actress sang an intimate, sultry, and memorable rendition of “Happy Birthday” to the world leader. Monroe wore an intricately designed skin-tight beaded dress that was considered a little scandalous at the time. The performance added to rumors that the two were having an affair and only three months later Monroe died of a drug overdose, ruled a probable suicide, under suspicious circumstances.

MAY 21, 1962 MONDAY

Chubby Checker begins a record breaking engagement at Sciolla's Club in Philadelphia.

Bobby Rydell begins a record breaking week at the Holiday House in Monroeville, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh.

Capitol released Buck Owens' ''Save The Last Dance For Me''.

Decca released Kitty Well's ''Will Your Lawyer Talk To God''.

MAY 22, 1962 TUESDAY

Billy Walker recorded ''Willie The Weeper'' during a late-morning session at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

MAY 23, 1962 WEDNESDAY

United Artists released Elvis Presley's movie ''Follow That Dream''.

MAY 24, 1962 THURSDAY

The Everly Brothers end a six-month stint with the Marines.

MAY 26, 1962 SATURDAY

Ray Charles' country-influenced "I Can't Stop Loving You" (ABC #10330) begins the first of its eleven consecutive weeks at the top of the r & b charts. The song typified--in dramatic fashion due to its incredible commercial success--the inclination of talented black performers to favor sweet and sentimental sounds over personal expression in order to achieve mainstream pop impact. Similar career moves were taken by Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Brook Benton, and others. By the late 1960s, however, African American singers like Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin were able to attain pop music success while remaining true to their cultural roots.

Burl Ives recorded ''Mary Ann Regrets'' during an afternoon session at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studio. He also recorded ''Busted'', destined to become a hit for Johnny cash, Ray Charles and John Conlee.

MAY 27, 1962 SUNDAY

Jackie Wilson appears on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' singing ''Lonely Teardrops'', a future country hit for Narvel Felts. The evening's lineup also includes pop singer Connie Francis and baseball star Hank Greenberg.

The Los Angeles Times reports Gene Autry and his Golden West Broadcasters have purchased Portland radio station KEX.

Ray Charles wins the Best Rhythm And Blues Recording at the Grammys Award ceremony for "Hit the Road Jack." Chubby Checker's "Let's Twist Again" is named Best Rock and Roll Recording.

MAY 28, 1962 MONDAY

Singer and songwriter Phil Vassar is born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He builds a series of hits as an artist on top of a songwriting resume that includes ''Right On The Money'', ''I'm Alright'', ''Bye Bye'', ''Little Red Rodeo'' and ''My Next Thirty Years''.

MAY 29, 1962 TUESDAY

Jimmy Dean wins Best Country and Western Recording for ''Big Bad John'' during the fourth annual Grammy Awards.

MAY 30, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Kenny Rogers' first wife, Janice, files charges against her ex-husband for failure to pay $80 monthly child support. She claims he is $250 in Arrears.

LATE MAY 1962

Candix Records has financial problems as distributors are slow to pay for copies of "Surfin" by the Beach Boys that they had ordered. With four songs ready for release, Candix attempts to sell the group to Decca and Liberty with no luck. Finally late in May a deal is struck with Capitol.

Bill Haley and His Comets are at the Lagoon in Salt Lake City, Utah.

JUNE 1962

PI 3578 ''Crawlback'' b/w ''Jelly Roll King'' by Frank Frost; PI 3579 ''When I Grow Too Old To Dream'' b/w ''Mountain Dew'' by Carl Mann; PI 3580 ''I Ain't Never'' b/w ''In Love Again'' by Jeb Stuart; PI 3581 ''Thanks A Lot'' b/w ''There's Something About You'' by David Williams all issued.

The LPs, PLP 1975 ''Hey, Boss Man!'' by Frank Frost and PLP 1985 ''Rhythm Blues Party'' by Frank Ballard with The Phillip Raynold's band issued.

In June of 1962 the iconic Marvel superhero Spider-Man made his first appearance in the Amazing Fantasy #15 comic. The issue was dated for August of 1962 but had actually hit the shelves in June. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Spider-Man was a teenage superhero whose nerdy alter-ego Peter Parker represented adolescent concerns and teenage tribulations in a way that no other comic book superhero had been able to previously. Many teen readers connected to the character making him one of the most popular and enduring comic series characters in history.

JUNE 1, 1962 FRIDAY

Columbia released the Marty Robbins best-of album ''Marty's Greatest Hits''.

''Night Rider'', a half-hour TV movie is broadcast with roles for Johnny Cash, Wesley Tuttle, Merle Travis, Johnny Western, Eddie Dean and fiddler Gordon Terry.

JUNE 5, 1962 TUESDAY

Jerry Lee Lewis plays at the Holiday House in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, replacing Paul Anka.

JUNE 6, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Frankie Avalon is at the Palumbo's Supper Club. Neil Sedaka is at the International Club in New York City.

Dee Dee Sharp sings "Gravy" on American Bandstand. Rick Nelson sings "Gypsy Woman" on The Adventures of Ozie and Hariet.

JUNE 7, 1962 THURSDAY

Dion opens at the Blue Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.

Johnny cash recorded ''No One Will Ever Know'' at the Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The song becomes a hit for Gene Watson in 1980.

EARLY JUNE 1962

Roy Orbison flies to London to look for venues for a possible tour. While there he and a pickup band perform for free in the Mount Vernon Room of the Westbury Hotel in the London suburb of Mayfair.

JUNE 8, 1962 FRIDAY

Sam Cooke is at the Royal Theater in Baltimore.

Skeeter Davis recorded ''The End Of The World'' at RCA Stdio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

Elvis Presley finishes filming for the motion picture ''Girls! Girls! Girls!'' on the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California.

JUNE 11, 1962 MONDAY

James Brown and the Famous Flames appear on American Bandstand.

JUNE 12, 1962 TUESDAY

While performing at the Latin Casino in the New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia, Brenda Lee dislocates her neck while performing. The last six days of her engagement there are canceled and she spends the remainder of the week in Cooper Hospital in Camden, New Jersey.

JUNE 13, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Linda Scott leaves for a tour of New Zealand.

JUNE 14, 1962 THURSDAY

While in the hospital in Camden, New Jersey, Brenda Lee appears on American Bandstand via videotape.

Jim Reeves recorded ''Little Ole You'' and ''I'm Gonna Change Everything'' in an evening session at RCA Studio B in Nashville. He also takes a second swipe at ''Welcome To My World'', although it fails to surpass his November session.

Willie Nelson recorded ''Funny How Time Slips Away'' at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

JUNE 15, 1962 FRIDAY

Patti LaBelle and the Blue-Belles are headling the Apollo Theater. Joey Dee is at the Town and Country Club in Brooklyn. Sam Cooke is headling the Howard Theater in Washington, DC.

The Five Satins are on American Bandstand.

Johnny Cash tops a bill at the prestigious Hollywood Bowl with Patsy Cline, George Jones, The Carter Family, Johnny Western, Merle Travis, Gene Autry, Gordon Terry, Roger Miller, Flatt and Scruggs, Stuart Hamblen, Don Gibson and Leroy Van Dyke.

MID JUNE 1962

Bobby Rydell is an unannounced guest at a high school graduation party in San Gabriel, California.

(Above) Copy of an original Sun Records invoice, June 18, 1962, which lists 650 copies of Johnny Cash's Sun 376 ''Blue Train'' b/w ''Born To Lose'' that were picket up on June 4, 1962, from the Monarch Record Pressing Plant in Los Angeles, California, by Record Merchandising in Los Angeles. The invoice, number 12986 with typed total cost of $230.

JUNE 18, 1962 MONDAY

Steve Alaimo opens at the Roundtable Club in New York City.

JUNE 19, 1962 TUESDAY

Shelley Fabares sings "Johnny Angel" on American Bandstand.

JUNE 20, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Singer and songwriter Billy Joe Shaver and wife Betty have a child, Eddy Shaver. Father and son work together when Eddy reaches adulthood in the band Shaver.

Rick Nelson recorded the pop hit ''Teen Age Idol''.

JUNE 21, 1962 THURSDAY

The Beatles open for Bruce Channel when he appears at the Liverpool's Tower Ballroom.

Bobby Vinton makes his national television debut on American Bandstand and sings "Rose Are Red My Love''.

''Hey! Baby!'' songwriter Bruce Channell and his harmonica player, Delbert McClinton, appear at the Tower Ballroom in Liverpool, England. The opening acts include some band called The Beatles.

JUNE 22, 1962 FRIDAY

The Blue-Belles are at the Royal Theater in Baltimore for a week.

Columbia released Marty Robbins' ''Devil Woman''.

Guitarist Cameron Hill dies. A former member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he contributed to such classics as ''Roly-Poly'', ''Hang Your Head In Shame'' and ''Stay A Little Longer''.

Tony does his share of belting on the flipside (although he's not exactly working the same territory as Wynomie Harris). The chorus is appropriately teen sounding as they implore him ''Tony, won't you love me'', but the guy just isn't sure. Yeah, you're thinking Elvis or Billy Riley wouldn't have hesitated. And Jerry Lee would have been finished and out of the backdoor already. Unfortunately, these were different times. About the most positive thing one can say for ''You Make It Sound So Easy'' is that Larry Muhoberac turns in some fine piano work toward the end of the side.

(Above) Copy of an original Sun Records invoice, dated June 18, 1962, which lists copies of Sun 256, 267, 277, 281, 300, 356, a total of 36 45s, that were picket up on June 1, 1962, from the Monarch Record Pressing Plant in Los Angeles, California by Pan American Record Distributor in Denver, Colorado. The invoice, number 12982 with typed total cost of $16.56.

JUNE 23, 1962 SATURDAY

The Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, plays host to a rock and roll show featuring hometown boy Johnny Tillotson.

JUNE 24, 1962 SUNDAY

Wynn Stewart marries Claire Douthit in Las Vegas. The marriage ends within a year.

Bill Monroe brushes off a journalist at Sunset Park in West Grove, Pennsylvania. It's a less than auspicious first meeting with the man who will become the manager that revives his career, Ralph Rinzler.

JUNE 25, 1962 MONDAY

Jerry Butler sings "Make It Easy On Yourself" on American Bandstand.

Decca Records released Bill Anderson's ''Mama Sang A Song''.

JUNE 26, 1962 TUESDAY

Claude King recorded ''Sheepskin Valley'' during the morning hours at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. He also takes his first swipe at ''I've Got The World By The Tail'', though the final version isn't cut until August.

JUNE 27, 1962 WEDNESDAY

The last Columbia session for Carl Perkins was recorded. It featured a gesture towards the twist craze, ''Sister Twister'', together with a revival of ''Hambone''. After that pairing flopped in the pop market, ''Forget Me'' and ''I've Just Got Back From There''. It was released in March 1963 and its lack of success convinced Columbia that there was little point in negotiating another contract for Carl Perkins. They had picked up all three one year options in his initial one year term but they finally mailed Perkins his termination notice in July 1963.

One can make a case for saying that Carl Perkins recorded more memorable music during his three years at Sun than he recorded during the balance of his career to the end. No-one but Sam Phillips could seem to draw the rough edges out of Perkins and capture the bite in his guitar playing. A comparison of Perkins' Sun recordings with the remakes cut for a variety of labels makes an eloquent case for the chemistry at 706 Union. Even, ''Dixie Fried'' sounded like a report of a church social when it was re-cut for Mercury Records. The edge had disappeared.

Twenty years after quit Sun, with the frustration and bitterness dimmed, and his place in the history books assured, Perkins characterised Sam Phillips as a man who was ''as near a genius as any man I ever met. He didn't have a light in the studio saying READY or a clock on the studio wall to scare you. There was no such thing as a standard three hour session. He said, 'Get in there and pick, boys. We'll find the record when we get through'. There was a feeling there that I've never found since. We were trying 100 percent and Sam Phillips captured it''.

The Sun recordings also captured Perkins' fondness for experimentation. He would change lyrics, tempo and even chord structure trying to find something that felt good. ''I put chords together that wasn't supposed to go together'', Perkins told Ronnie Weiser. ''Like with ''Honey Don't''. I was playing at the Pine Ridge Club and making it up on the spot. Something would start happening in my head and I'd say, 'Go to eat, boys. I'm gonna do something here' and I wrote ''Honey Don't''. I remember I went from E to C and Jay and Clayton stopped and said, 'Where in Hell did you go there?'. I'd sing one line in E and slide back to C and it sounded a little off but I heard something that was right about it''. That looseness and spontaneity together with a willingness to take risks characterises Perkins' Sun sessions - and few of his recordings since.

In fact, Carl Perkins' reputation is founded on a very small body of recordings he made between October 1954 and December 1957 for Sun Records. They remain one of the touchstones of pure, unselfconscious rock and roll. The Columbia sides included here are a tasty afterthought but would have little status were it not for the recordings that preceded them. Make no mistake, it is Perkins' Sun recordings that comprise the truly significant music that he made. And over thirty years after Sam Phillips wrote Perkins on the spine of a tape box for the last time, the complete story of Carl Perkins affiliation with Sun can be heard ever.

JUNE 27, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Hank Snow recorded ''I've Been Everywhere'' at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

JUNE 28, 1962 THURSDAY

Neil Sedaka starts his South American tour with a concert in Lima, Peru.

JUNE 29, 1962 FRIDAY

Donnie Brooks is at the Cal-Nev Hotel and Casino on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe.

Chubby Checker is at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City.

The Blue-Belles are at the Howard Theater in Washington, DC.

JUNE 30, 1962 SATURDAY

Read along with Mitch, Marty Robbins' former producer, Mitch Miller, is featured on the cover of TV Guide.

LATE JUNE 1962

Rick Nelson opens the summer season at Pleasure Island Resort in Wakefield, Massachusetts.

Ike and Tina Turner, along with Mary Wells help WILD radio celebrate its tenth anniversary with a big show in the Boston area.

Bobby Vee is at Kenwood Park in Duquense, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh.

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