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1962 SESSIONS (7-12)
July 1, 1962 to December 31, 1962
 
Studio Session for The Blackwood Brothers, Unknown Date(s) 1962 / Skylite Records
Studio Session for Narvel Felts, Summer 1962 / Renay Records
Studio Session for Charlie Rich, August 9, 1962 / Sun Records
Studio Session for Jerry Lee Lewis, September 11, 1962 / Sun Records
Studio Session for Narvel Felts, Summer 1962 (1) / Renay Records
Studio Session for Narvel Felts, Fall 1962 (2) / Renay Records
Studio Session for Narvel Felts, Fall 1962 (3) / Renay Records
Studio Session for David Houston, Late 1962 / Sun Records
Studio Session for Mack Allen Smith, 1962 / Vee Eight Records
Studio Session for Elmo Lewis, December 28, 1962 / Sun Records
Studio Session for Doctor Ross, Probably 1962/1963 / Hi-Q Records
Studio Session for Jimmy Ray Hunter & The Del-Rays, Unknown Date(s) 1962 / Fame Records
Studio Session for Rusty Curry, Unknown Date(s) 1962 / Holiday Inn Records
Studio Session for Dennis Turner, Unknown Date(s) 1962 / Louis Records
Studio Session for The Del-Rays, Unknown Date(s) 1962 / R & H Records
Studio Session for Johnny Cook & The Hy-Lites, Unknown Date(s) 1962 /Tune Records 
 

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JULY 1, 1962 SUNDAY
Gene Vincent is at the Cavern Club in Liverpool England. The house band is the the Beatles.

Rock songwriter Marti Frederiksen is born. In addition to tracks by Aerosmith, Foreigner and Def Leppard, he co-writes the Carrie Underwood country hits ''Undo It'' and ''Mama's Song''.

JULY 2, 1962 MONDAY

Barbara Lynn debuts on American Bandstand singing "You'll Lose a Good Thing''.

Decca released Brenda Lee's pop hit ''Heart In Hand''.
JULY 2/15, 1962

Jerry Lee Lewis plays the Shamrock Bar in Keansburg, New Jersey. According to Gary Skala about Jerry's trip to New Jersey. ''The third time I saw Jerry was at his two-week engagement at The Shamrock Bar in Keansburg, NJ. Jerry, J.W. Brown and Jerry's new drummer, 19-year-old Morris ''Tarp'' Tarrant, played three 45-minutes shows per night for 12 nights! And Kay, Matt Masterson and I audio-taped most of them''

''On Saturday afternoon, July 14, 1962, we all drove up Palisades Park where Jerry did a show for Cousin ''Brucie'' Morrow, the legendary WABC disc jockey''.

''Earlier in the week, on July 14, 1962, we threw an 18th birthday party, at Jerry's motel, for Myra, who had driven up to New Jersey with Jerry, J.W., Cecil, Tarp, Myra's mother Lois and Myra's seven-year-old brother, Rusty''.

JULY 3, 1962 TUESDAY

Scott Borchetta is born in Burbank, California. After more that 15 years in record promotion, he forms Big Machine Records, taking part in the careers of Taylor Swift, Reba McEntire, Brantley Gilbert, Justin Moore and Rascal Flatts.

JULY 4, 1962 WEDNESDAY

The Los Angeles Angels return to California from a road trip in first place, a remarkable feat for the midpoint of their second season. Three thousand fans greet them at the airport, along with owner Gene Autry.
 
JULY 4, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Ruth Brown sings "Shake a Hand" on American Bandstand.

JULY 5, 1962 THURSDAY

Bill Haley and His Comets are at the El Cortez Club in Las Vegas for three weeks.

Little Eva  sings "Loco-Motion" on American Bandstand''.

JULY 6, 1962 FRIDAY

Solomon Burke is at the Flame Show Bar in Detroit for ten days.

Mitch Miller, a one-time producer for Marty Robbins, notches the 10th gold album of his career, for ''Happy Times! Sing Along With Mitch''. The album includes a version of the Vernon Dalhart classic ''The Prisoner's Song''.

Southern writer William Faulkner dies in Byhalia, Mississippi. Decades later, he's namechecked in Pam Tillis' ''Maybe It Was Memphis'', Tim McGraw's ''Southern Voice'', Eric Church's ''Love Your Love The Most'' and Collin Rayes's ''My Kind Of Girl''.

Columbia released Little Jimmy Dickens' ''The Violet And A Rose''.

JULY 7, 1962 SATURDAY

Sun 379 ''Sweet Little Sixteen'' b/w ''How's My Ex Treating You'' by Jerry Lee Lewis issued.

EARLY JULY 1962

Jerry Lee Lewis was booked for ten days at the Shamrock Club in the resort city of Keansburg  near Atlantic City, New Jersey. In Point Pleasant Beach, another New Jersey resort town, the  newly renamed Four Seasons are booked for the summer at Martell's Sea Breeze Club. Fabian  is performing with the summer stock company of John Loves Mary. A one nighter in  Philadelphia features Sam Cooke, the Isley Brothers, Dee Dee Sharp, the Orlons, the  Olympics, Lee Andrews and the Hearts, the Five Satins, the Skyliners and Little Joey and theFlips.

JULY 8, 1962 SUNDAY

Brenda Lee is performing at the Pleasure Island Amusement Park in Wakefield,  Massachusetts.

Joey Dee and the Starliters are touring Army And Air Force bases in Germany,  Italy and France.

Pop singer Joan Osborne is born in Anchorage, Kentucky. She joins Randy Scruggs to recorded ''Passin' Thru'' for the ''Happy, Texas'' soundtrack and opens for The Dixie Chicks on some of their 2003 concert dates.

JULY 10, 1962 TUESDAY

Sun 380 ''You Make It Sound So Easy'' b/w ''New Girl In Town'' by Tony Rossini and The Chippers issued. 

JULY 11, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Fats Domino is on American Bandstand.

The Wilburn Brothers recorded ''Roll Muddy River''.

JULY 12, 1962 THURSDAY

Mick Jagger and company first perform as The Rolling Stones, on a BBC radio show. In 1969, the band recorded ''Honky Tonk Woman'', cited in the Country Music Foundation's ''Heartaches By The Number'' among country's 500 greatest singles.

 JULY 12, 1962 THURSDAY
Ray Charles sets a record during his week-end stay at the Regal Theater in Chicago by taking  in $62,500.

JULY 13, 1962 FRIDAY

Duane Eddy begins eight weeks at the Beachcomber Club in Wildwood, New Jersey.

Songwriter Victoria Shaw is born in Manhattan, New York. Her credits include ''The River'' by Garth Brooks, ''Too Busy Bein' In Love'' by Doug Stone, and ''I Love The Way You Love Me'' by John Michael Montgomery.

The city of Baltimore observes Brenda Lee Day.

Rhonda Vincent is born in Kirksville, Missouri. She emerges as a major bluegrass talent in the 1990s and 2000s, and contributes to the Grammy-winning country album ''Lovin', Livin', Losin' - Songs Of The Louvin Brothers''.

JULY 14, 1962 SATURDAY

Singer/songwriter Leslie Satcher is born in Paris, Texas. She writes George Strait's ''Troubadour'', Martina McBride's ''When God-Fearin' Women Get The Blues'' and Pam Tillis' ''I Said A Prayer''. Satcher also provides backing vocals on hits by Terri Clark and Blake Shelton.

 JULY 15, 1962 SUNDAY
Chubby Checker begins a week at the 1200 seat Frolics Club in Salisbury, New Jersey.

MID JULY 1962

As "Surfin' Safari" takes off, the Beach Boys begin their first tour. It will be of the upper Mid- West.

JULY 16, 1962 MONDAY

Dick Clark gets his first vacation since American Bandstand went national. Ten different  entertainers will host with Freddy Cannon being the first.

Decca released Patsy Cline's ''So Wrong''.
 
 JULY 17, 1962 TUESDAY
Bryan Hyland is the second guest host and sings "Sealed With a Kiss''.

RCA Victor released Elvis Presley's pop hit ''She's Not You''. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the Rhythm and Blues. In the UK, the single reached number 1 where it stayed for three weeks. It was written by Doc Pomus in collaboration with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Episode 1 of the 2004 BBC miniseries Blackpool featured the Presley recording, accompanied on screen by the singing and dancing of the characters, as part of the story. Chris Isaak covered this song for his 2011 album, ''Beyond The Sun''.

JULY 18, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Johnny Crawford plays host on American Bandstand and performs "Cindy's Birthday''.

Drummer Jack Irons is born in Los Angeles. In 1994, he joins alternative rock band Pearl Jam, referenced in Lonestar's 1996 country hit ''No News''.

JULY 19, 1962 THURSDAY

Neil Sedaka's tour of Italy starts. Duane Eddy is guest host on American Bandstand and plays  "The Ballad of Paladin''.

Ray Charles receives gold records for the single ''I can't Stop Loving You'' and the album ''Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music''.

Mel Tillis has a son, Mel Tillis Jr. The senior Tillis begins thinking seriously about his future and gives up cigarettes. The boy, nicknamed Sonny, becomes a songwriter as an adult, co-writing Jamie O'Neal's ''When I Think About Ange''.

JULY 20, 1962 FRIDAY

Johnny Tillotson hosts American Bandstand and performs "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'''.

JULY 22, 1962 SUNDAY

The Everly Brothers are at the Holiday House in Pittsburgh.

Ray Charles does an integrated show at the 10000 seat Dallas Memorial Auditorium without  incident.

JULY 23, 1962 MONDAY

The second week of Dick Clark's vacation finds James Darren hosting. Darren sings "Mary's  Little Lamb''.

JULY 24, 1962 TUESDAY

Chubby Checker hosts American Bandstand and sings "Dancin' Party''.

JULY 25, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Gene Pitney headlines the Galaxy of Stars tour. Its first performance is tonight in Syracuse,  New York.

Dion hosts American Bandstand and sings "Lovers Who Wander''.

JULY 26, 1962 THURSDAY

Joey and the Starliters are in the British West Indies. Jimmy Dean hosts American Bandstand.

JULY 27, 1962 FRIDAY

Sam Cooke backed by the Upsetters opens for a week at the Reagal Theater in Chicago.

Linda Scott is the final guest host on American Bandstand.

''She Dares To Be Different!'' is the headline on a story in The Summer Texan, the first article published on Janis Joplin. She goes on to recorded ''Me And Bobby McGee'', on of country's greatest singles, according to a Country Music Foundation release.

JULY 28, 1962 SATURDAY

Dick Clark hosts an afternoon concert as part of the first annual International Sound Fair at  Cobo Hall in Detroit.

JULY 29, 1962 SUNDAY

Jackie Wilson is on the Ed Sullivan Show.

JULY 31, 1962 TUESDAY

Jack Scott appears on American Bandstand.

Eddy Arnold recorded ''Does He Mean That Much To You'' at Nashville's RCA Studio B.

LATE JULY 1962

Paul Anka compose the theme song for the epic war movie The Longest Day. Duane Eddy is  touring the East coast.

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STUDIO SESSION FOR THE BLACKWOOD BROTHERS
FOR SKYLITE RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE(S) 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
RECORDING ENGINEER - CECIL SCAIFE
PRODUCER - BROCK SPEER

I'M FREE AGAIN
Composer: - Vesphew Benton Ellis
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Vep Ellis And Sons Music
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (2:44)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-A/1 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-1 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

Vep Ellis (1917-1988) was one of the most prolific and beloved songwriters in Southern Gospel. He served as a Church of God minister for 49 years. He also published more than 500 songs over the course of a career that also saw him record five albums and numerous singles of his own. Vep served for several years as music director for the Oral Roberts Ministries and as music director of the Tennessee Music And Printing Company. He also owned his own publishing company, Vep Ellis And Sons Music. His songs have been recorded by nearly every Southern Gospel artist.

WHAT A SAVIOUR
Composer: - Marvis P. Dalton
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (2:45)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-A/2 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-2 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

"O What a Savior" is a Southern gospel song penned by the Free Will Baptist musician Marvin P. Dalton in 1948.

HE
Composer: - Richard Mullen-Jack Richards
Publisher: - A.S.C.A.P. - Avas Music Publishing, Inc. - Solo James Blackwood
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master Solo James Blackwood (2:45)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-A/3 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-3 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

"He" is a song about God, written in 1954. The song made the popular music charts the following year. The music was written by Jack Richards, with lyrics by Richard Mullan. The song was originally published by Avas Music Publishing, Inc.

The first recording to be released was by Al Hibbler, whose version reached number 4 on Billboard's chart of Best Sellers in Stores, number 7 on Billboard's Top 100, number 7 on Billboard's chart of Most Played by Jockeys, and number 8 on Billboard's chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes. Despite its popularity with listeners to Radio Luxembourg, the song never reached the British charts - mainly due to the ban imposed by the BBC on popular songs with what they termed pseudo-religious lyrics and both Hibbler's and the version by the McGuire Sisters lost out due to that decision.

The McGuire Sisters also released a version of the song in 1955, which reached number 10 on Billboard's chart of Most Played in Juke Boxes, number 12 on Billboard's Top 100, number 12 on Billboard's chart of Best Sellers in Stores, and number 16 on Billboard's chart of Most Played by Jockeys. The song was ranked number 33 on Billboard's ranking of 1955's Top Tunes based on the Honor Roll of Hits and number 34 on Billboard's ranking of 956's Top Tunes.

Other significant recordings are: Andy Williams released a version on his 1960 album, The Village of St. Bernadette. The Righteous Brothers released a version of the song in 1966, which spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 18. Diana Ross & The Supremes covered the song for In Loving Memory, a 1968 gospel compilation featuring Motown Records artists. Elvis Presley recorded the song in 1960 at his home in Bel Air, Hollywood.

WHEN GOD'S CHARIOT COMES
Composer: - Taylor
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (1:44)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-A/4 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-4 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

THE LOVE OF GOD
Composer: - Frederick Martin Lehman
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Copyright Control - Solo Cecil Blackwood
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (2:44)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-A/5 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-5 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

Frederick Martin Lehman was born on August 7, 1868 in Mecklenburg, Schwerin, Germany. Lehman emigrated to America with his family at age four, settling in Iowa, where he lived most of childhood. He came to Christ at age 11, as he relates.

One glad morning about eleven o’clock while walking up the country lane, skirted by a wild crab-apple grove on the right and an osage fence, with an old white-elm gate in a gap at the left, suddenly Heaven let a cornucopia of glory descend on the eleven-year old lad. The wild crab-apple grove assumed a heavenly glow and the osage fence an unearthly lustre. That old white-elm gate with its sun-warped boards gleamed and glowed like silver bars to shut out the world and shut him in with the ’form of the fourth,’ just come into his heart. The weight of conviction was gone and the paeans of joy and praise fell from his lips.

Lehman studied for the ministry at Northwestern College in Naperville, Illinois, and pastored at Audubon, Iowa; New London, Indiana; and Kansas City, Missouri. The majority of his life was devoted to writing sacred songs; his first was written while a pastor in Kingsley, Iowa, in 1898. He wrote and published hundreds of songs, and compiled five song books. In 1911, he moved to Kansas City, where he helped found the Nazarene Publishing House. Lehman died on February 20, 1953 in Pasadena, California, and is buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

LORD, BUILD ME A CABIN IN GLORY
Composer: - Curtis Stewart
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (2:43)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-A/6 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-6 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

SING, BE HAPPY
Composer: - Coutchman
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (2:18)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-B/1 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-7 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

BEYOND THE SUNSET
Composer: - Virgil Prentis Brock
Publisher: - A.S.C.A.P. - Copyright Control - Solo Bill Shaw (2:41)
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-B/2 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-8 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

Virgil Prentiss Brocks was born in Celina, Mercer County, Ohio, on January 6, 1887. Son of Orlando H. and Elmira Brock. Educational the Fairmount Friends Academy; the Earlham College, B.A.; the Cleveland Bible Institute and Training School; the Trinity College and honorary D.Sac.Mus. A member of the Quaker (Friends) Fellowship in the early years, but later was an evangelist in the Christian Church with membership in the First Christian Church of Warsaw, Indiana.

In 1914, he married Blanche Kerr, who was his co-worker and collaborator for 43 years. They had one son, Dr. James Wilson Brock, professor of theatre at California State University, Northridge. Blanch Brock died January 3, 1958. In 1959, he married Martha Anderson, and they continued in church work until her death in 1969. He pastored several Quaker churches in the early years of his ministry, but most of his life's ministry was given to evangelistic endeavor. He authored more than 500 hymns and gospel songs, and one book, an autobiography, entitled ''You Asked |For It''. His two best-known hymns are: "He's A Wonderful Saviour To Me'', published in 1918 by the Rodeheaver Co., and "Beyond The Sunset'', published in 1936. Other hymns include "Sing And Smile and Pray'', "Resting In His Love'', "If You Could Know'', "Keep Looking Up'', "Men Of God, Awake, Arise'', and "I'll Still Live On''.

He resided at Winona Lake, Indiana, for many years, and was closely associate with Homer Rodeheaver; most of his hymns were published by the Rodeheaver Company. During the last six years of his life, he lived at Youth Haven Ranch, Rives Junction in Michigan. Brock died on March 12, 1978 in Rives Junction, Michigan. At the time of his death at 91, he was still being called upon to present programs. He is buried by this first wife in Warsaw-Winona Lake Cemetery, and engraved on the large memorial monument are the words and music of their most famous hymn, "Beyond the Sunset."

GIVE ME TIME
Composer: - Traditional-John Daniel Sumner
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (3:27)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-B/3 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-9 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

THERE'S A GOD SOMEWHERE
Composer: - Thomas Dorsey
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control - Solo J.D. Sumner
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (2:32)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-B/4 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-10 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born on July 1, 1899 in Villa Rica, a small rural town near Atlanta, Georgia. He was an American musician and Dorsey was known as "the father of gospel music" and was at one time so closely associated with the field that songs written in the new style were sometimes known as "dorseys". Dorsey was the music director at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, from 1932 until the late 1970s.

In 1919 he moved to Chicago. Most of his musical training was in the church, but he also studied and played jazz and blues. He later combined jazz and blues with religious texts, giving birth to gospel music. In 1931, along with Magnolia Lewis-Butts and Theodore Roosevelt Frye, he established the first gospel choir at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Chicago. He went on to lead the gospel choir at Pilgrim Baptist Church, which he led for 60 years. Dorsey was also instrumental in founding the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC) in 1933. The convention taught choirs all over the country how to sing gospel music. Thomas A. Dorsey died on January 23, 1993.

TIS WONDERFUL TO ME
Composer: - Bacon
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (2:35)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-B/5 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-11 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

WHEN THEY RING THE GOLDEN BELLS FOR YOU AND ME
Composer: - Daniel de Marbelle-Arranged by Wally Varner
Publisher: - S.E.S.A.C. - Public Domain - Piano Solo Wally Varner
Matrix number: - N7OP-8210 - Master (3:00)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Skylite Records (LP) 33rpm SRLP-5995-B/6 mono
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS
Reissued: 2009 Skylite Records (CD) 500/200rpm Spotify-12 mono digital
AT HOME WITH THE BLACKWOODS

THE GREATEST GIFT OF THESE IS LOVE
Composer: - Traditional
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s)

JUST HAVE A TALK WITH THE LORD
Composer: - Traditional
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s)

STAY CLOSE TO GOD
Composer: - Traditional
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Sun Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s)

Note: Sam Phillips also recorded many radio shows of the Blackwood Brothers for the Brothers' own label in the 1950s.

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
The Blackwood Brothers Quartet for this project were
Cecil Blackwood - Bariton Vocal
J.D. Sumner- Bass Vocal
Bill Shaw - Tenor Vocal
James Blackwood - Lead Vocal
Wally Varner - Vocal and Piano

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The Blackwood Brothers sang gospel for over 60 years, and from the 1950s to the 1970s, they were one of the most popular gospel groups in the United States. One of their biggest fans was a young Elvis Presley, who auditioned - and was turned down - for the group in 1953. The quartet was formed in 1934 by brothers Roy (born December 24, 1900, Fentress, Mississippi; passed away March 21, 1971), Doyle (born August 22, 1911, Ackerman, Mississippi), and James Blackwood (born August 4, 1919, Ackerman, Mississippi; passed away February 3, 2002, Memphis, Tennessee), along with Roy's 13-year-old son R.W. Blackwood (born October 23, 1921, Ackerman, Mississippi; passed away June 30, 1954, Clanton, Alabama). The Blackwoods sang at churches around their base of Ackerman, Mississippi, during the mid-1930s. By 1937, however, they began working a radio show in Kosciusko, Mississippi. The quartet moved to WJDX in Jackson later that year, singing pop and country in addition to gospel. After two years in Jackson, they were popular enough to move to KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, a regional superstation that broadcast over much of the South.

While working in Shreveport, the Blackwood Brothers were signed by V.O. Stamps, the largest Southern gospel publisher of the 1930s. The group worked for Stamps during the late 1930s and early 1940s, but broke up during World War II. When they re-formed in 1946 - without the Stamps affiliation - Doyle Blackwood had been replaced by Don Smith. The Blackwoods began their own record company, and became so popular that Doyle soon returned to start another group, the Blackwood Gospel Quartet.

By 1950, Roy had retired and was replaced by Bill Lyles. The Blackwoods then moved to Memphis and signed a contract with RCA Victor. They began recording in 1952, and the increased exposure led to national recognition and a spot on Arthur Godfrey's TV show in 1954. Less than a month later, however, R.W. Blackwood and Bill Lyles were killed in a plane crash. The Blackwoods immediately disbanded and vowed to never perform again. Fortunately, they returned several years later, gradually adding J.D. Sumner (as a replacement for Lyles) plus Roy's son Cecil Blackwood (born October 28, 1934, Ackerman, Mississippi; passed away November 13, 2000) and James' son Jimmy Blackwood (born July 31, 1943, San Diego).

The Blackwoods entered the LP era during the mid-1950s and eventually recorded many albums for RCA and Skylite throughout the 1950s and 1960s. They won the first of their eight Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Performance in 1966, and James Blackwood won seven Dove Awards for Male Vocalist of the Year during the 1970s. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1974 and was known as "Mr. Gospel Singer of America" for years thereafter.

- by John Bush (Allmusic)

 
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Narvel Felts has been the consummate survivor. His three and a half decades in the snake-pit of the music industry have produced a clutch of hits, but more surprisingly, have not soured him. He remains an eminently likeable and personable man of undeniable talent, a talent that has perhaps not always been showcased to its best advantage.

His earliest days in the music business were spent as featured vocalist with Jerry Mercer's Rhythm 7 Blues Boys. From there, he cut some sides at Sun which were unreleased at the time, and finally hit his stride with Mercury and MGM in the late 1950s. As the decade ended, he scored with ''Honey Love'' and ''Three Thousand Miles'' on Pink Records, but the early 1960s found Narvel trying to recharge his career in a rapidly changing musical climate.

After a stint in the Missouri National Guard, he returned to the music scene in 1962 with some recordings for Bob Cloud's Starlite label. At roughly the same time, Narvel renewed his acquaintance with Roland Janes, the former producer of Sun Records. They had first met in 1957 when Roland was playing with Billy Riley at the Carolyn Theater in Piggott, Arkansas – a meeting that Roland does not remember, but Felts, with typically photographic recall, does. The interceding years had been both good and bad for Janes. He had started Rita Records with Riley, and scored a major hit with Harold Dorman's ''Mountain Of Love'' before the  label dissolved. He started to build his own studio in Memphis, but then ran out of money, and moved to Poplar Bluff, Missouri where he worked with Bill Rice. It was there that he met Felts again – although his first recording deal was with Felts drummer, Matt Lucas, whom he brought back to Memphis for a custom  session at Fernwood.

By early 1962 Roland Janes had the Sonic studio operation, and the other member of Narvel Felts trio, J.W. Grubbs, came down to Memphis for a session. Narvel came along and, at the end of the session, demo's a couple of songs he had written to cut those songs, ''Lovelight Man'' and ''Larry And Joellen'', on Renay Records, a label Roland had started shortly after he had launched Sonic.

At roughly the same time, Roland entered into a loose arrangement with Texas entrepreneur Bill Hall and Sun alumnus Jack Clement, who had formed a little music publishing and recording frontier in Beaumont, Texas. Roland agreed to scout out material for them, and cut the original demo of Dickey Lee's ''She Thinks I Still Care''. Several of the more underproduced songs on the Roland sessions were originally designed as demos for Hall-Clement publishing.

Session Published for Historical Reasons

STUDIO SESSION FOR NARVEL FELTS
FOR RENAY RECORDS 1962

SONIC RECORDING STUDIO
1692 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
STUDIO SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE SUMMER 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER – ROLAND JANES

LARRY AND JOELLEN*
Composer: - Narvel Felts
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hall Clement Publishing
Matrix number: - R 204 - Master (2:11)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Summer 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Renay Records (S) 45rpm standard single Renay 303-B mono
LARRY AND JOELLEN / LOVELIGHT MAN
Reissued: - 1990 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15515-20 mono
NARVEL FELTS - MEMPHIS DAYS
LOVELIGHT MAN**
Composer: - Joe Keene-Eddie Keene
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Rolyn Publisher
Matrix number: - R 205 - Master (1"56)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Summer 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Renay Records (S) 45rpm standard single Renay 303-A mono
LOVELIGHT MAN / LARRY AND JOELLEN
Reissued: - 1990 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15515-14 mono
NARVEL FELTS - MEMPHIS DAYS

SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN'
Composer: - Richard Penniman-Al Collins-James Smith-Edwin Bolage
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Venice Music
Matrix number: - None - Not Originally Issued (1:55)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Summer 1962
Released: - 1990
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15515-19 mono
NARVEL FELTS - MEMPHIS DAYS

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Narvel Felts - Vocal & Guitar
J.W. Grubbs - Bass
Matt Lucas - Drums
Bobby Wood - Piano

*- Hurshel Wayne Wiginton Group - Vocal Chorus
**- Sandy Posey Singers - Vocal Chorus
 
For Biography of Narvel Felts see: > The Sun Biographies <
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AUGUST 1, 1962 WEDNESDAY
Chubby Checker opens at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

AUGUST 2, 1962 THURSDAY

Aretha Franklin makes her national television debut on American Bandstand and sings "Try a  Little Tenderness''.

Singer and songwriter Robert Zimmerman legally changes his name to Bob Dylan. The name is affixed to the songwriting credits of such country hits as ''It Ain't Me, Babe'', ''You Ain't Going Nowhere'' and ''Wagon Wheel''.

AUGUST 3, 1962 FRIDAY

Columbia released Ray Price's ''Pride''.

Brenda Lee, Jimmy Dean and The Letterman play at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl in a concert billed as ''Music For Teens''.

AUGUST 4, 1962 SATURDAY

Bobby Rydell videotapes a segment for Tennessee Ernie Ford's ABC-TV variety show in San  Francisco.

Bass player Jack Taylor dies. He emerged in 1932 with The Prairie Ramblers, a group that performed on WSL Radio and backed up Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit ''I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart''. The group was disbanded in 1960.

Connie Hall recorded the Bill Anderson-penned ''Fool Me Once''.

AUGUST 5, 1962 SUNDAY

Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson, in the early morning hours of August 5, 1962. Greenson had been called there by her housekeeper Eunice Murray, who was staying overnight and had awoken at 3:00 a.m. "sensing that something was wrong". Murray had seen light from under Monroe's bedroom door, but had not been able to get a response and found the door locked.The death was officially confirmed by Monroe's physician, Dr. Hyman Engelberg, who arrived at the house at around 3:50 a.m. At 4:25 a.m., they notified the Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Engeles County Coroners Office was assisted in their investigation by experts from the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Team. It was estimated that Monroe had died between 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., and the toxicological analysis concluded that the cause of death was acute barbiturate poisoning, as she had 8 mg of chloral hydrate and 4.5 mg of pentobarbital (Nembutal) in her blood, and a further 13 mg% of pentobarbital in her liver. Empty bottles containing these medicines were found next to her bed. The possibility of Monroe having accidentally overdosed was ruled out as the dosages found in her body were several times over the lethal limit. Her doctors and psychiatrists stated that she had been prone to "severe fears and frequent depressions" with "abrupt and unpredictable" mood changes, and had overdosed several times in the past, possibly intentionally. Due to these facts and the lack of any indication of foul play, her death was classified a probable suicide.

Monroe's unexpected death was front-page news in the United States and Europe. According to Lois Banner, "it's said that the suicide rate in Los Angeles doubled the month after she died; the circulation rate of most newspapers expanded that month", and the Chicago Tribune reported that they had received hundreds of phone calls from members of the public requesting information about her death. French artist Jean Cocteau commented that her death "should serve as a terrible lesson to all those, whose chief occupation consists of spying on and tormenting film stars", her former co-star Laurence Olivier deemed her "the complete victim of ballyhoo and sensation", and Bus Stop director Joshua Logan stated that she was "one of the most unappreciated people in the world". Her funeral, held at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetary on August 8, was private and attended by only her closest associates. It was arranged by Joe DiMaggio and her business manager Inez Melson. Hundreds of spectators crowded the streets around the cemetery. Monroe was later interred at crypt number. 24 at the Corridor of Memories.
 
Several conspirasy theories about Monroe's death have been proposed in the decades afterwards, including murder and accidental overdose. The murder speculations first gained mainstream attention with the publication of Norman Mailor's ''Marilyn: A Biography'' in 1973, and in the following years became widespread enough for the Los Angeles County District Attorney John Van de Kamp to conduct a "threshold investigation" in 1982 to see whether a criminal investigation should be opened. No evidence of foul play was found. T he actress is remembered in Faith Hill's country hit ''The Secret Of Life'', Hank Williams Jr. ''Born To Boogie'' and Keith Urban's ''John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16''.
 
Jan Howard is rushed to a Nashville hospital after taking an overdose of sleeping pills.

AUGUST 6, 1962 MONDAY

Rose Maddox recorded the Del Reeves-written ''Sing A Little Song Of Heartache'' at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood with Joe Maphis on fiddle and guitar.

Anita Wood tells The Memphis Press-Scimitar she's ending her four-years relationship with Elvis Presley, who, she says, is not ready to get married.

United States begins to suspect Soviets building Missile Bases in Cuba.
 
AUGUST 7, 1962 TUESDAY
Neil Sedaka ends his tour of Italy and is off to Great Britain to promote the English release of  "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do''.

Banjo player Alison Brown is born in Hartford, Connecticut. She becomes a critically acclaimed Nashville musicians, forming her own label, Compass Records, with husband Garry West and winning a Grammy award in 2001.

United States Protests to Soviet Union who refute the allegations.
 
EARLY AUGUST 1962
Brenda Lee is at the Concord Hotel at the Catskil Mountains resort of Lake Kaimesha, New  York.

AUGUST 8, 1962 WEDNESDAY

The Ray Charles Show with seventeen piece orchestra is in Vancouver, British Columbia.  4500 attend and the show grosses $11000.

Joey Dee and the Starliters are on American  Bandstand and sing "What Kind of Love Is This''.

AUGUST 9, 1962 THURSDAY

Brenda Lee recorded the pop ballad ''All Alone Am I'' at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

Studio session for Charlie Rich at the Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. 
AUGUST 1962
Charlie Rich had been discovered by Scotty Moore's A&R predecessor, Bill Justis, who himself had scored  in November 1957 with a gritty Top 20 instrumental titled ''Raunchy''. Justis felt Rich was a superb pianist.  He liked the demo tapes Rich brought him so much that he hired him as a session player in Sam's studio. One  day, during lunch at Taylor's cafe with Rich and Memphis Press-Scimitar reporter Edwin Howard, Justis  gave his new piano player some potent advice: ''I keep telling you, Charlie, you're never gonna make it in the  record business till you learn to play bad''.
Sam released seven Rich singles on Phillips International, including ''Just A Little Bit Sweet'' and ''School  Days'', but the records never got beyond a regional audience. When Rich signed with RCA Records in 1963,  Sam sent a telegram to the label stating that Rich still had an unfilled verbal contract with him. As a result of  Sam's letter, RCA suspended Rich's contract and Rich sued Sam in chancery court charging him with breach  of contract. The lawsuit was settled to Rich's advantage, but his rough new beginning with RCA produced  only one minor hit, ''Big Boss Man'', and it wasn't until he moved on to Smash that he got a big hit with  ''Mohair Sam''.
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On this session, Ray Charles influence was again palpable on ''Finally Found Out'', but it was ''Sittin' And Thinkin''' that has drawn listeners' attention over the years. It is hard to escape the poignancy of the lyrics given Rich's well documented lifestyle. Rich's final release for Sam Phillips is a curious combination. One side, ''There's Another Place I Can't Go'', was a slickly crafted, almost jazzy treatment of a broken relationship.

The sentiments were worded generally enough to appeal to teens. In fact, the tune was composed not by Rich, but by a team of New York specialists who were not about to give away the publishing rights to Sam Phillips.
 
''I Need Your Love'', was undoubtedly a Rich original. Surprisingly, it was not one of the strongest efforts and had demo written all over it. If nothing else, this side directed the lion's share of disc jockey attention to the A-side.
 
STUDIO SESSION FOR CHARLIE RICH
FOR SUN RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
319 SEVENTH AVENUE NORTH, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER - SAM PHILLIPS  AND/OR BILLY SHERRILL
RECORDING ENGINEER - JIM LOCKHART AND/OR TOM SPARKMAN

This small masterpieces was recorded in Nashville. If nothing else, ''Sittin' And Thinkin''' was as autobiographical as Charlie Rich's music ever got. This one cut so close to the bone that Charlie's wife, Margaret Ann, had difficulty listening to it when he was still alive, much less after his death. Even the strings don't blunt the impact of this track which, more than anything else issued on Sun, suggests the strong potential Charlie had for the country music market.

Composer: - Charlie Rich
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Knox Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - P 429 - Master (3:00)
Recorded: - August 9, 1962
Released: - October 18, !962
First appearance: - Phillips International (S) 45rpm standard single PI 3582-A mono
SITTIN' AND THINKIN' / FINALLY FOUND OUT
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15806-4/18 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 6

The next track it's back to Ray Charles and gospel chord changes for this side. The record makes it clear that when recorded as tastefully as they were here strings and voices don't have sabotage good music.

> FINALLY FOUND OUT <
Composer: - Charlie Rich
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - P 430 - Master (2:18)
Recorded: - August 9, 1962
Released: - October 18, 1962
First appearance: - Phillips International (S) 45rpm standard single PI 3582-B mono
FINALLY FOUND OUT / SITTIN' AND THINKIN'
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15806-4/21 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 6

''There's Another Place I Can't Go'' was Charlie Rich's only flirtation with music submitted by New York writers. Unless he was covering music by one of his heroes like Chuck Willis, Rich usually recorded his own material. Although this wasn't a weak composition by any reckoning, it didn't have 'hit record' written all over it. It seems to fall in the cracks between teen and adult music. Certainly the lyrics were within the life experience of many young adults, although Charlie's performance takes it to another realm. The finger snapping opening suggests Charlie is closer to his ''ring-a-ding-ding'' Sinatra bag than swaggering down teen-idol lane. If anything worked against the commercial pop success of this disc, it was probably the hip/jazz/bluesy feel Charlie managed to wrestle from the material. Indeed, in the hands of most pop singers, this would have been a strictly lightweight outing. In Charlie's hand, it is considerably more, although it didn't keep those cash registers ringing.

> THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE I CAN'T GO <
Composer: - Tobias-Pockriss
Publisher: - A.S.C.A.P. - Northern Music
Matrix number: - P 433 - Master (2:36)
Recorded: - August 9, 1962
Released: April 1963
First appearance: - Phillips International (S) 45rpm standard single PI 3584-A mono
THERE'S ANOTHER PLACE I CAN'T GO / I NEED YOUR LOVE
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15806-4/22 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 6

> GENTLE AS A LAMB <
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Not Originally Issued (2:47)
Recorded: - August 9, 1962
Released: - 1971
First appearance: - Sun International (LP) 33rpm Sun-123-A-1 mono
A TIME FOR TEARS
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16152-2/27 mono
LONELY WEEKEND - THE SUN YEARS 1958 – 1962

''Gentle As A Lamb'', Margaret Ann plainly recalls writing this ''darling song'' with Charlie in hopes that could pitch it to Elvis. ''At the time he was barraged with people trying to sell him songs. I don't know if he ever heard it. I didn't even remember that Charlie had recorded such a finished version for Sun, but I do know they never released it''. The truth is, this kind of teen fluff was thankfully rare in Charlie's written or recorded legacy although, in search of the elusive dollar sign, he was not above it.

> GOODBYE MARY ANN <
Composer: - Charlie Rich
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None - Chatter - Unknown Take (3:15)
Recorded: - August 9, 1962 - Not Originally Issued
Released: - 1971
First appearance: - Sun International (LP) 33rpm Sun-123-B-1 mono
A TIME FOR TEARS
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16405-20 mono
THAT'LL FLAT … GIT IT! - VOLUME 17
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16152-2-7/8 stereo
LONELY WEEKEND - THE SUN YEARS 1958 – 1962

"Goodbye Mary Ann" was recorded several times by Charlie Rich and two other versions have been previously issued. This version is special for two reasons. First, it is recorded in stereo. Second, it is preceded by a fascinating exchange between Charlie and Sam Phillips, in which the label owner tries to get his reluctant artist to crank up the Presley sound a bit. That spend nearly a minute arguing over the "we..ll..ll" that begins the song. At one point, Charlie breaks off the debate and launches into the opening lines of "Whirlwind", his first single for the label. Later, he tells the incessant Mr. Phillips "Don't put me down like that or I can't hit it at all". Ultimately, Phillips gets his way and Charlie tears into one of his best unreleased Sun recordings.

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Charlie Rich - Vocal & Piano
Kelton D. ''Kelso'' Herston - Guitar
Floyd B. Lightnin' Chance - Bass
James Wilkerson - Guitar
William P. Ackerman - Drums
Homer Boots Randolph - Saxophone
Brenton Bolden Banks - Violin
Solie Isaac Fott -Violin
Lillian Vann Hunt - Violin
Cecil Lee Tanner - Violin

For Biography of Charlie Rich see: > The Sun Biographies <
Charlie Rich's Sun/PI recordings can be heard on his playlist from 706 Union Avenue Sessions on > YouTube <

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AUGUST 10, 1962 FRIDAY
Dick Clark is the host for tonights entertainment at the Illinois State Fair in Chicago.

The  Flamingos begin a week at the Hialeah Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Columbia Records released Jimmy Dean's ''Little Black Book''.

AUGUST 12, 1962 SUNDAY

The Everly Brothers are at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. Dion is a guest on CBS-TV's The Ed  Sullivan Show.

Roni Stoneman of The Stoneman Family, has her fourth child, Robert Cox.
 
AUGUST 13, 1962 MONDAY
Tommy Roe Sings "Sheila" on American Bandstand.

AUGUST 14, 1962 TUESDAY

The Duprees appear on American Bandstand and perform "You Belong To Me''.

MID AUGUST 1962

A rumor begun two weeks earlier in Los Angeles is now nationwide: Sam Cooke is suffering  from an incurable disease. Eventually the major papers, especially those aimed at the Negro  market, did their homework.  Cooke did not have leukemia as reported and the rumor slowly fades away.

Johnny Tillotson is discharged from the U.S. Army Reserves. He now is now to start touring  the Mid-West beginning in Michigan.

Bill Haley and His Comets are off on a tour of South America. Their first stop is Caracas,  Venezuela.

AUGUST 15, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Claude King recorded ''The Burning Of Atlanta'' in an a.m. session at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

AUGUST 16, 1962 THURSDAY

Jim Reeves leaves Nashville for the first-ever country tour of South Africa, with Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and comedian Dick O'Shaunessy.

Claude King recorded the hit version of ''I've Got The World By The Tail'' in an overnight session at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lloyd Price is at the Peppermint Lounge West in Pittsburgh through August 25.

Dick Clark  brings Gene Pitney, Brian Hyland, Bobby Vinton, Bobby Lewis and the Bachelors to the  Wisconsin State Fair for the next two days. 

LaVern Baker is at the Harlem Club in Atlantic  City, New Jersey.

AUGUST 17, 1962 FRIDAY

Sam Cooke attends the annual meeting of the Rhythm and Blue Association at the Shreaton- Jefferson Hotel in St. Louis. A rock and roll show at the Boston Arena featuring Gary U.S.  Bonds, a riot breaks out for undisclosed reasons.

AUGUST 18, 1962 SATURDAY

Roy Orbison is touring the South. Bobby Vee ends his Midwestern tour with a show and dance  in Hastings, Nebraska.

The Flamingos are at Carr's Beach in Annapolis, Maryland.

Ringo Starr makes his debut as the drummer for The Beatles at Hulme Hall in Birkenhead, England. Starr is destined to receive a country Grammy nomination for a session with Buck Owens.

Fiddler Jimmy Mattingly is born in Leitchfield, Kentucky. A longtime member of Garth Brook's band, Stillwater, he backs Dolly Parton and Dierks Bentley on albums and becomes a founding member of the bluegrass band The Grascals.
 
AUGUST 20, 1962 MONDAY
The Everly Brothers are Freedomland Park in the Bronx, New York.

Capitol released Buck Owens' ''Kickin' Our Hearts Around''.

Decca released Webb Pierce's ''Cow Town''.

Songwriter Tony Stampley is born, the son of Joe Stampley. Tony authors his father's 1984 duet with Moe Bandy, ''Where's The Dress''.

AUGUST 21, 1962 TUESDAY

Jim Reeves arrives in Johannesburg for the first-ever country tour of South Africa. Three thousand people are waiting at the airport to greet him. Also with him are Chet Atkins, Floyd Cramer and comedian Dick O'Shaunessy.

Johnny Cash recorded ''Busted'' at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
AUGUST 22, 1962 WEDNESDAY
Frankie Avalon is on American Bandstand.

AUGUST 23, 1962 THURSDAY

Dion begins a tour of South America.

Jerry Lee Lewis sings "Sweet Little Sixteen" on ABC's American Bandstand show, hosted by Dick Clark.  This is Lewis' first  appearance on the show in four years, since the problems with the press over his marriage.

Cozy Cole is at Cincinnati's Living Room Lounge.

John Lennon, of The Beatles, marries Cynthia Powell in Liverpool, England, with bandmate Paul McCartney serving as best man. Lennon and McCartney write several country hits, including ''I Feel Fine'' and ''I Son;t Want To Spoil The Party''.
 
AUGUST 24, 1962 FRIDAY
Dave "Baby" Cortez plays "Riny Dink" on American Bandstand. Roy Orbison is appearing for  three nights in Detroit.

Johnny Tillotson is at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit.

Webb Pierce recorded the Mel Tillis-penned ''Sawmill''.

AUGUST 24-26, 1962

Jerry Lee Lewis headlined and plays 10 shows at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with Joey Dee and Starlighters, Brian Hyland, promoted and introduced by Dick Clark. Also on the bill Dee Dee Sharp. By now, Jerry had added a sax player and a second drummer to the band. After the first show, there were so many thousand of excited people in the theater at the end of the pier that the structure started swaying and some people were afraid that it might collapse into the ocean. Jay W. Brown prayed out loud that saying he would quit drinking whiskey if God saved some people from drowning! The Steel Pier management moved the venue to a theater closer to the shore for the remainder of the weekend. There were five shows per day and Jerry did five or six songs per show.

AUGUST 25, 1962 SATURDAY

Ray Charles sells out the 22,00 seat stadium at the Randall's Island Music Festival.

Former Red Foley collaborator Lawrence Welk returns to the cover of TV Guide.
 
AUGUST 27, 1962 MONDAY
Elvis Presley begins shooting for It Happened At The World's Fair.

Guitarist Matt Basford is born. He becomes a member of Cincinnati-Based Yankee Grey, whose 1999 debut earns them an Academy of Country Music nomination for Top New Group or duet.

AUGUST 28, 1962 TUESDAY

A fire destroyes 75% of Gene Autry's Melody Ranch in California, a former shooting locale for dozens of western movies.

AUGUST 29, 1962 WEDNESDAY

United Artists released Elvis Presley's boxing-themed ''Kid Galahad'', providing actor Ed Asner his movie debut.
 
AUGUST 30, 1962 TURSDAY
Fabian is a guest star at a benefit at the Boston Gardens hosted by Danny Thomas.

Porter Wagoner recorded ''I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can Stand'' during the afternoon at Nashville's RCA Studio B.

Bob Dylan signs a management contract with executive Albert Grossman, who receives 20% of Dylan's earnings and even more of his recording royalties. During their association, Dylan writes ''It Ain't Me, Babe'' and ''You Ain't Going Nowhere''.
 
AUGUST 31, 1962 FRIDAY
Murray the K hosts the annual Labor Day rock and roll show at the Brooklyn Fox Theater.  Appearing are Ben E. King, the Shirelles, Chuck Jackson, the Ronettes, Bobby Vinton, the  Dovells, Dee Dee Sharp, the Capris, Tommy Roe, the Marvelettes, the Del Satins, the Majors,  Little Eva and Tony Orlando. The show will run for ten days.

Fabian is paid $2500 for one performance at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey.

Jocko's Rocketship Revue at the Apollo theater is headlined by Don Gardner and Dee Dee  Gardner. Other artists include Gary U.S. Bonds, the Countors, the Impressions, Barbara Lynn  and the Dreamlovers.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1962 SATURDAY
Fifth Avenue in Nashville is renamed Opry Place between Broadway and Commerce, the block that houses the Ryman Auditorium. The designation is eventually ignored.

Marty Robbins' ''Devil Woman'' begins a sinful eight-week run at number 1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1962 MONDAY

Chubby Checker starts his tour of Great Britain. Ray Charles plays the Memphis City  Auditorium. 4500 fans purchase $12000 of tickets.

SEPTEMBER 4, 1962 TUESDAY

Johnny Cash appears on Dick Clark's ''American Bandstand''.

SEPTEMBER 5, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Elvis Presley begins filming ''It Happened At The World's Fair'' in Seattle, Washington.

Ray Charles recorded ''You Are My Sunshine'' at the Capitol Studios in New York for his album ''Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2''.

Patsy Cline recorded ''Why Can't He Be You'' and ''Leavin' On Your Mind'' at the Bradley Recording Studio on Nashville's Music Row. Loretta Lynn has a hit with ''Why Can't He Be You'' in 1977 after recording it for the album ''I Remember Patsy''.

Johnny and Jonie Mosby recorded ''Trouble In My Arms''.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1962 THURSDAY

The Isley Brothers are at the Peppermint Lounge.

ABC-TV reporter Elizabeth Vargas is born in Paterson, New Jersey. In 2002, she marries singer/songwriter Marc Cohn, whose ''Walking In Memphis'' becomes a hit for Lonestar the following year.

SEPTEMBER 7, 1962 FRIDAY

Rick Nelson is at the World's Fair of Music and Sound at McCormick Place in Chicago.

Bobby Rydell headlines the Hero Scholarship Funs at the Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia.

The Hero Scholarships are given to children of police and fire personnel who were killed in  the line of duty. Joey Dee and the Starliters are at the Erie Social Club in Philadelphia.

Ray Charles recorded ''Your Cheatin' Heart'' and ''Take These Chains From My Heart'' for his album ''Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Volume 2''.

Columbia released Claude King's ''The Burning Of Atlanta''.

SEPTEMBER 8, 1962 SATURDAY

Upon turning 30, Patsy Cline throws a birthday/housewarming party. Among her guests, Dottie West, Faron Young, Loretta Lynn and songwriter Harlan Howard.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1962 SUNDAY

Songwriter Tex Owens dies of a heart attack in New Baden, Texas. The brother of Texas Ruby, he wrote the cowboy classic ''The Cattle Call''.

SEPTEMBER 10, 1962 MONDAY

Patsy Cline recorded ''Back In Baby's Arms'' at Nashville's Bradley Recording Studio.

Hawkshaw Hawkins recorded the Justin Tubb-penned ''Lonesome 7-7203'' at the King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also cuts a version of ''Silver Threads And Golden Needles'', destined to become a hit for Linda Ronstadt, in his final session.

Decca Records released Kitty Wells' ''We Missed You''.

SEPTEMBER 10, 1962 MONDAY

The Zanzibar, a new nightclub in Philadelphia, opens with the Coasters, the Counters and   Aretha Franklin performing for two weeks.

EARLY SEPTEMBER 1962

Dick Clark and Johnny Tillotson are at the New Jersey State Fair in Trenton.
Ben E. King is at Spider Kelly's Club in Philadelphia.

SEPTEMBER 11, 1962 TUESDAY

''McHale's Navy'' debuts on ABC-TV, with Kitty Wells' son, Bobby Wright, portraying crew member Willie Moss.

Roy Drusky recorded ''Second Hand Rose''.

Studio session for Jerry Lee Lewis at the Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. He recorded, included Jimmie Rodgers' ''Waiting For A Train (All Around The Watertank)''. It becomes a hit more than eight years later.
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STUDIO SESSION FOR JERRY LEE LEWIS
FOR SUN RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
319 SEVENTH AVENUE NORTH, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER - SAM PHILLIPS  AND/OR BILLY SHERRILL
RECORDING ENGINEER - JIM LOCKHART AND/OR TOM SPARKMAN

"Good Golly Miss Molly" is a hit rock and roll song first recorded in 1958 by the American musician Little Richard. The song, a 12-bar blues, was written by John Marascalco and producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell. Although it was first recorded by Little Richard, Blackwell produced another version by The Valiants, who imitated Little Richard, but sang the song even faster. Although the Valiants' version was released first, Little Richard had the hit. Like all his early hits, it quickly became a rock 'n' roll standard and has subsequently been covered by hundreds of artists. The song is ranked number 94 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
 
In the early 1960s the song became a continental hit in Latin America performed by the Mexican band Los Teen Tops, whose lead singer was teen idol Enrique Guzman, and sung in Spanish under the title, "La Plaga" ("The Plague"), which actually is a Mexican Spanish slang word referring to "the gang" (as in the "gang one hangs out with"). It was recorded in 1959, and it was the first single of the band. It's considered one of the first rock in Spanish hits.

Almost 30 years later in 1988, it became a hit again for Guzman's daughter, Alejandra (Ale) Guzman, on her debut LP Bye Mama. The British band The Swinging Blue Jeans skirted the UK Top 10 with their revival issued in early 1964 (HMV Pop 1273).
 
In 1966, the song again became a hit when Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels recorded it in a medley with "Devil with A Blue Dress On", reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band would make "Detroit Medley" a staple of their concerts' encores in the 1970s and 1980s; one such performance is captured on the 1980 ''No Nukes'' album.
Creedence Clearwater Revival recorded "Miss Molly" in 1969 with slightly changed lyrics. Instead of the result of the gift of a diamond ring being "When she hugs me, her kissin' make me ting-a-ling-a-ling", John Fogerty sang, "Would you pardon me a kissin' and a ting-a-ling-a-ling?". The song was also covered by the Meat Puppets on their album Out My Way. The song was covered on The Crests' first LP album, The Crests Sing All Biggies, in 1960. The song is included on the Jerry Lee Lewis album Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, recorded in 1964. In the feature film King Ralph, John Goodman's title character played the song. The song has also been covered by The Sonics on their album Here Are The Sonics and as well as by Screaming Lord Sutch. The Deep Purple song "Speed King" references the song ("'Good Golly', said Little Miss Molly"). An episode of Hannah Montana is titled "Good Golly Miss Dolly" in a reference to this song.

Composer: - Robert Blackwell-John Marascalco
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Jondora Music – Venice Music
Matrix number: - None - Count-In - Chatter - Take 1 (2:05)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - October 2015
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14/13 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
''Sweet Little Sixteen'' still aroused enough interest in the market, particularly in the UK, the encourage a raid on the back catalogue of another of his rock and roll peers. On this September session in Nashville found him recording Little Richard's ''Good Golly Miss Molly'', of which several ''polished'' alternates were recorded. These are heralded by a blistering, previously unpublished, initial run through which is in turn followed by a truncated take that continues as an informal jam. During the course of these preambles those present, including producer Billy Sherrill, saxophonist Boots Randolph, and the chorus featuring Marijohn Wilkin and three members of The Jordanaires, all assess what is required of them. Despite the congruent sound of the subsequent complete takes, Lewis throws a vocal clue into the first verse of each to help tell them apart. In the first it is in stretching the first ''Good Molly'' to the equivalent of four syllables; in the third, the second line id prefaced with the words''I say'', whereas the issued cut, take 2, is bereft of either embellishment. (*)
 
Composer: - Robert Blackwell-John Marascalco
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Jondora Music – Venice Music
Matrix number: - None - Long False Start - Incomplete Take 2 (2:54)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - October 2015
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14/14 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Composer: - Robert Blackwell-John Marascalco
Publisher: - Jondora Music – Venice Music
Matrix number: - None - Chatter Count-In - Take 3 - Chatter (2:21)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - September 1989
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15420-8/12 stereo
CLASSIC JERRY LEE LEWIS - THE DEFINITIVE SUN RECORDINGS 1956 – 1963
Reissued: -  October 2015  Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-17/7 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Composer: - Robert Blackwell-John Marascalco
Publisher: - Jondora Music – Venice Music
Matrix number: - None - Chatter - Count-In - False Start - Count-In - Take 4 (3:49)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - April 1989
First appearance: - Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sunbox 109-2/4 mono
SUN RECORDS INTO THE 60S - FEEL SO GOOD
Reissued: - October 2015   Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14-16/17 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS

STUDIO CHATTER/SNIPPED(GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY)
Composer: - Robert Blackwell-John Marascalco
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Jondora Music - Venice Music
Matrix number: - None - Unknown Take (0:17)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962   - Not Originally Issued
Released: - October 2015
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14-23 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS 
 
If he doesn't embarrass himself on ''Good Golly Miss Molly'', neither does Jerry bring anything particularly original to the date. The drums are crisp, the chorus is restrained, and Jerry takes a pretty spirited 12 bar piano solo. The real trouble is that on his best work, Jerry drives the band. Here, he seems to be trying to keep up with a runaway train.  Buddy Harman's single-stroke drum rolls are powering the day and Jerry seems to be hanging on far dear life. His vocal even sounds strained, a quality that was never present on his strongest sides.
Composer: - Robert Blackwell-John Marascalco
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Jondora Music - Venice Music
Matrix number: - None - Take 5 Stereo Master (2:41)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - September 1989
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15420-8/14 stereo
CLASSIC JERRY LEE LEWIS - THE DEFINITIVE SUN RECORDINGS 1956 - 1963
Reissued: - October 2015 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-17/10 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Composer: - Robert Blackwell-John Marascalco
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Jondora Music - Venice Music
Matrix number: - U 485 - Master (2:18)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962
Released: - November 5, 1962
First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 45rpm standard single Sun 382-A mono
GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY / I CAN'T TRUST ME
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15804-1-5 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 5
Composer: - Vic McAlpin-Tommy Certain
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Tree Music
Matrix number: - None - Count-In - Take 1 (2:15)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - October 2015
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14-20 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
October 2015 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-16-11 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
Reissued: - October 2015 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-17-11 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
The flip of the resulting single (Sun 382) was a modern sounding country-pop affair, ''I Can't Trust Me (In Your Arms Anymore)'' which was also destined to feature in Shelby Singleton's 1970s recycling programme in a drastically altered configuration beyond the scope of this work; one obvious downside of multi-tracking is the scope for subsequent misrepresentation and the loss of authenticity. In the song's original guise it persists in the form of three separate recordings, superficially similar but each marked by a variation in the penultimate line where Jerry Lee at first, inappropriately sings the words ''we get lonesome all the time'', then corrects himself in the second take with ''we get closer..''. The lattermost proved to be the take issued with ''Good Golly Miss Molly'' on Sun 382. (*)
 
It's worth noting that the second take of ''I Can't Trust Me (In Your Arms Anymore)'' was published in 1989 stripped of the vocal chorus, a fate which also befell a number of tapes from Jerry Lee's final Sun session, alongside the misleading suggestion that the issued masters concerned were the products of overdubbing. However, as the original session tapes reveal, all the components heard on these recordings were concomitant as a ''live'' studio exercise, the authentic form in which they are presented here. (*)
 
Composer: - Vic McAlpin-Tommy Certain
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Tree Music
Matrix number: - Chatter - Count-In - Take 2 (2:13)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - November 1988
First appearance: - Zu-Zazz Records (LP) 33rpm Z-2004-A6 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS - DON'T DROP IT!
PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED SUN SESSIONS - VOLUME 2
Reissued: - October 2015 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14/21 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
Reissued: - October 2015 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-17/12 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Tree Music
Matrix number: - None - Stereo Master Take 3 (2:13)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - September 1989
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15420-8/13 stereo
CLASSIC JERRY LEE LEWIS - THE DEFINITIVE SUN RECORDINGS 1956 – 1963
Reissued: - October 2015  Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14/22 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Composer: - Vic McAlpin-Tommy Certain
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Tree Music
Matrix number: - U 486 - Take 3 Master (2:11)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962
Released: - November 5, 1962
First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 45rpm standard single Sun 382-B mono
I CAN'T TRUST ME / GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY
Reissued: - 1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15804-1-6 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 5
 
''I Can't Trust Me (In Your Arms Anymore)'' (Sun 382) is another fine song by Vic McAlpin. Jerry's treatment takes the song midway toward pop, and the sax adds a strong bluesy feel to the arrangement. Jerry offers a fine piano break here, before launching back into the song's hook. In truth, the track deserved more than the regional attention it garnered at the end of 1962. Only the chorus (which featured Jerry's sister Linda Gail in her disc debut) works to the detriment of the record. When Shelby Singleton bought the Sun catalogue, he issued this track on the flipside of ''Your Lovin' Ways'' (SI-1128). Again it stiffed. Still believing in its potential, Singleton again reissued it in 1973; this time he stripped off most of the original backing track and added a new sound, led by the fine guitarist Little Jimmy Dempsey. Unfortunately, the results barely justified the effort.
 
Jerry's previous record had been a cover of a rock and roll tune ''Sweet Little Sixteen'' backed with a bluesy country original from the pen of Vic McAlpin. For his encore, he did exactly the same thing. This time out, it's Little Richard rather than Chuck Berry getting the nod. As he had a year earlier, Jerry made the drive east to record these sides in Nashville, using the finest pickers that city had to offer.
 
Composer: - Mary Dodge-Fred Howard-Nat Vincent
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Unknown Take (2:56)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - January 1974
First appearance: - Sun International (LP) 33rpm NY 6-B2 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS - COLLECTORS EDITON
Reissued: - September 1989 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15420-8/15 stereo
CLASSIC JERRY LEE LEWIS - THE DEFINITIVE SUN RECORDINGS 1956 – 1963
 
On the same occasion Jerry Lee Lewis recalled a few words of the refrain of an old southern song that harked back to the civil war era, ''My Pretty Quadroon'', and managed to stretch it out to a near three minute mid-tempo rock song; perhaps due to its overt ''political incorrectness'' it was destined to remain unheard until the release of a latter-day Sun LP in the Netherlands in January 1974, called ''Jerry Lee Lewis - Collectors Edition''.
Of more potential interest from a commercial point of view was the decision to reprise ''Waiting For A Train'' . Another five, possibly many more takes of the displaced hobo's tale of woe were recorded. None improved markedly upon the results of the earlier Memphis session, although the presence of the saxophone and vocal chorus in lieu of the organ heard formerly gave rise to a very singular ambience. Jerry Lee's familiarity with the song encouraged a casual approach to the lyrics which led to several clues becoming manifest to help tell the alternates apart, markedly in the second verse where, in reflecting on the address to the brakeman, he suggests variously that ''I had to make a line of talk''; or that it was ''just to make a line of talk''; or ''just to make a little line of talk''. At times the illustrious backing vocalists are rather more to the fore though the surest way to confirm distinctions across the piece is to focus on Lewis's concluding yodel on each performance. Jerry Lee's fondness for the song is apparent throughout although none of the recordings he left behind at Sun quite match up to the more mature sounding reading on a Smash album, the release of which predated the Sun International single by some nine months. (*)
 
Composer: - Jimmie Rodgers
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Peer International
Matrix number: - None – Count-In - Take 1 - Chatter (1:51)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - April 1989
First appearance: - Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sun Box 109-2/5 mono
SUN RECORDS INTO THE 60S - FEEL SO GOOD
Reissued: -  October 2015  Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14/24 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Composer: - Jimmie Rodgers
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Peer International
Matrix number: - None – Count-In - Take 2 - Chatter (1:56)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - October 2015
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14/25 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Composer: - Jimmie Rodgers
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Peer International
Matrix number: - None – Count-In - False Start - Take 4 (2:08)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - November 1987
First appearance: - Zu-Zazz Records (LP) 33rpm Z-2003-B6 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS - KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF OF IT!
Reissued: -  October 2015  Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14/26 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Composer: - Jimmie Rodgers
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Peer International
Matrix number: - None
Back Vocal Tune - Count-In - Take 5 (1:54)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - November 1988
First appearance: - Zu-Zazz Records (LP) 33rpm Z-2004-B6 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS - DON'T DROP IT!
PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED SUN SESSIONS VOLUME 2
Reissued: -  October 2015  Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14/27 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
Composer: - Jimmie Rodgers
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Peer International
Matrix number: - None – Count-In - False Start - Chatter - Count-In - Take 6 (2:23)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - October 2015
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14-28/29 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
5(7) – ''WAITING FOR A TRAIN'' (2) - B.M.I. - 0:30
Composer: - Jimmie Rodgers
Publisher: - Peer International
Matrix number: - None – Chatter - False Start
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released: - October 2015
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14-30 stereo
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
Composer: - Jimmie Rodgers
Publisher: - Peer International
Matrix number: - None – Chatter - Count-In - False Start - Count-In - Take 7 (2:16)
Recorded: - September 11, 1962  - Not Originally Issued
Released:  - September 1970
First appearance: Sun International (S) 45rpm standard single PI -1119 mono
WAITING FOR A TRAIN / BIG LEGGED WOMAN
Released: - October 2015 First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-14-30/31 mono JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS
 
To summarize,  Jerry actually recorded at least 5 takes of this song at different sessions in 1962: In June of that year 2 takes were recorded, featuring the expected guitars, bass and drums plus Shirley Sisk on the organ. The slightly faster version was released first: mistitled ''All Around The Watertank'' it was issued on ''Olde Tyme Country Music'' in 1970, with the slower version appearing on the United Kingdom album ''Good Rockin’ Tonite'' 9 years later (the faster version was also released as single – backed by the dirty blues ''Big Legged Woman'' of all songs -  and was a top 20 United States country hit). On this session, September of 1962 he tackled the song another 3 times, this time without Shirley Sisk’s organ but with Boots Randolph’s saxophone! One of these takes was apparently issued on a Sun International single by mistake in the early 1970s (though this didn't seem to be common knowledge amongst fans until well into the 1980s), with the other takes released on various CDs during the 1980s. Lastly, he recorded the song again for the ''She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye'' album in 1969. Backed by a very tasteful and nobtrusive string section, once again (to my ears) a late 1960s Smash recording blows away all the earlier versions.
 
Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Vocal & Piano
Fred Carter – Guitar
Kelton Kelso Herston – Guitar
Floyd Lightnin' Chance – Bass
Murray Buddy Harmon – Drum
Homer Boots Randolph – Saxophone

Vocal Chorus
Marijohn Wilkin, Helen Chance, Gordon Stoker,
Neal Matthews, Ray Walker
 
For Biography of Jerry Lee Lewis see: > The Sun Biographies <
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SEPTEMBER 11, 1962 TUESDAY
The Majors perform "Wonderful Dream" on American Bandstand.

SEPTEMBER 12, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Ray Charles is at the Pittsburgh Civic Auditorium.

''The Rebel'' airs on prime-time TV for the last time, with Johnny Cash singing the theme song. The show, starring Nick Adams, ran for three years on ABC, and NBC broadcast re-runs during the summer of 1962.

SEPTEMBER 13, 1962 THURSDAY

Lloyd Price opens at Sciolla's Club in Pittsburgh.

Nine days of location shooting wraps up in Seattle for the Elvis Presley picture ''It Happened At The World's Fair''.

SEPTEMBER 14, 1962 FRIDAY

Ben E. King opens his tour of the Caribbean with a show in the Dominican Republic.

Grandpa Jones recorded ''T For Texas'' with two members of The Carter Family in the supporting band during the evening at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
MID SEPTEMBER 1962
Bill Haley and His Comets begin a five week tour of France, Italy and Germany.

SEPTEMBER 18, 1962 TUESDAY

Dicky Lee sings "Patches" on American Bandstand.

Dion begins his tour of England.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1962 THURSDAY

Bobby Darin is paid $16000 for four nights at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Los Angeles.

SEPTEMBER 22, 1962 SATURDAY

The Four Seasons stop by American Bandstand to receive a gold record for "Sherry''.

Singer/songwriter Bob Dylan performs at Carnegie Hall in a concert organized by folk figure Pete Seeger. Dylan writes such country hits as ''I'll Be Your Baby Tonight'', ''Ain't Me, Babe'', ''To Make You Feel My Love'' and ''You Ain't Going Nowhere''.

SEPTEMBER 23, 1962 SUNDAY

Multi-instrumentalist Don Herron is born in Steubenville, Ohio. He joins BR549, a band that gains attention on Lower Broadway in Nashville in the mid-1990s. The group's ''Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)'' is named among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book ''Heartaches By The Number''.
 
SEPTEMBER 24, 1962 MONDAY

The Sensations, Etta James and Hank Ballard and the Midnighters are this week's  entertainment at the Zanzibar Club in Pittsburgh.

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs recorded ''The Ballad Of Jed Clampett'', the theme for ''The Beverly Hillbillies''.

Decca released Brenda Lee's pop hit ''All Alone Am I''.

Capitol released Rose Maddox' ''Sing A Little Song Of Heartache''.

SEPTEMBER 25, 1962 TUESDAY

Linda Scott sings "I Left My Heart In The Balcony" on American Bandstand.

Loretta Lynn joins the Grand Ole Opry at Rayman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Jimmy C. Newman recorded ''Bayou Talk''.

SEPTEMBER 26, 1962 WEDNESDAY
 
''The Beverly Hillbillies'' debuts on CBS-TV, with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs performing the theme song.
Ray Price recorded Conway Twitty's ''Walk Me To The Door'' and Wynn Stewart's ''You Took Her Off My Hands'' in an afternoon session at Nashville's Columbia Studios.

SEPTEMBER 27, 1962 THURSDAY

Mary Wells sings "I Beat You To the Punch" on American Bandstand.

Faron Young recorded ''Down By The River'' at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studio.

Rick Nelson performs ''I Will Follow You'' in a bridal episode of ''The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet''.

SEPTEMBER 28, 1962 FRIDAY

Columbia released Carl Butler and Pearl's ''Don't Let Me Cross Over''.

SEPTEMBER 29, 1962 SATURDAY

''Mr. Smith Goes To Washington'' makes its TV debut on ABC with Red Foley featured in a supporting role.

''The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show'' debuts on ABC-TV. For the following three months, the Saturday night variety show regularly features the Sons Of The Pioneers and Pat Brady.

SEPTEMBER 30, 1962 SUNDAY
 
Rioting on University of Mississippi campus following Black student James Meredith attempting to enroll ends when federal troops and U.S. marshals take control. James Meredith becomes the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Meredith, an army veteran had made several attempts to enroll at the university but was forced away by Mississippi’s governor and denied entry. He was finally able to enter the school after being escorted by United States Marshals at the insistence of President Kennedy. Meredith actively tested the new integration mandate and became a fearless pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement. He completed his degree at the University in August of 1963. James H. Meredith, an African American and a former serviceman in the U.S. Air Force begins his degree at the white only University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.
OCTOBER 1962
PI 3582 ''Sittin' And Thinkin'''b/w ''Finally Found Out'' by Charlie Rich issued.

OCTOBER 1, 1962 MONDAY

Capitol released Wanda Jackson's ''In The Middle Of A Heartache''.

OCTOBER 2, 1962 TUESDAY

NBC-TV launches The Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson.

The opening music, "Johnny's Theme" is composed by Paul Anka.

Banjo player Buck Trent, employed by Porter Wagoner, has a daughter, Melissa Trent.

RCA Victor released Elvis Presley's ''Return To Sender''. The song peaked at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 2 on the American Billboard singles chart, but reached number 1 on the rival Cash Box and Music Vendor singles charts. "Return To Sender" also went to number five on the R&B charts. It was the first Christmas number one in Ireland, as the Irish Charts had been founded in October 1962. The single was certified "Platinum" by the RIAA for sales in excess of one million units in the US.

OCTOBER 3, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Wanda Jackson is at the Chestnut Inn in Kansas City.

OCTOBER 4, 1962 THURSDAY

Ray Charles and the Raeletts are at the Cincinnati Music Hall.

OCTOBER 5, 1962 FRIDAY

Dave "Baby" Cortez headlines the Rocketship Revue are the Apollo Theater in New York.  Other artists are Marvin Gaye, the Marvelettes, Martha and the Vandellas, the Radiants, the  Fiestas and Jackie and the Starlites.

OCTOBER 6, 1962 SATURDAY

Little Richard arrived in England having sailed aboard the USS Rotterdam. He choose sailing  because of his fear of flying caused by an in flight incident in 1957 during an Australian tour.  The earlier incident so traumatized Richard that he gave up his rock and roll career for the  comfort of religion.

OCTOBER 7, 1962 SUNDAY

Aretha Franklin and Ike and Tina Turner play the Castle Farms Club in Cincinnati.

Little Richard appears on the British variety television program Thank Your Lucky Stars.

EARLY OCTOBER 1962

Carl Perkins is playing to sold out clubs through out West Germany.

OCTOBER 8, 1962 MONDAY

Little Richard begins his first tour of Great Britain with Sam Cooke and Gene Vincent serving  as MC.

Five years after renouncing it, Little Richard blasts back to rock and roll, performing the future country hit ''Lucille'' during a show at the Gaumont Theater in Dorcaster, England. The bill also features Sam Cooke and emcee Gene Vincent.

Tim Hensley is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. A longtime member of Kenny Chesney and Patty Loveless' road bands, Hensley writes Loveless' 2000 country hit ''That's The Kind Of Mood I'm In''.

OCTOBER 9, 1962 TUESDAY

Brenda Lee appears on CBS-TV's Red Skelton Show.

Rick Nelson sings "Fools Rush In" on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Stonewall Jackson recorded ''Old Showboat'' and ''can't Hang Up The Phone''.

OCTOBER 10, 1962 WEDNESDAY

The BBC bans Bobby ''Boris'' Pickett's ''The Monster Mash'', including a background vocal appearance by future Nashville songwriter Johnny MacRae. Among MacRae's credits, ''I'd Love To Lay You Down'' and ''I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)''.

Chris Montez makes his national television debut singing "Let's Dance" on American  Bandstand.
OCTOBER 11, 1962 THURSDAY

The Everly Brothers are scheduled to arrive in England, but only Phil makes the Flight. Don  arrives the next day, but it is apparent to all that he is not physically well.

OCTOBER 12, 1962 FRIDAY

Don Everly collapses at a rehearsal at the Prince of Wales Theater in London and is rushed to  the Charring Cross Hospital. A few hours later he checks himself out.

Columbia released Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs' ''The Ballad Of Jed Clampett''.
 
The Columbus Day Storm strikes Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
 
OCTOBER 13, 1962 SATURDAY

Don Everly collapses on stage at the outset of an English tour. He is hospitalized at Charing Cross  Hospital in London for a drug overdose, though the hospital calls it food poisoning. He tries a second overdose the same day in his hotel room.   The tour does open tonight at the Rince of Wales Theater with Everly  Brother's guitarist Joey Page filling in for Don.

John Wiggins is born in Nashville, Tennessee. A member of the 1990s duo John and Audrey Wiggins, he later writes Joe Nichols' ''Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off'', Randy Houser's ''Anything Goes'' and Blake Shelton's ''Who Are You When I'm Not Looking''.

Months after Jimmy Dean netted a country hit with the song ''To A Sleeping Beauty'', comedian and songwriter Jackie Gleason appears on the cover of TV Guide.

''Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf'', opens at the Billy Rose Theatre in New York. After reading the show's script, songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler is inspired to write the Johnny Cash and June Carter duet, ''Jackson''.
 
MID OCTOBER 1962
The Beach Boys appear at Hollywood's Pandora Box, a club designed exclusively for teens.

OCTOBER 14, 1962 SUNDAY

United States Air Force U-2 plane on a photo reconnaissance mission captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba.

OCTOBER 15, 1962 MONDAY

The Flamingos are at the Peppermint Lounge West.

Don Everly returns to Nashville from London with in illness he says he can't explain. Reports indicate he overdosed on sleeping pills, but an associate insists he has a strong case of food poisoning.
 
OCTOBER 16, 1962 TUESDAY
Twelve year old Stevie Wonder makes his club debut at the Latin Quarter in Detroit.

''Requiem For A Heavyweight'' debuts in movie theaters, featuring Anthony Quinn, Mickey Rooney and Jackie Gleason. Just six months earlier, Gleason had a hit as a country songwriter on Jimmy Dean's ''To A Sleeping Beauty''.

Smokey Robinson and The Miracles recorded ''You've Really Got A Hold On Me'' in Detroit, Michigan, at Motown's Hitsville Studio. Mickey Gilley turns the song into a country hit more than 20 years later.

President Kennedy is informed proof of Cuban Missile Installations.

OCTOBER 17, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Future Oak Ridge Boy William Lee Golden welcomes a son, musician Chris Golden in Brewton, Alabama.

Jim Reeves recorded ''When You Are Gone'' during an evening session at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee.

U-2 flight discovers intermediate range (IRBMs) SS-5 nuclear missiles installed in Southern Cuba. 
 
OCTOBER 18, 1962 THURSDAY
 
At a Personal meeting between Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrei Gromyko and President John F. Kennedy, Gromyko assures Kennedy that installations are purely defensive.
 
OCTOBER 19, 1962 FRIDAY
James Brown and his revue are at the Apollo Theater in New York.

OCTOBER 20, 1962 SATURDAY

Roy Orbison is performing in Houston, Texas.

Leroy Van Dyke joins the Grand Ole Opry at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Roy Acuff begins a seven-week USO  (United Service Organizations)  tour that features performances before American military personnel in more than 10 nations, including Ethiopia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Greece, Lebanon and Libya.

President Kennedy cancels remainder of his campaign trip because of an "upper respiratory infection''.
 
OCTOBER 21, 1962 SUNDAY
The Everly Brothers are at London's Palladium Theater. England's Cliff Richard is on The Ed  Sullivan Show.

U-2 flight discovers further missile bases in Northern Cuba. 
U-2 flight reveals Soviet bombers and Migs numbers increasing. 

OCTOBER 22, 1962 MONDAY

Marvin Gaye makes his national television debut on American Bandstand. Gaye sings  "Stubborn Kind of Fellow."

The Cuban Missile Crisis reaches its apex as President Kennedy orders a blockade on Cuba after the U.S.S.R. is discovered building missile bases on the island.

President Kennedy addresses the nation in a televised speech, announcing the presence of offensive missile sites in Cuba. US Forces Go to DEFCON 3.

Decca released Burl Ives' ''Mary Ann Regrets''.

OCTOBER 23, 1962 TUESDAY

Western-swing guitarist Leon Chappelear dies of a self-inflicted gunshot in Gladewater, Texas. He played on Jimmie Davis' 1940 classic ''You Are My Sunshine''.

U.S. ships take up position 500 miles offshore to blockade Cuba.

OCTOBER 24, 1962 WEDNESDAY

The fifth episode of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' airs on CBS-TV, featuring Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs performing the theme song. The episode ties ''The Lucy Show'' for number 1 in the Nielsen ratings.
 
Most Soviet Shipping slows down or turns round except 1 ship. United States Forces Go to DEFCON 2.
 
OCTOBER 25, 1962 THURSDAY
Ray Peterson sings "My Dad" on ABC-TV's Donna Reed Show" of which he is a regular cast  member.

Songwriter Max Troy Barnes is born. His credits include Collin Raye's ''Love, Me'', Diamond Rio's ''That's How Your Love Makes Me Feel'' and Vern Gosdin's ''Way Down Deep'', co-written with his father, songwriter Max D. Barnes.

Red Hot Chili Pepper's drummer Chad Smith is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He plays on The Dixie Chicks' ''Not Ready To Make Nice''.

Discussions focus over withdraw of U.S. missiles from Turkey in exchange for the withdrawal of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
 
OCTOBER 26, 1962 FRIDAY

The First Motor Town Revue takes to the road for six weeks. Unlike other rock and roll  revues, the Motor Town Revue consists only of acts that record for various Motown labels.  Headlined by Mary Wells it features Martha and the Vandellas, the Marvelettes, the  Countours, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, the Supremes the Temptations and Sammy  Ward. The opening stop is the Howard Theater in Washington, DC.

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters are headling the Apollo Theater.

Bobby Rydell is at the annual Miss Teenage American pageant in Dallas, Texas to crown the  winner for the second year in a row.

Neil Sedaka is playing the Peppermint Lounge in Peoria, Illinois.

Columbia released Marty Robbins' ''Ruby Ann''.

Singer and songwriter Kristen Hall is born in Gross Pointe, Michigan. She becomes a founding member of the trio Sugarland, introduced in 2004, but leaves at the end of 2005 before the act reaches its peak.

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev proposes removing soviet missiles if President Kennedy publicly announces U.S. would never invade Cuba.

OCTOBER 27, 1962 SATURDAY

The Roling Stones hold their first recording session at London's Curly Clayton Sound Studios. They eventually cut ''Honky Tonk Women'', deemed among country's all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's ''Heartaches By The Number''.

Khrushchev proposes in letter public trade of Soviet missiles in Cuba for U.S. missile in Turkey. American U-2 is shot down over Cuba while on reconnaissance killing the pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson. Kennedy writes Khrushchev a letter stating that he will make a statement that the U.S. will not invade Cuba if Khrushchev removes the missiles from Cuba.
 
OCTOBER 28, 1962 SUNDAY
Little Richard may be listed as the headliner tonight at the Empire Theater in Liverpool.

Pop songwriter Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich are married. Their collaborations include ''Da Doo Ron Ron'', ''Chapel Of Love'' and ''Be My Baby'', destined to become a country hit for Jody Miller.
 
Khrushchev announces over Radio Moscow that he has agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.
 
OCTOBER 29, 1962 MONDAY
Wanda Jackson recorded Ivory Joe Hunder's ''Empty Arms''. The song becomes a country hit for Capitol labelmate Sonny James in 1971.
 
OCTOBER 29, 1962 MONDAY / NOVEMBER 4, 1962
Jerry Lee Lewis is at the Peppermint Lounge West in Pittsburgh.
NOVEMBER 1, 1962 THURSDAY
Little Richard and the Beatles go to Hamburg, but this is considered the Beatles first major  concert in West Germany where they with appear for two weeks at the Star Club.

NOVEMBER 2, 1962 FRIDAY

The Motor Town Revue begins five weeks of one nighters. Chubby Checker demonstrates the  "Limbo Rock" on American Bandstand.

NOVEMBER 3, 1962 SATURDAY

Johnny cash and June carter arrive at Kimpo Air Force Base in South Korea at the outset of a USO (United Service Organizations) tour to play for American soldiers.

NOVEMBER 5, 1962 MONDAY

Capitol released Buck Owens' ''You're For Me'', and Faron Young's ''Down By The River''.

Decca released Connie Hall's ''Fool Me Once''.

Sun 382 ''Good Golly Miss Molly'' b/w ''I Can't Trust Me (In Your Arms)'' by Jerry Lee Lewis issued.

Ray Charles and the Raeletts are at the Music Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio.

NOVEMBER 6, 1962 TUESDAY

Jo Walker-Meador is named the executive director of the fledgling Country Music Association, a position she holds for the next 29 years. During her tenure, the CMA establishes the Country Music Hall of fame, the CMA Awards and Fan Fair.

NOVEMBER 7, 1962 WEDNESDAY

After losing the election for California governor, Richard Nixon holds what he says will be his ''last press conference'', telling the media ''You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore''. The quote spurs Buck Owens to write ''You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More''.

The Disney movie ''The Legend Of Lobo'' appears in theaters. The story of a wild animal pack is narrated by Rex Allen, with music by The Sons Of The Pioneers.

Review in Billboard mentioned that Jerry Lee Lewis' ''I Can't Trust Me'' (Sun 382) , ''Vet rockster offers a persuasive country blues-styled delivery against a striking backdrop stand, highlighted by strong percussion work throughout. Deck has the ingredients of a teen-market noise maker, and ''Good Golly Miss Molly'', the onetime Little Richard hit is in reliable sockrock hands here. Quite a romp''.
NOVEMBER 8, 1962 THURSDAY

Rick Nelson sings ''My One Desire'' on the weeks's installment of ''The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet''.

NOVEMBER 9, 1962 FRIDAY

Roy Acuff becomes the first living artist named to the Country Music Hall of fame.

Motown released The Miracles' ''You've Really Got A Hold On Me'', later recorded as a country song by Mickey Gilley.

RCA Victor released the soundtrack to Elvis Presley's ''Girl! Girls! Girls!'', and is the sixteenth album by Elvis Presley, released on mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2426, in November 1962. The recording session took place at Radio Recorders at 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood on March 26, 27, and 28, 1962. It peaked at number three on the Top Lp's chart. It was certified Gold on August 13, 1963 by the Recording Industry Association of America. 

As soundtrack album sales far outstripped his regular album sales (''Blue Hawaii'' outselling ''Pot Luck by Elvis'' by ten to one) Presley found himself firmly entrenched in songs designed for a light-entertainment formula of beautiful scenery and girls galore. With this discrepancy in sales, the formula of the soundtrack music became the focus.

Sixteen songs were recorded at the sessions in March, of which thirteen were used for the soundtrack album. Banished from the kingdom after running afoul of the Colonel, songs from favored writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller could only be those already written for someone else, in this case the title track being a hit for The Coasters in 1961 before being adapted for the Presley film. This song and two others, "Return To Sender'' and "Because Of Love," appear on the 1995 soundtrack compilation Command Performances; The Essential 60s Masters II''.

The tracks "Return to Sender" and "Where Do You Come From" were issued as the both sides of a single in October 1962, one month before the release of the soundtrack LP. "Return to Sender" became a substantial hit for Presley, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, while the b-side "Where Do You Come From" peaked at only number 99 independently of the hit side. The Presley fan-club label ''Follow That Dream'' released an expanded version of the album in 2007, including alternate takes and songs recorded but not used for the soundtrack. The outtake "Plantation Rock" saw a performance by actor Rob Schneider on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1996. The songs performed by Stella Stevens in the film, "Never Let Me Go", "The Nearness Of You'' and "Baby, Baby, Baby" — were in fact mimed to the singing voice of Gilda Maiken and have yet to be commercially released.

NOVEMBER 9, 10, 1962 FRIDA/SATURDAY

Aretha Franklin Headlines the Reagal Theater in Chicago. Dion sings "Love Came To Me" on  American Bandstand.

Jerry Lee Lewis plays two nights at the Priceton University, New Jersey. The first night Jerry did a show in a huge gymnasium. Lester Lamin and His Orchestra were set up on one stage and Jerry performed on another stage. Conway Twitty also performed here that weekend.

NOVEMBER 10, 1962 SATURDAY

No, Johnny cash wasn't the first to sing it, Hank Snow reaches number 1 on the Billboard country singles chart with ''I've Been Everywhere''.

NOVEMBER 11, 1962 SUNDAY

Bobby Goldsboro marries Mary Alice Watson.

Johnny Cash and June Carter conclude a USO  (United Service Organizations)  tour of South Korea with a performance at Camp Casey.
NOVEMBER 11, 1962 SUNDAY

Jerry Lee Lewis plays at the Cloister Inn near Priceton University for 100 students. It was a private dinner club for wealthy Princeton students. Jerry Lee closed the show by playing drums and singing ''Whole Lotta Shakin'''. He also performed both sides of his new Sun release, ''Good Golly Miss Molly'' backed ''I Can't Trust Me (In Your Arms Anymore)''. People were hanging from all over the place, furniture, stairs, banisters... it was amazing.

After the shows at Princeton University, Kay Martin remembers that they went to a nearby fraternity house and Jerry performed again. She remember vividly that a fight broke out amongst the guys in the audience and Jerry halted it immediately by saying that if they wanted to fight, they should go to Vietnam, but if they wanted good rock and roll, they should cool it and he deliver.
 
Wanda Jackson is appearing this evening in San Antonio, Texas. The Champs close their West  coast tour in Seattle. Linda Scott is at Blinstrub's Supper Club in Boston.

NOVEMBER 12, 1962 MONDAY

Decca released Roy Drusky's ''Second Hand Rose''.

NOVEMBER 13, 1962 TUESDAY

Johnny and Jonie Mosby recorded their first charted single, ''Don't Call Me From A Honky Tonk'', at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee.

England's Cliff Richard is on American Bandstand.

NOVEMBER 14, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Cozy Cole leaves for a twenty week goodwill tour of Africa which is sponsored by the United  State's State Department. His performances will be in Senegal and Niger.

NOVEMBER 15, 1962 THURSDAY

Sun SLP 1270 ''All Aboard The Blue Train'' by Johnny Cash issued.

MID NOVEMBER 1962

Freddy Cannon and Johnny Tillotson fly to London to film their cameo parts for the  upcoming British film Just For Fun.

B. Bumble and the Stingers begin a British tour with a show tonight in Liverpool.

NOVEMBER 16, 1962 FRIDAY

Columbia Records released Claude King's ''I've Got The World By The Tail''.

NOVEMBER 17, 1962 SATURDAY

The Olympics, the Innocents and the Marketts perform at Morgan Hall in the Los Angeles  suburb of Long Beach.

NOVEMBER 18, 1962 SUNDAY

The Motor Town Revue is appearing tonight at the Capitol Arena in Washington, DC.

NOVEMBER 19, 1962 MONDAY

The Champs are at the Hi-Fi Club in Topeka, Kansas.

Decca released Jimmy C. Newman's ''Bayou Talk''.

NOVEMBER 20, 1962 TUESDAY

Jim Reeves recorded the Dottie West-written ''Is This Me'' in the afternoon at Nashville's RCA Studio B.
 
Following confirmation missiles had been removed from Cuba the United States blockade of Cuba ends. What happened when DEFCON 2 declared ? 1,436 B-52 bombers dispersed and made ready to take off, fully equipped, on 15 minutes notice. 145 intercontinental ballistic missiles stood on ready alert, while Air Defense Command re deployed 161 nuclear-armed interceptors to 16 dispersal fields within nine hours including one-third maintaining 15-minute alert status. I have included this to show how close full scale nuclear war was between the world's two superpowers, we can only guess that the Soviet Union was at similar alert status and had similar plans in place. 

Although no formal announcement was ever made by the United States following the Soviet dismantling of Missiles in Cuba the United States did Withdraw all nuclear missiles from Turkey by April 24th 1963 and because the Soviet Union and the United States came the closest in history to all out war a direct communications hot line was established between Moscow and Washington, D.C.

NOVEMBER 21, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Paramount Pictures released Elvis Presley's ''Girls! Girls! Girls!''.
 
Porky Chadwick, Pittsburgh deejay, has another spectacular rock and roll show at the Syria  Mosque Theater in Pittsburgh. Appearing are Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, the Coasters,  Jerry Butler, the Isley Brothers, Bo Diddley, Hughie Smith and the Clowns, the Majors, Shep  and the Limelites, Maxine Brown, the Olympics, Lou Christie, the Clovers, the Drifters and  the Flamingos.
Gene Vincent begins another tour of England.

NOVEMBER 23, 1962 FRIDAY

Patsy Cline opens a 35-date engagement at Las Vegas Merri-Mint Theater. She hires Tompall and The Glaser Brothers as her backing vocalists.

Columbia released Stonewall Jackson's ''Can't Hang Up The Phone''.

NOVEMBER 26, 1962 MONDAY

Linda Davis is born in Dodson, Texas. Her 1993 pairing with Reba McEntire on ''Does He Love You'' earns a Grammy, and Davis earns a 1996 solo hit, ''Some Things Are Meant To Be''. Davis' daughter, Hillary Scott, co-founds Lady Antebellum.

Ray Petersen sings "My Dad" on American Bandstand.

The Platters are on the late night Steve Allen Show.

NOVEMBER 29, 1962 THURSDAY

Ray Charles is at the Latin Casino in New Jersey.

NOVEMBER 30, 1962 FRIDAY

Ben E. King is at the Town Hall in Brooklyn, New York.

Gene McDaniels is at the Twenty Grand Club in Detroit.

LATE NOVEMBER 1962

Gene Chandler is in Chicago making appearances at record hops at Kevin Park School and  Marshall High School.

Bill Haley and His Comets return to Mexico for a three week tour.
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Session Published for Historical Reasons

STUDIO SESSION FOR NARVEL FELTS
FOR RENAY RECORDS 1962

SONIC RECORDING STUDIO
1692 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
STUDIO SESSION 1: UNKNOWN DATE FALL 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER – ROLAND JANES

After the deal with Hall-Clement dissolved, Narvel and his band continued to demo material for Roland Janes, both for publishing and records. Again, such as ''Blue Darlin''', a Lessie Lyles song dating back to the mid-1950s, which Felts tried unsuccessfully to record for Hi Records, and recorded twice more for ABC/Bot where it finally made a dent in the charts in 1977.

BLUE DARLIN'
Composer: - Lessie Lyles
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hall Clement Publishing
Matrix number: - None – Not Originally Issued (2:18)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962
Released: - 1990
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15515-3 mono
NARVEL FELTS - MEMPHIS DAYS

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Narvel Felts - Vocal & Guitar
J.W. Grubbs - Bass
Bobby Wood - Piano
 
For Biography of Narvel Felts see: > The Sun Biographies <
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STUDIO SESSION FOR NARVEL FELTS
FOR SOUTHERN SOUND RECORDS 1962

SONIC RECORDING STUDIO
1692 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
STUDIO SESSION 2: UNKNOWN DATE FALL 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - ROLAND JANES

Cover versions of Charlie Feathers's songs are now fairly commonplace, thanks to his legendary stature in Europe. However, Narvel Felts was the first to revive one of Feathers' songs, the anthemic ''Tongue Tied Till''. However, it remained unissued until a European label, Southern Sound, released it with ''Lola Did A Dance''.

TONGUE TIED JILL
Composer: - Jerry Huffman-Jody Chastain
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - HAS SS 2067 B - Master (2:16)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962
Released: - 1973
First appearance: - South Bound Records (S) 45rpm standard single BT 101-B mono
TONGUE TIED TILL / LOLA DID A DANCE
Reissued: - 1990 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15515-16 mono
NARVEL FELTS - MEMPHIS DAYS

LOLA DID A DANCE
Composer: - Narvel Felts
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - HAS SS 2067 A - Master (2:14)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962
Released: - 1973
First appearance: - South Bound Records (S) 45rpm standard single BT 101-A mono
LOLA DID A DANCE / TONGUE TIED TILL
Reissued: - 1990 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15515-13 mono
NARVEL FELTS - MEMPHIS DAYS

COME WHAT MAY
Composer: - Franklyn Tableporter
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Tiger Music Incorporated - Trio Music Corporation
Matrix number: - None - Not Originally Issued (2:32)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962
Released: - 1990
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15515-12 mono
NARVEL FELTS - MEMPHIS DAYS

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Narvel Felts - Vocal & Guitar
J.W. Grubbs – Bass
Matt Lucas - Drums
Bobby Wood – Piano
Ed Logan - Saxophone
 
For Biography of Narvel Felts see: > The Sun Biographies <
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Session Published for Historical Reasons

STUDIO SESSION FOR NARVEL FELTS
FOR RENAY RECORDS 1962

SONIC RECORDING STUDIO
1692 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
STUDIO SESSION 3: UNKNOWN DATE FALL 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - ROLAND JANES

''I Had A Girl'', a.k.a. ''What's Wrong With Me'' dated from Narvel Felts' stint in the National Guard and had first been presented to Bob Cloud. Roland Janes showed no more enthusiasm than Bob Cloud, and it was left to Celebrity Circle Records to issue the record in 1969, when some of the pop associations had gone country.

I HAD A GIRL (WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME)
Composer: - Narvel Felts
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Not Originally Issued (2:15)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962
Released: - 1990
First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15515-18 mono
NARVEL FELTS - MEMPHIS DAYS

NO MAKING UP
Composer: - Narvel Felts
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962
 
 
MY GAL PONYTAIL
Composer: - Narvel Felts
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962

WITH LOVE
Composer: - Narvel Felts
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Unissued
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962

YOUNG LOVE
Composer: - Carteu-Joyner
Publisher: - Copyright Control
Matrix number: - None – Unissued/Lost
Recorded: - Unknown Date Fall 1962

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Narvel Felts - Vocal & Guitar
J.W. Grubbs – Bass
Matt Lucas - Drums
 
For Biography of Narvel Felts see: > The Sun Biographies <
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These two sides of Davis Houston recorded in Nashville by Bob Montgomery and leased to Phillips International in 1962, were re-released on Sun Records four years later on, October 1966. Under his agreement with Philips Electric from Holland, Sam Phillips could no longer use Phillips International imprint, so, when Davis Houston finally broke through with ''Almost Persuaded'', these early entries were reissued on Sun. Neither was a match for Houston's best work. In fact, they were something of a corporate kiss of death.
The single first appeared on Phillips International three issues before the label's demise; in 1966, it reappeared on Sun four issues before the label's end.  Unfortunately, these sides bore not a shred of resemblance to the titles Houston was recording with Sun alumnus Billy Sherrill in Nashville, and radio and the public alike gave them the double thumbs-down. Shelby Singleton reissued this single yet again after he took over the ownership of Sun, and the result were no different.

STUDIO SESSION FOR DAVID HOUSTON
FOR SUN RECORDS (CUSTOM) 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
319 SEVENTH AVENUE NORTH, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE LATE 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER – BOB MONTGOMERY
AND/OR FRED CARTER OR BILLY SHERRILL

Publisher: - B.M.I. - Acuff Rose Publishers
Matrix number: - PI P 431 - Master (2:12)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Late 1962
Released: - 1963
First appearance: - Phillips International (S) 45rpm standard single PI 3583-A mono
SHERRY'S LIPS / MISS BROWN
Reissued: - October 10, 1966 Sun Records (S) 45rpm standard single > Sun 403-A < mono
SHERRY'S LIPS / MISS BROWN
1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15805-2/17 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 5

David Houston's major claim to fame, ''Almost Persuaded'', was still four years ahead of him when Buddy Holly's ex-partner, Bob Montgomery, and session guitarist Fred Carter produced these sides at Phillips' Nashville studio. Montgomery offered the cuts to Sam Phillips, who promptly leased them. This isn't a bad record, although it's nowhere near as powerful as his memorable 1966 crossover hit ''Almost Persuaded''. Miss Brown'' is an energetic, if undistinguished shuffle blues that Houston handles competently. It was written by Fred Carter, onetime guitarist for Ronnie Hawkins and the father of current country star, Deana Carter. The other side, Montgomery's ''Sherry's Lips'', is a strong pop-country ballad with an indisputable message: ''the same lips that kiss you can tell you to go to hell''. Only the somewhat overwrought performance in the song's release weakens the impact of this track.

These sides were reissued on Sun 403 in 1966 during the label's dying days in an attempt to cash in on Houston's success. Not surprisingly, they had no impact on the market owing to the large stylistic difference between these tracks and the sound of ''Almost Persuaded''.
Composer: - Fred Carter
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Acuff Rose Publishers
Matrix number: - PI P 432 - Master (2:31)
Recorded: - Unknown Date Late 1962
Released: - 1963
First appearance: - Phillips International (S) 45rpm standard single PI 3583-B mono
MISS BROWN / SHERRY'S LIPS
Reissued: - October 10, 1966 Sun Records (S) 45rpm standard single > Sun 403-B < mono
MISS BROWN / SHERRY'S LIPS
1998 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15805-2/18 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 5

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
David Houston – Vocal
Jerry Kennedy – Guitar
Grady Martin – Guitar
Henry Strzelecki – Bass
Hargus Robbins – Piano
Buddy Harmon – Drums 
 
Anita Kerr Singers consisting of
Anita Kerr, Dottie Dillard, Gil Writh,
 and Louis Nunley- Vocal Chorus
 
For Biography of David Houston see: > The Sun Biographies <
David Houston's Sun/PI  recordings can be heard on his playlist from 706 Union Avenue Sessions on > YouTube <
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(Above) 1962. Front row, left to right: Arthur Browning (lead guitar); Hardin Browning (piano); Buddy Millett (drums); Back row, left to right: Barry Smith (bass); Mack Allen Smith; Red McGregor (rhythm guitar). Mack Allen & The Flames showing off their first Vee Eight recording ''I Got My Mojo Workin'' and ''I'm A Lover''.

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Former Sun recording artist Mack Allen Smith and the Flames had to wait for their first record release until 1962 when they recorded for a jukebox dealer in Greenwood named Dominic Fretesi, whose main claim to fame was the recording of James Gilreath's big hit, 'Little Band Of Gold'.
 
Mack says of his first record: "It was cut at Hi studios in Memphis. It was an old Muddy Waters tune, 'I Got My Mojo Workin", and on the other side was a song I wrote called ''I'm A Lover'''. ''Mojo' hit the top ten out in Houston and in Memphis'', Mack Allen recalled.
 
This disc, and a second, the bluesy rocker ''Hobo Man'' with the flipside ''Old Man River'', were on the Vee Eight label. Today they stand up as inspired down-home southern rock and roll.
Session Published for Historical Reasons

STUDIO SESSION FOR MACK ALLEN SMITH
FOR VEE EIGHT RECORDS 1962

HI STUDIO, OLD ROYAL MOVIE THEATRE
1320 SOUTH LAUDERDALE AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
VEE EIGHT SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER - HERSHEL WINGGINGTON
RECORDING ENGINEER - RAY HARRIS

I GOT MY MOJO WORKING
Composer: - Preston Foster
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Bealk Music
Matrix number: V 8-2 - Master (2:16)
Recorded: Unknown Date 1962
Released: September 1962
First appearance: Vee Eight Records (S) 45rpm standard single Vee Eight 1005-A mono
I GOT MY MOJO WORKING / I'M A LOVER
Reissued: - 2010 Redita Records (CD) 500/200rpm Redita RDTCD-150-14 mono
MACK ALLEN SMITH - GOTTA ROCK TONIGHT
 
"Got My Mojo Working" is a blues song written by Preston "Red" Foster and first recorded by Ann Cole in 1956. Muddy Waters popularized it in 1957 and the song was a feature of his performances throughout his career. A mojo is an amulet or talisman associated with hoodoo, an early African-American folk-magic belief system. Rolling Stone magazine included Waters' rendition of the song is on its list of 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time at number 359. In 1999, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gave it a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and it is identified on the list of "Songs Of The Century".
 
I'M A LOVER
Composer: - Mack Allen Smith
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Bealk Music
Matrix number: V 8-3 - Master (1:52)
Recorded: Unknown Date 1962
Released: September 1962
First appearance: Vee Eight Records (S) 45rpm standard single Vee Eight 1005-B mono
I'M A LOVER / I GOT MY MOJO WORKING
Reissued: - 2010 Redita Records (CD) 500/200rpm Redita RDTCD-150-16 mono
MACK ALLEN SMITH - GOTTA ROCK TONIGHT
 
HOBO MAN
Composer: - Traditional
Publisher: - B.M.I. - T.B. Harms Music
Matrix number: - None - Master (2:26)
Recorded: Unknown Date 1962
Released: 1962
First appearance: Vee Eight Records (S) 45rpm standard single Vee Eight 1006-B mono
HOBO MAN / OLD MAN RIVER
Reissued: - 2010 Redita Records (CD) 500/200rpm Redita RDTCD-150-17 mono
MACK ALLEN SMITH - GOTTA ROCK TONIGHT
 
OLD MAN RIVER
Composer: - Hammerstein-Kern
Publisher: - A.S.C.A.P. - T.B. Harms Music
Matrix number: - None - Master 
Recorded: Unknown Date 1962
Released: 1962
First appearance: Vee Eight Records (S) 45rpm standard single Vee Eight 1006-B mono
HOBO MAN / OLD MAN RIVER
 
"Ol' Man River", music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) is a song in the 1927 musical ''Show Boat'' that contrasts the struggles and hardships of African Americans with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River; it is sung from the point of view of a black stevedore on a showboat, and is the most famous song from the show. Meant to be performed in a slow tempo, it is sung complete once in the musical's lengthy first scene by the stevedore "Joe" who travels with the boat, and, in the stage version, is heard four more times in brief reprises. Joe serves as a sort of musical one-man Greek chorus, and the song, when reprised, comments on the action, as if saying, "This has happened, but the river keeps rolling on anyway''.
 
The song is notable for several aspects: the lyrical pentatonic-scale melody, the subjects of toil and social class, metaphor to the Mississippi, and as a bass solo (rare in musicals, solos for baritones or tenors being more common). Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra had a hit recording of the song in 1928 sung in a much faster tempo than Kern and Hammerstein intended, and featuring Bing Crosby on vocals and Bix Beiderbecke on cornet. A second version, by Paul Whiteman with bass singer Paul Robeson on vocals and sung in a dance tempo, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006. Also, in 2004, Robeson's version finished at number 24 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
 
The song was first performed in the original stage production of Show Boat on December 27, 1927, by Jules Bledsoe, who also sang it in the part-talkie 1929 film, although that film version had little to do with the stage musical. Bledsoe also recorded the song years later. However, the most famous rendition of it, one that is still noted today, was sung by Paul Robeson in James Whale's classic 1936 film version of Show Boat. The first known recording of the song was by Kenn Sisson and His Orchestra, recorded on December 27, 1927, with Irving Kaufman on vocals.
 
The song became an American classic, and was performed by many musicians and musical groups, including Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra, Bix Beiderbecke, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Harry James, Gordon MacRae, Robert Merrill, Sam Cooke, Sammy Davis, Jr., Al Jolson, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Cilla Black, Melanie, Django Reinhardt, Ray Charles, Cher, Jim Croce, Jimmy Ricks and the Ravens, The Beach Boys, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, The Jeff Beck Group, Muslim Magomayev, Aretha Franklin, and Al Hirt. William Warfield sang it in the 1951 technicolor film version of ''Show Boat'' in another rendition that became very famous. (It became his signature song, and he performed it several times on television and in several stage revivals of Show Boat.) Melvin Franklin, the famous bass singer of The Temptations, performed it at most concerts, eventually making it his signature song. Judy Garland, one of the few female singers to attempt the song, sang a powerful rendition on her television show in 1963, followed by a studio recording. Indian Singer, Bhupen Hazarika had also sung a version in Hindi and his native Assamese called "O Ganga tu behti hai kyon". Cilla Black released a jazz version of the song on her first album in 1965 Cilla which Bing Crosby subsequently described as the best version he'd ever heard.
 
Among less well-known singers who have performed the song on television, bass-baritone Dan Travis, Jr. sang it in the made-for-television biopic Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978), and P.L. Brown sang it in the 1989 Paper Mill Playhouse version of Show Boat, which was televised by PBS.
 
Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Mack Allen Smith - Vocal
Arthur Browning - Lead Guitar
Barry Smith - Bass
Red McGregor - Rhythm Guitar
Doug Steen - Saxophone
John Mihelic - Trumpet
Johnny Baker - Trumpet & Harmonica
Hardin Browning - Piano
Durwood Herbert - Drums
Buddy Millett - Drums
 
For Biography of Mack Allen Smith see: > The Sun Biographies <
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DECEMBER 1962
 
1,113 prisoners taken during the attempted invasion are exchanged for $53 million in food and medicine.

DECEMBER 1, 1962 SATURDAY

The Motor Town Revue is playing the Ellis Auditorium in Memphis today.

DECEMBER 4, 1962 TUESDAY

Bobby Rydell has a comedy role during his appearances tonight on the CBS-TV's Red Skelton   Show.

DECEMBER 7, 1962 FRIDAY

The first Motor Town Revue ends its tour with ten days at the Apollo Theater.

Bass player Bill Wyman auditions for The Rolling Stones at London's World's End Pub. He gets the gig and plays seven years later on ''Honky Tonk Women'', judged one of country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book.

DECEMBER 8, 1962 SATURDAY

Bobby Fuller is at the McGhee Park Auditorium in Farmington, Texas.

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs play New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall with Merle Travis. They lace their set with ''Wildwood Flower'', ''The Ballad Of Jed Clampett'' and ''Gotta Travel On'', among other titles. The show is released as an album, ''Flatt and Scruggs At Carnegie Hall''.

Disc jockey Alan Freed pleads guilty in New York to taking $2,000 in 1958 in exchange for airplay. He receives a $300 fine and six months probation for violating payola laws. His name is among the credits on ''The Forester Sisters' hit ''Sincerely''.

DECEMBER 9, 1962 SUNDAY

Record producer George Martin visits the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where he first sees the Beatles, the clients who bring him to fame. Martin goes on to produce 1980s country hits for Kenny Rogers.

DECEMBER 10, 1962 MONDAY

Johnny Tillotson makes his debut as a nightclub performer at Sciolla's Club in Philadelphia.

Waylon Jennings marries Lynne Gladys Jones, his second wife, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

DECEMBER 11, 1962 TUESDAY

Brenda Lee's 18th birthday party in Brentwood, Tennessee, features Mexican food cooked by Grand Ole Opry member Marty Robbins.

DECEMBER 12, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Roy Acuff ends a seven-week USO tour in which he performed for American Troops in more than 10 nations, including Ethiopia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Greece, Lebanon and Libya.

DECEMBER 14, 1962 FRIDAY

Jerry Wallace is on American Bandstand today.

MID DECEMBER 1962

The Tokens on their way to Rome stop in London to do several television appearances. 

Bo   Diddley is at the Cadillac Club In Memphis. Also in Memphis, the annual Christmas charity   benefit features Bill Black's Combo, Charlie Rich and Willie Mitchell.

Clarence "Frogman"   Henry is currently touring New Zealand.

DECEMBER 15, 1962 SATURDAY

Bass player Bill Wyman makes his first live appearance with The Rolling Stones at Putney's Church Hall in London. He plays on their hit ''Honky Tonk Women'', hailed among the 500 greatest country records in a Country Music Foundation publication, ''Heartache By The Number''.

DECEMBER 16, 1962 SUNDAY

Bob Dylan begins his first international tour in London.

DECEMBER 17, 1962 MONDAY

The Motor Town Revue makes its final stop in Pittsburgh. Solomon Burke is at the Club   Zanzibar in Pittsburgh.

LaVern Baker begins an engagement at the 40 Thieves Club in   Bermuda.

Kitty Wells recorded ''This White Circle On My Finger'' and ''Cold And Lonely (Is The Forecast For Tonight)''.

Drummer Tim Chewing is born. He joins Ricochet in 1999 after original drummer Jeff Bryant leaves the band with carpal tunnel syndrome. Keith Mellington takes over the kid from Chewing in January 2001.

Bobby and Dolly Vintom are married. The pop singer writes ''Adios Amigo'', a 1977 country hit for Marty Robbins.
 
MID DECEMBER 1962
The payola scandal comes to a quiet close as former New York deejay Alan Freed is only   fined $300 and given a six month suspended sentence. The original action from two years   earlier listed twenty five individual counts of accepting bribes up to $2500. Freed claims he   is broke and the fine isn't paid until mid-March 1963 when Freed reports that he has be   hired to assist Time Records as a A&R man.

DECEMBER 18, 1962 TUESDAY

Johnny and the Hurricanes are at the Star Club near Hamburg, Germany. Also appearing are   the Beatles.

Bill Anderson recorded ''Still''.
 
DECEMBER 19, 1962 WEDNESDAY
Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans sing "Zip-A-Do-Dah" on American Bandstand. Dion is at the   Diplomat Hotel in Miami Beach.

DECEMBER 20, 1962 THURSDAY

The Osmonds made their first appearance on NBC-TV's ''The Andy Williams Show''. The group goes on to become a significant pop act in the early 1970s and backs Conway Twitty on a 1983 country remake of The Eagles' ''Heartache Tonight''.

Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson marries Mickey Riley at the First Baptist Church in Anson, Texas. The union creates what will become her stage name, Jeannie C. Riley.

DECEMBER 21, 1962 FRIDAY

The Cookies sing "Chains" on American Bandstand.

Christy Forester is born in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. She joins three siblings to form The Forester Sisters, whose blend of country and gospel harmonies yields 15 hits from 1985 to 1991, including ''I Fell In Love Again Last Night'', ''You Again'' and ''Men''.

DECEMBER 22, 1962 SATURDAY

Paul Martin is born in Winchester, Kentucky. He replaces J.P. Pennington as the lead singer of Exile in 1989, contributing to the band's subsequent hits ''Keep It In The Middle Of The Road'', ''Nobody's Talking'' and ''Even Now''. Martin eventually joins Marty Stuart's Fabulous Superlatives.
 
DECEMBER 23, 1962 SUNDAY
The Brooklyn Fox Christmas show is headlined by Joey Dee and the Starliters.

Ernest Tubb invites Carl Smith to become the frontman in his band. Smith hits the road in San Jose the same day, and arrives in Nashville on Christmas.

DECEMBER 24, 1962 MONDAY

Columbia released Ray Price's two-sided hit, ''Walk Me To The Door'' and ''You Took Her Off My Hands (now Please Take Her Off My Mind)''.

DECEMBER 25, 1962 TUESDAY

During her show at the Merri-Mint Theater in Las Vegas, Patsy Cline cries, noting that she ought to be at home. It turns out to be her final Christmas.

Elvis Presley gives Priscilla Beaulieu a musical cigarette case that plays ''Love Me Tender'', the first Elvis song she ever heart. The teenager is visiting Presley at Graceland Mansion from West Germany with her parents' approval.

DECEMBER 26, 1962 WEDNESDAY

Ray Charles is at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The SRO crowd of 6.522 pays $26,300   to see him perform.

Drummer Brian Westrum is born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He joins Sons Of The Desert, which earns hits with ''Whatever Comes First'' and ''Leaving October'' from its 1997 debut. He leaves the band before the release of its second album in 2000.

''The days Of Wine And Roses'', starring Jack Lemmon, appears in movie theaters. ''Dear Oakie'' songwriter Doye O'Dell has a small on-screen role in the picture, which features music by Henry Mancini.

DECEMBER 27, 1962 THURSDAY

Ricochet's Jeff Bryant is born in Pecos, Texas. The drummer contributes to several hits as the band wins the Academy of Country Music's Top Vocal Group honor in 1996 and 1998, but he leaves in 1999, suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome.

Tennessee Ernie Ford is a guest on ''The Andy Williams Show'' on NBC.

DECEMBER 28, 1962 FRIDAY

Mary Wells performs "Two Lovers" on American Bandstand.

Patsy Cline completes her Las Vegas debut at the Merri-Mint Theater, where she earned $35,000.

Columbia released Johnny Cash's ''Busted''.
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STUDIO SESSION FOR ELMO LEWIS
FOR SUN RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: DECEMBER 28, 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER – SAM C. PHILLIPS

No Details

WAITING FOR A TRAIN
Composer: - Jimmie Rodgers
Publisher: - Peer International
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - December 28, 1962

SEASONS OF MY HEART
Composer: - George Jones-Darrell Edwards
Publisher: - Starday Music
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - December 28, 1962

MEXICALI ROSE
Composer: - Jack Tenney-Helen Stone
Publisher: - Universal MCA Music
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - December 28, 1962

YOU'RE THE ONE ROSE THAT'S LEFT IN MY HEART
Composer: - Del Lyon-Lani McIntire
Publisher: - Shapiro Bernstein Music
Matrix number: - None – Sun Unissued
Recorded: - December 28, 1962
 
UNKNOWN TITLE
Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Elmo Lewis – Vocal and Piano
George Webb – Guitar
John Guthrie – Drums
Luke Wright – Saxophone
William Ray Felts – Organ

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DECEMBER 29, 1962 SATERDAY
''The Roy Rogers and dale Evans Show'' closes out a three-month run on ABC-TV's prime-time Saturday lineup. The program regularly featured Pat Brady and The Sons Of The Pioneers.
 
DECEMBER 30, 1962 SUNDAY
The Ike and Tina Turner Revue is at the Coconut Grove Ballroom in Sacramento, California.

Fire destroys the $37,500 home of Brenda Lee and her parents in Nashville. Brenda is   slightly hurt attempting to rescue her poodle Cee Cee. The cause is attributed to faulty   wiring.

Brenda Lee suffers a minor eye injury and has her hair singed when she tries unsuccessfully to rescue her poodle, CeeCee, from a house fire in Nashville. Lee's nine-room home, valued at $37,000 is destroyed along with $25,000 worth of clothing.
 
DECEMBER 31, 1962 MONDAY
Marvin Gaye, Martha and the Vandellas, the Counters, Mary Wells, the Miracles, the   Supremes and Little Stevie Wonder are at the Michigan State Fair this New Year's Eve.

Elvis Presley welcomes the new year in a private party at Memphis' Manhattan Club. Priscilla Beaulieu gets drunk and leaves early.
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Doctor Ross was born in Mississippi, made his reputation as a bluesman in Memphis, then moved to 
Michigan for over 30 years to hold down a day job emerging occasionally to perform as a one-man band – 
playing harmonica, guitar, and drums. He almost retired from music before he was persuaded to appear on 
festival stages and the blues revival circuit in the mid-1960s. His image then was a dream for publicists and 
journalists alike – with his stage name of Doctor and his theme song about curing the ''boogie disease''. Ross 
was not the first to use the theme of the musical medic come to help you feel better – Doctor Clayton and 
others got there first – but Ross's take on the medic idea was the boogie; if you wanted to hear good-time 
music, or wanted to shake your thing, or indeed wanted the other thing ''boogie'' implied, then he was your 
man.
 
Ross was one of the very best at creating highly rhythmic back country dance music and at recycling 
folk blues couplets – mainly drawn from the recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson – to which he added some 
of his own wry humour and wit. But the music he originally made, down in Southern juke joints and radio 
stations in the 1940s and early 1950s, was not performed as a one-man band. He was very much part of the 
small group scene, renowned for his prowess as a harmonica player and vocalist. Sam Phillips once told 
Martin Hawkins, ''Doctor Ross had a very special sound. He had a great command of his music and a real 
instinct for what was going on around him. ''Chicago Breakdown'' is one of the better records I think ever 
heard in my life, if I am allowed to say that''.
 
Session Published for Historical Reasons

STUDIO SESSION FOR DOCTOR ROSS
FOR HI-Q RECORDS 1962/63

FORTUNE RECORDING STUDIO
3942 THIRD AVENUE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
HI-Q SESSION: PROBABLY 1962/1963
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - JACK BROWN

CALL THE DOCTOR
Composer: - Isaiah Ross
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Trianon Publications
Matrix number: H 84 - Master (3:20)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962/1963
Released: - 1963
First appearance: - Hi-Q Records (S) 45rpm Hi-Q 5033 mono
CALL THE DOCTOR / NEW YORK BREAKDOWN
Reissued: - June 14, 2013 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16939-29 mono
DOCTOR ROSS - THE SUN YEARS PLUS

In late 1963, Doctor Ross appeared on Hi-Q again, apparently working as a one-man band - though his harmonica must have been overdubbed - augmented by a second vocalist and handclapping. ''Call The Doctor'' was a recycled ''Doctor Ross Boogie'' while ''New York Breakdown'' reprised ''Chicago Breakdown'' almost note-for-note and word-for-word including the colloquialism ''all yáll''.

NEW YORK BREAKDOWN
Composer: - Isaiah Ross
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Trianon Publications
Matrix number: H 83 - Master (2:57)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962/1963
Released: - 1963
First appearance: - Hi-Q Records (S) 45rpm Hi-Q 5033 mono
NEW YORK BREAKDOWN / CALL THE DOCTOR
Reissued: - June 14, 2013 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16939-30 mono
DOCTOR ROSS - THE SUN YEARS PLUS

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Charles Isaiah Ross - Vocal, Guitar, Harmonica
With Unknown Percussion
 
For Biography of Doctor Ross see: > The Sun Biographies <
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STUDIO SESSION FOR JIMMY RAY HUNTER & THE DEL RAYS
FOR FAME RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
FAME SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE(S) 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER - SAM PHILLIPS
RECORDING ENGINEER - SCOTTY MOORE

Session Published for Historical Reasons

THE GIRL THAT RADIATES THAT CHARM
Composer: - Ronnie Isle-Jimmy Isle
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Springfield Music-Kenny Marlow Music
Matrix number: - 1st No - Master (2:18)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Fame Records (S) 45rpm standard single 602-A mono
THE GIRL THAT RADIATES THAT CHARM / HOT TODDAY

HOT TODDAY
Composer: - Herb Hendler-Ralph Falnnigan
Publisher: - A.S.C.A.P. - Valleu Entertainment Enterprise
Matrix number: - 2st No - Master (2:44)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: Fame Records (S) 45rpm standard single 602-B mono
HOT TODDAY / THE GIRL THAT RADIATES THAT CHARM

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Jimmy Ray Hunter Vocals
Jimmy Johnson - Guitar
Roger Hawkins - Keyboards
Bill Scott - Keyboards
Bill Cofield - Saxophone
Larry York (bass
John Daniels - Drums

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STUDIO SESSION FOR RUSTY CURRY
FOR HOLIDAY INN RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
HOLIDAY INN SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE(S) 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER - SAM PHILLIPS
RECORDING ENGINEER - SCOTTY MOORE

TAG ALONG
Composer: - Marijohn Wilkin-Fred Burch
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Cedarwood Music
Matrix number: - 0015 - Master (2:28)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Holiday Inn Records (S) 45rpm standard single Holiday Inn 106-A mono
TAG ALONG / OUR LOVE CAN WAIT

OUR LOVE CAN WAIT
Composer: - Neal Matthews Jr.
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Moss Rose Music Publishers
Matrix number: - 0016 - Master (2:25)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Holiday Inn Records (S) 45rpm standard single Holiday Inn 106-B mono
OUR LOVE CAN WAIT / TAG ALONG

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Rusty Curry - Vocal
Details Unknown

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STUDIO SESSION FOR DENNIS TURNER
FOR LOUIS RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
LOUIS SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE(S) 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER - SAM PHILLIPS
RECORDING ENGINEER - SCOTTY MOORE

Session Published for Historical Reasons

LOVER PLEASE
Composer: - Billy Swan
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Lyn Lou Music
Matrix number: - None - Master (1:51)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Louis Records (S) 45rpm standard single Louis 2002-A mono
LOVER PLEASE / GIVE ME SOMETHING
Reissued: - 1962 Quality Records (S) 45rpm standard single Quality 1369X-A mono
LOVER PLEASE / GIVE ME SOMETHING

GIVE ME SOMETHING
Composer: - Wilson-Tucker
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Marrimac Music
Matrix number: - None - Master (2:11)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Louis Records (S) 45rpm standard single Louis 2002-B mono
GIVE ME SOMETHING / LOVER PLEASE
Reissued: - 1962 Quality Records (S) 45rpm standard single Quality 1369X-B mono
GIVE ME SOMETHING / LOVER PLEASE

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Dennis Turner - Vocal
Details Unknown

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STUDIO SESSION FOR THE DEL-RAYS
FOR R And H RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
R And H SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE(S) 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER - SAM PHILLIPS AND RICK HALL
RECORDING ENGINEER - SCOTTY MOORE

Session Published for Historical Reasons

NIGHT PROWL
Composer: - Bill Scott-Bill Cofield-Jimmy Jay Johnson
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Fame Publishing
Matrix number: - R 1001 - Master (1:56)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - R and H Records (S) 45rpm standard single R and H 1002-A mono
NIGHT PROWL / WINDY AND WARM

WINDY AND WARM
Composer: - John D. Loudermilk
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Acuff-Rose Publishing
Matrix number: - R 1002 - Master (2:20)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - R and H Records (S) 45rpm standard single R and H 1002-B mono
WINDY AND WARM / NIGHT PROWL

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
The Del-Rays consisting of
Jimmy Ray Hunter - Vocal
Jimmy Ray Johnson - Guitar
Bill Scott - Keyboards
Bill Cofield - Saxophone
Larry Yoke - Bass
John Daniels - Drums

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STUDIO SESSION FOR JOHNNY COOK & THE HY-LITES
FOR TUNE RECORDS 1962

SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO
639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
TUNE SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE(S) 1962
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER - SAM PHILLIPS
RECORDING ENGINEER - SCOTTY MOORE

Session Published for Historical Reasons

DON'T KNOCK NO MORE
Composer: - DeWayne Burcham
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Tune Publisher Incorporated
Matrix number: - SO: 1319 - Master (1:45)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Tune Records (S) 45rpm standard single Tune 235-A mono
DON'T KNOCK NO MORE / PLEASE DON'T SAY GOODBYE

PLEASE DON'T SAY GOODBYE
Composer: - Bill McCollister
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Tune Publisher Incorporated
Matrix number: - SO: 1318 - Master Lost (2:13)
Recorded: - Unknown Date(s) 1962
Released: - 1962
First appearance: - Tune Records (S) 45rpm standard single Tune 235-B mono
PLEASE DON'T SAY GOODBYE / DON'T KNOCK NO MORE

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Johnny Cook & The Hy-Lites
Details Unknown

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