The Million Dollar Quartet
The Million Dollar Quartet weren't a group in any normal sense, but were initially more of a photo opportunity and then a freewheeling after-hours jam session between Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash that took place at Sam Phillips' Sun Studios in Memphis on December 4, 1956. It was formally a Carl Perkins session, with Jerry Lee Lewis sitting in as the piano player. At some point Presley and Cash stopped by to observe, and Phillips, recognizing a photo op when he saw one, called a local news photographer, who snapped a photograph of the four musicians gathered around a piano.
The picture ran the next day in the Memphis Press-Scimitar with the caption "The Million Dollar Quartet." The Perkins session morphed into an impromptu jam after the photographer left, and Phillips fortunately kept the tape running as the four musicians ran through some 40 songs ranging from gospel spirituals and country standards to covers of Bill Monroe and Chuck Berry songs (or in other words, most of the ingredients that went into the creation of rock & roll). There is some debate as to whether Cash was actually there for the jam (he claims he was in his autobiography), and most of the singing is Presley's, but the joyous spontaneity and the fly-on-the-wall feel of the occasion makes these tapes fascinating listening.
The first bootlegs of the session appeared in 1980, with Charly Records officially releasing a 17-song set in 1981. More tapes were subsequently found (in all, three reels have been located to date) and Charly issued a double-LP set with 41 tracks from the session in 1987. The caption from the publicity photo, the Million Dollar Quartet, has stood the test of time and is now forever linked to these four musicians and to one of the most famous jam sessions in the history of pop music.
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Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry-Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash: The Million Dollar Quartet Sessions
Pop - Lançado por Rendez-Vous Digital em 12/04/2011
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On December 4th 1956….. (Remastered)
Pop - Lançado por Play Digital em 28/01/2011
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The Complete Million Dollar Quartet
Country - Lançado por Synergie OMP em 17/07/2011
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The Million Dollar Quartet Selected Hits Vol. 1
Rock - Lançado por Charly Records em 12/06/2006
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The Million Dollar Quartet - [The Dave Cash Collection]
Country - Lançado por The Dave Cash Collection - OMP em 09/05/2011
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You Belong to My Heart
Country - Lançado por Supreme Media em 01/10/2012
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Jerry's Boogie
Jazz - Lançado por Red Cab Records em 24/03/2011
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You Belong to My Heart
Country - Lançado por Firefly Entertainment em 02/01/2013
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I Shall Not Be Moved
Rock - Lançado por Top Tracks em 30/10/2013
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I Shall Not Be Moved
Rock - Lançado por Diamond Days em 05/05/2008
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Keeper Of The Key
Country - Lançado por Diamond Days em 05/05/2008
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The Million Dollar Quartet
Rock - Lançado por H&H Music Ltd em 17/07/2011
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When The Saint's Go Marching In
Jazz - Lançado por Red Cab Records em 24/03/2011
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The Million Dollar Quartet
Rock - Lançado por Legend World Music OMP em 26/07/2010
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Keeper of the Key
Country - Lançado por Top Tracks em 30/10/2013
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At the End of the Road
Rock - Lançado por Supreme Media em 02/01/2013
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Session Out-Takes
Rock - Lançado por Orange Leisure em 27/09/2010
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The Million Dollar Quartet
Country - Lançado por Synergie OMP em 17/07/2011
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Is It So Strange
Country - Lançado por Firefly Entertainment em 05/05/2008
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Rip it Up
Rock - Lançado por Firefly Entertainment em 05/05/2008
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