- Instrumental
- Love Me Tender
- Jingle Bells
- White Christmas
- Reconsider Baby
- Don't Be Cruel
- Don't Be Cruel
- Paralyzed
- Don't Be Cruel
- There's No Place Like Home
- When the Saints Go Marchin' In
- Softly and Tenderly
- When God Dips His Love in My Heart
- Just a Little Talk with Jesus
- Jesus Walked That Lonesome Valley
- I Shall Not Be Moved
- Peace in the Valley
- Down by the Riverside
- I'm With a Crowd But So Alone
- Farther Along
- Blessed Jesus (Hold My Hand)
- On the Jericho Road
- I Just Can't Make It by Myself
- Little Cabin Home on the Hill
- Summertime Is Past and Gone
- I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
- Keeper of the Key
- Crazy Arms
- Don't Forbid Me
- Too Much Monkey Business
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Out of Sight, Out of Mind
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Don't Forbid Me
- You Belong to My Heart
- Is It So Strange
- That's When Your Heartaches Begin
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Rip It Up
- I'm Gonna Bid My Blues Goodbye
- Crazy Arms
- That's My Desire
- End of the Road
- Black Bottom Stomp
- You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
- Elvis Says Goodbye
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One of the most important things to remember about this album is it's really just four guys in a room shooting the breeze, goofing around, and stumbling through a few old songs. This wouldn't be especially interesting under most circumstances, but the three guys in question happen to be Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, which, as you might imagine, makes quite a difference. Perkins was doing a recording session at the Sun Records studio in Memphis on December 4, 1956, with Lewis playing piano on the date, when Elvis, back in Memphis after a stretch on the road following his breakthrough as a major star, stopped by to say hello. Elvis, Perkins, and Lewis began casually jamming -- mostly on old gospel tunes they remembered from a shared Baptist upbringing -- and Sam Phillips had the presence of mind to record the proceedings. (A famous picture taken that day shows Johnny Cash with the group, but if he stuck around to sing a few tunes, he stayed far enough away from the mike to be absent on these recordings.) To call the performances "casual" taxes understatement, and if you were expecting the ultimate rockabilly moment from these guys, be aware it's about halfway through the session before rock & roll begins to rear its head, and even then it's obvious these guys can play "Down by the Riverside" off the top of their heads far more easily than "Too Much Monkey Business." But half the fun of this album is the playful casualness of the performances (and hearing three of rock's great legends in such non-legendary form). And their personalities certainly manifest themselves right off the bat: Elvis is effortlessly authoritative, and at once amused and perplexed by his sudden fame, while Lewis harmonizes like a wildman, determined to show he's the star of the show, and Perkins displays his characteristic modesty, content to add churchy harmonies and the occasional signature guitar break. It's also fun to hear Elvis imitate Jackie Wilson imitating him, and Perkins marveling at the genius of Chuck Berry. Million Dollar Quartet is really just three guys goofing off -- but from these three guys, "goofing off" is really something to hear. [In 2006, the British Charly label issued a "50th Anniversary Special Edition" version of the Million Dollar Quartet session as a two-disc set, but no new recordings from the historical singalong were unearthed (sorry, Johnny Cash's portion of the program is still missing). Instead, Charly included a bonus disc of period-appropriate Sun recordings from Presley, Lewis, Perkins, and (oh glorious irony) Cash. There are a few surprises -- some rare and unreleased sides from Cash (stripped-down versions of "You're My Baby" and "Belshazar") and Lewis (a great solo take of "That Lucky Old Sun" and a version of "The Marine Hymn" for rockabilly leathernecks everywhere). However, the audio quality is uneven (especially on the Presley numbers, which have generally sounded better in the past), and while the bonus disc is fun listening, it doesn't add much at all to the package.
Product Details
Release Date: | 09/19/2006 |
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Label: | Bmg / Elvis |
UPC: | 0828768893524 |
catalogNumber: | 88935 |
Rank: | 2784 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Million Dollar Quartet Primary ArtistTechnical Credits
Lowell Fulson ComposerIvory Joe Hunter Composer
Lester Flatt Composer
Carl Story Composer
Gene Autry Composer
Billy Hill Composer
Hank Snow Composer
Faron Young Composer
Irving Berlin Composer
Chuck Berry Composer
Jerry Lee Lewis Composer
Elvis Presley Composer
Ernest Tubb Composer
Otis Blackwell Composer
Henry Rowley Bishop Composer
Colin Escott Liner Notes
Harlan Howard Composer
Ralph Mooney Composer
Clyde Otis Composer
Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey Composer
Erwin Gorostiza Art Direction
Ray Gilbert Composer
Fred Fisher Composer
John Marascalco Composer
Vera Matson Composer
Carroll Loveday Composer
Beverly Stewart Composer
Rev. William Herbert Brewster Composer
Cleavant Derricks Composer
Joseph DiMuro Executive Producer
Kenny B. Devine Composer
Traditional Composer
William Raskin Composer
Helmy Kressa Composer
Lance Guynes Composer
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