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by Haruo Hirose

(Last update, Feb.21,1996)

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"THE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET"

LP, 2023-1-R
CD, 2023-2-R

Recorded at Sun Studio,Memphis on Dec.4,1956
  1. YOU BELONG TO MY HEART(Ray Gilbert - Augustin Lara)
    Mexican song,"Solamente Una Vez",written by A.Lara in 1941. Re-wrote in English by R.Gilbert in 1944 and a hit for Bing Crosby in 1945. Also recorded by Ned Miller.
  2. WHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEART(Cleavant Derricks)
    Written in 1944.
  3. JUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS(Cleavant Derricks)
    Written in 1937.
  4. (Jesus)WALK THAT LONESOME VALLEY(Lonesome Valley)(Traditional)
    Traditional Spiritual song arranged by W.Earl Mercer. The Carter Familie and Roy Acuff,Stuart Hamblem recorded it.
  5. I SHALL NOT BE MOVED(Homer Morris)
    Written in 1949.
  6. (THERE'LL BE) PEACE IN THE VALLEY (FOR ME)(Thomas A.Dorsey)
    Written in 1939 based on a spiritual,"We shall Walk Thru the Valley in Peace". Red Foley's 1951 hit(#7 on Country). Golden Gate Quartet also recorded it.
  7. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE(Traditional)
    Traditional godspell number,Recorded by many singers like Bing Crosby,Mahalia Jackson,Golden Gates Quartet and Louis Armstrong.
  8. I'M WITH THE CROWD BUT SO ALONE(Ernest Tubb - Carl Story)
    Ernest Tubb's song.Hank Snow recording?
  9. FARTHER ALONG(Reverend W.B.Stone)
    Written in 1937. Recorded by Bill Monroe and Red Foley.
  10. BLESSED JESUS HOLD MY HAND(JESUS HOLD MY HAND)(Albert E. Brumley)
    Written in 1933.
  11. AS WE TRAVEL ALONG ON THE JERICHO ROAD(ON THE JERICHO ROAD)(Donald S.McCrossan)
    Written in 1928. Recored by Bill Monroe.
  12. I JUST CAN'T MAKE IT BY MYSELF(Clala Ward)
  13. LITTLE CABIN (HOME) ON THE HILL(Bill Monroe - Lester Flatt)
    Bill Monroe's 1947 recording
  14. SUMMERTIME IS PAST AND GONE(Bill Monroe)
    Bill Monroe's 1947 recording(same time as "Blue Moon of Kentuckey)
  15. I HEAR A SWEET VOICE CALLING(Bill Monroe)
    Bill Monroe's 1947 recording. A flip side of "Little Cabin Home on the Hill.
  16. (AND NOW) SWEETHEART YOU'VE DONE ME WRONG(Bill Monroe - Lester Flatt)
    Bill Monroe's 1947 recording
  17. KEEPER OF THE KEY(Beverly Stewart - Harlan Howard - Kenny DeVine - Lance Guynes)(sung by Carl Perkins)
    Wynn Stewart's 1956 recording(Beverly Stewart is Wynn's wife). Also recorded by Tex Ritter.
  18. CRAZY ARMS(Ralph Mooney - Charlie Seals)
    Jerry Lee Lewis' first single from Sun is 1956 #1 Country hit(#27 Hot 100) by Ray Price .
  19. DON'T FORBID ME(Charles Singleton)
    Written for Elvis(not recorded). Pat Boone's million seller(#1) in 1956.
  20. TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS(Chuck Berry)
    Chuck Berry's 1956 hit(#4 on R&B).
  21. BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN(Chuck Berry)
    Chuck Berry's 1956 hit(#5 on R&B)(Flip side of TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS)
  22. OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND(Ivory Joe Hunter - Clyde Otis)
    Originally Jimmy Wakely recorded it in 1953. Five Keys' recording hit ther chart on #23(Hot 100)in 1956.
  23. BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN
  24. DON'T BE CRUEL(Otis Blackwell)
    Elvis imitated Jackie Wilson's singing style(Jackie Wilson was a lead singer of Billy Ward and the Dominoes)
  25. DON'T BE CRUEL
  26. PARALYZED(Otis Blackwell)
  27. DON'T BE CRUEL
  28. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME(Traditional)
    Old Scotland song.
  29. WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN(traditional, Katherine E.Harvey - James M.Black)
    A spiritual number and a funeral Hymn in New Orleans. In 1939 Louis Armstrong recorded it(#10).
  30. SOFTLY AND TENDERLY(Will L. Thompson)
  31. IS IT SO STRANGE(Faron Young)
    Written by Faron Young for Elvis.
  32. THAT'S WHEN YOUR HEARTACHES BEGIN(W.Hill - F.Fisher - W.Raskin)
    Written in 1940. The Ink Spots recorded it in 1941. Bob Lamb in 1951.
  33. BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN
  34. RIP IT UP(Robert Blackwell - John Maracalco)
    Little Richard's 1956 hit(#1 on R&B,#17 on Hot 100). Bill Haley and his Comets covered it(#25 on Hot 100)
  35. I'M GONNA BID MY BLUES GOODBYE(Hank Snow)
    Hank Snow's recording.
  36. CRAZY ARMS(sung by Jerry Lee Lewis)
    Jerry Lee Lewis' first single just released on Dec.1,1956 from Sun.
  37. THAT'S MY DESIRE(Helmy Kresa - Carroll Loveday)(sung by Jerry Lee Lewis)
    Written in 1931. In 1947 Sammy Kaye(#3 on Hot 100)and Frankie Laine's debut hit(#7 on Hot 100).
  38. END OF THE ROAD(Jerry Lee Lewis)(sung by Jerry Lee Lewis)
    Jerry Lee Lewis' first single from Sun.
  39. BLACK BOTTOM STOMP(Ferdinand Morton)(sung by Jerry Lee Lewis)
  40. YOU'RE THE ONLY STAR IN MY BLUE HEAVEN(Gene Autry)
    Just recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis in Sun.