A release of "That's All Right," recorded by Elvis in Memphis' Sun Studio on July 5, 1954, has reached number three on the UK music charts. The CD single includes the original b-side, "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" (recorded July 6), as well as an alternate take of "That's All Right."
Pretty cool.
What's most amazing is that these songs are very sparse by today's standards, with the full band consisting of a stand-up bass player, lead guitarist, and 19-year-old Elvis playing rhythm guitar. These recordings were the beginning of Elvis' career -- until they happened upon "That's All Right" after Elvis fooled around with it during a break, it was looking very much like Elvis would have
no career in music. It's not the sort of thing that'd seem a natural for high chart placement in this day and age, especially battling it out with the likes of Usher and Britney Spears. But, there you go: Elvis, alive or not, has always had a tendency to rattle things up now and then. Even the recent hits that were remixes were cobbled more into line with prevailing standards...these Sun tracks from five decades ago are as raw as it comes.
There's a short Reuters article here:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=musicNews&storyID=5637411
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