The Sonic Swagger of Elvis Presley - A Critical History of the Early Recordings

Elvis Presley's clever manipulation of his numerous interests remains one of the music world's great marvels. His synthesis of country, rhythm & blues and gospel resulted in an inventive mixture of hair-raising rock & roll and balladry. This book focuses on the music of Presley's groundbreaking early years and includes a comprehensive analysis of every Presley recording session from the 1950s. Chapters show how Presley, with one foot in delta mud and the other in a country hoedown, teamed with Scotty Moore and Bill Black to fuse two distinctly American musical forms--country and blues--to form what would come to be known as "rockabilly." Also detailed is Presley's influence on music and how his contributions are still celebrated today.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

¿1.¿A Mess of Blues

Shake Rag

¿2.¿Memphis

Beale Street

¿3.¿The Memphis Recording Service

¿4.¿"Just play what you feel"

Scotty Moore

Bill Black

¿5.¿Good Rockin' Tonight

The Music-July 5-6, 1954-Sun Studios, Memphis

¿6.¿"That's a pop song, nearly about"

The Music-July 9, 1954-Sun Studios, Memphis

¿7.¿We're Gonna Move

The Music-August, September 1954-Sun Studios

¿8.¿Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk

¿9.¿Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do

The Music-November, December 1954-Sun Studios, Memphis

10.¿Playing for Keeps

The Music-February 1955-Sun Studios, Memphis

The Music-March 1955-Sun Studios, Memphis

11.¿Sneaking Around Through Music

The Music-July 11, 1955-Sun Studios, Memphis

The Music-November 1955-Sun Studios, Memphis

12.¿RCA

The Music-January 10-11, 1956-RCA Studios, Nashville

13.¿Promised Land

The Music-January 30-31, February 3, 1956-RCA Studios, New York

14.¿Steppin' Out of Line

The Music-April 14, 1956-RCA Studios, Nashville

Too Hot to Handle

15.¿First in Line

The Music-July 2, 1956-RCA Studios, New York

The Music-August 24, September 4-5, October 1, 1956-Fox Studios, Hollywood

The Music-September 1-3, 1956-Radio Recorders, Hollywood

16.¿Rip It Up

17.¿Always the Last to Leave

18.¿Slowly but Surely

The Music-January 12-13, 1957-Radio Recorders, Hollywood

The Music-January 15-18, 21-22-Paramount Sound Stage, Hollywood; February 14, 1957-Radio Recorders, Hollywood

The Music-February 23-24, 1957-Radio Recorders, Hollywood

19.¿Blues Poetry

The Music-April 30, May 3, 1957-Radio Recorders, Hollywood; May 9, 1957-MGM Soundstage, Hollywood

20.¿Trouble

The Music-September 5-7, 1957-Radio Recorders, Hollywood

21.¿Blue Moon

22.¿Way Down

The Music-King Creole Soundtrack Sessions-January 15-16, 23, 1958-Radio Recorders, Hollywood; February 11, 1958-Paramount Studios, Hollywood

The Music-RCA Studio Session-February 1, 1958-Radio Recorders, Hollywood

Last Stop on the Mystery Train

23.¿The Men as Musicians

Scotty Moore

D.J. Fontana

Bill Black

Elvis Presley

24.¿The Secret Recording Session

The Music-June 10, 1958-RCA Studio B, Nashville

25.¿"Everything I have is gone"

26.¿Any Way You Want Me

The Music-March 20, 1960-RCA Studio B, Nashville

The Music-April 3, 1960-RCA Studio B, Nashville

27.¿Too Much Monkey Business

28.¿Don't Leave Me Now

The Music-September 10-11, 1967-RCA Studio B, Nashville

Singer Presents Elvis

The Music-January 13-16, 20-23, 1969-American Studios, Memphis

29.¿Flaming Star

30.¿Pinning Presley Down

31.¿The Sublimes

32.¿Diamonds Amidst the Dross

Appendix A: The Strange Case of Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk

Appendix B: Hank Garland

Appendix C: The Movies

Bibliography

Index

Info autore

Gary Parker and Bruce May are the confounders of the Indie Films Foundation. Learn more at www.IFFschool.com,

Riassunto

Focuses on the music of Elvis Presley’s groundbreaking early years and includes analysis of every Presley recording session from the 1950s. Chapters illustrate how Presley, and his musical compatriots Scotty Moore and Bill Black, fused two American musical forms - country and blues - to form what would come to be known as ‘rockabilly’.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gary Parker
• Editore: McFarland
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781476684314
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8431-4
• Pagine: 324
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 471 g
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie