This 'musical inventory' is the product of over 30 years' original research including interviews with Elvis' teacher, church ministers, work colleagues and fellow musicians. Presented like a discography, it is an extraordinarily detailed listing of the King's earliest musical influences: hymns and spirituals he sang at church, songs he learned at school or heard on the radio, the live blues he listened to in Shakerag — with full historical details shown for each song. But it doesn't stop there. The enormous variety of numbers Elvis sang on the radio, in clubs and at backstage jams during his early career reveals an already extensive repertoire encompassing blues, R&B, gospel, country and pop that will fascinate any fan. As an added bonus, the book also includes — for the first time anywhere — complete details of all the legendary Sun sessions, taken directly from the personal files of Marion Keisker. Possibly the best-kept secret of the last century, these files have revealed a mass of new information including details of erased titles and several previously unknown sessions. Quite simply a 'must have' for anyone with an interest in early Elvis. 264 pages
This 'musical inventory' is the product of over 30 years' original research including interviews with Elvis' teacher, church ministers, work colleagues and fellow musicians. Presented like a discography, it is an extraordinarily detailed listing of the King's earliest musical influences: hymns and spirituals he sang at church, songs he learned at school or heard on the radio, the live blues he listened to in Shakerag — with full historical details shown for each song. But it doesn't stop there. The enormous variety of numbers Elvis sang on the radio, in clubs and at backstage jams during his early career reveals an already extensive repertoire encompassing blues, R&B, gospel, country and pop that will fascinate any fan. As an added bonus, the book also includes — for the first time anywhere — complete details of all the legendary Sun sessions, taken directly from the personal files of Marion Keisker. Possibly the best-kept secret of the last century, these files have revealed a mass of new information including details of erased titles and several previously unknown sessions. Quite simply a 'must have' for anyone with an interest in early Elvis.