Fact #4669
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Sam Phillips of Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, invites aspiring young singer Elvis Presley into the studio for a test recording session. Presley sings the song Without You, but Phillips is not completely convinced. He asks Presley to sing a few more songs and is sufficiently impressed to decide he will get Presley together with local musicians Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass) for a further session.Full article:
Elvis Presley : I guess I must have sat there at least three hours. I sang everything I knew – pop stuff, spirituals, just a few words of [anything] I remembered.
(Source : interview with Bob Johnson of The Memphis Press- Scimitar, 1956)
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(Source : interview with Bob Johnson of The Memphis Press- Scimitar, 1956)