Egil’s 5 choices:
1. John Lennon -Happy Christmas (War Is Over):
Elvis Presley
July 11: Elvis recorded Mystery Train in 1955
July 11: Elvis recorded Mystery Train in 1955
“Mystery Train” is one of Presley’s most haunting songs, a stark blues number that sounds ancient but was actually first cut only two years before by Memphis blues singer Junior Parker. Presley recorded it with the groove from the flip side of the same Parker single, “Love My Baby,” and Sun producer Phillips’ taut, rubbery echo effect made guitarist Scotty Moore’s every note sound doubled. Presley added a final verse — “Train . . . took my baby, but it never will again” — capped by a celebratory falsetto whoop that transformed a pastoral about death into a song about the power to overcome it.
~rollingstone.comTrain arrive, sixteen coaches long
Train arrive, sixteen coaches long
Well that long black train got my baby and goneTrain train, comin’ ’round, ’round the bend
Train train, comin’ ’round the bend
Well it took my baby, but it never will again (no, not again)Train train, comin’ down, down the line
Train train, comin’ down the line
Well it’s bringin’ my baby, ’cause she’s mine all, all mine
(She’s mine, all, all mine)
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Scotty Moore died yesterday (June 28, 2016) – R.I.P.
“When I heard Heartbreak Hotel, I knew what I wanted to do in life. It was as plain as day. All I wanted to do in the world was to be able to play and sound like that. Everyone else wanted to be Elvis, I wanted to be Scotty.”
… Keith Richards
Scotty Moore died yesterday at the age of 84.
Winfield Scott “Scotty” Moore III (December 27, 1931 – June 28, 2016) was an American guitarist and recording engineer. He is best known for his backing of Elvis Presley in the first part of his career, between 1954 and the beginning of Elvis’s Hollywood years. He was ranked 29th in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2011. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Memphis Music Hall of Fame in 2015.
One of THE greatest rock’n roll guitarists of all time!
Eric Clapton & Scotty Moore – Mystery Train:
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Elvis Presley recorded “Little Sister” June 25 & 26, 1961
Great song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, recorded by Elvis Presley June 25 & 26, 1961.
Here are some great videos of Elvis and others; Dwight Yoakam, Robert Plant, Pearl Jam & Ry Cooder.
Wikipedia:
| Released | August 8, 1961 |
|---|---|
| Recorded | June 25 & 26, 1961 |
| Genre | Rock, Blues |
| Length | 3:00 |
| Label | RCA |
| Writer(s) | Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman |
| Producer(s) | Steve Sholes |
“Little Sister” is a rock and roll song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was originally released as a single in 1961 by American singer Elvis Presley, who turned it into a No. 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The single (as a double A-side with “(Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame”) reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. An answer song with the same melody, but different lyrics was recorded and released under the title “Hey, Memphis” by Lavern Baker on Atlantic Records (Atlantic 2119-A) in September 1961. In 1970 Elvis Presley performs this song as part of a medley with “Get Back” in the rockumentary film, That’s the Way It Is.
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