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THE NEXT ELVIS: MYSTERIES OF ROCK AND SOUL
Classic interviews and music from Memphis’ Sun Records late founder Sam Phillips, Elvis Presley sidemen DJ Fontana and Scotty Moore, and Jerry Lee Lewis on the mysteries of rock n roll royalty. Sun Records memoirist Barbara Sims is our palace guide. The late Rufus Thomas talks funky and fried chicken. Then it’s on to a Muscle Shoals conversation with the downhome, soul siren Candi Staton.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: "Don't Be Cruel" Bill Black's Combo
The Best of Bill Black's Combo: The Hi Records Years, Hi - "That's All Right" Arthur Crudup
That's All Right Mama, RCA - "Blue Moon of Kentucky" Elvis Presley
'Til Your River Runs Dry, ABKCO - SEGMENT: Sam Phillips
Listen - Instrumental: "Heartbreak Hotel" Ace Cannon
The Best of Ace Cannon: The Hi Records Years, Hi - "Matchbox" Carl Perkins
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino - "Get Rhythm" Johnny Cash
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino - "It'll Be Me" Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics, Charly - SEGMENT: Barbara Sims
Listen - "Stranger in My Hometown" Elvis Presley
The Essential 70s Masters, RCA - "Lonely Weekends" Charlie Rich
Lonely Weekends, Bear Family - Instrumental: "Raunchy" Bill Justis and His Orchestra
The Sun Records Collection, Rhino - SEGMENT: Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana
Listen - "Milky White Way" Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley-- His Hand in Mine, RCA - End Bed: "Hound Dog Twist" Whispering Smith
House Rockin' and Hip Shakin' Vol. 4: Bayou Blues Harp, Hip-O
HOUR two
- Open Bed: "Smokie Part II" Bill Black Combo
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi - "That's How I Got to Memphis" Solomon Burke
Nashville , Shout - "Take that Night Train to Memphis" Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics, Charly - "You Win Again" Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Classics, Charly - SEGMENT: Jerry Lee Lewis
Listen - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Big Maybelle
The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952-'55, Epic/Okeh - "Shake" Otis Redding
Otis Blue, Volt/Atco - Instrumental: "The Crawl" Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi - SEGMENT: Rufus Thomas
Listen - "Dark End of the Street" James Carr
The Essential James Carr, Razor & Tie - "Let's Stay Together" Al Green
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi - Instrumental: "Teenie's Dream" Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B, Hi - "Slip Away" Clarence Carter
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino - SEGMENT: Candi Staton
Listen - "Hey Jude" Wilson Picket
The Muscle Shoals Sound, Rhino - End Bed: "Soul Serenade" Willie Mitchell
Hi Times: The Hi Records R & B Years, Hi
