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Johnny Worth – A Fool Such As I（UK:1959/05）

Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires -（Now And Then There’s）A Fool Such As I（1959/03/10）
エルヴィス・プレスリー – ア・フール・サッチ・アズ・アイ

Update of the 1953 Hank Snow country hit.
Pop Chart Peaks: Music Vendor 1, Billboard & Cash Box 2

Tommy Edwards – Now And Then, There’s A Fool Such As I（1953）
orchestra conducted by Leroy Holmes

Cover version of the Hank Snow C&W hit which Tommy would re-make with an updated arrangement in 1958 as an LP track. The most well-known version of the song was recorded by Elvis Presley in June of’58 （while on a short break from his army training） and was released in March of’59

Jo Stafford – Now And Then, There’s A Fool Such As I（1953/01/23）
orchestra conducted by Paul Weston

Elvis’ 1959 version would be familiar to most everyone above a certain age, though the song had originated as a country hit for Hank Snow in early’53. This Jo Stafford pop cover reached #16 juke box and #20 sales. See also Jo’s other hit from this year, “Keep It A Secret.”

Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and the Rainbow Ranch Boys -（Now And Then, There’s）A Fool Such As I（1952/11）

recorded May 19, 1952
Best-remembered by many for the 1959 Elvis release this original version was a top-five country hit for Hank in early’53 and Jo Stafford also enjoyed a minor’pop’ hit with it at the time

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Elvis Presley – My Baby Left Me（1956/05/04）

recorded in NYC January 30, 1956
Like his debut single for Sun Records, this uptempo rocker had been composed and recorded years earlier by blues artist Arthur Crudup. It was issued on the flip side of Elvis’ second RCA Victor single “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You.”

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – My Baby Left Me（1951/01）
1st Recording Of “My Baby Left Me”

recorded November 8, 1950
Bearing no small resemblance to his earlier “That’s All Right” （including a lyrical echo at the 1:20 mark）, this Crudup tune also found its way to Elvis as the flip side of his 1956 ballad “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You.”

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Elvis Presley – I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine（Sun:1954/09/22, RCA Victor:1955/12/20）

recorded September 10, 1954, with Scotty Moore （guitar） & Bill Black （bass）, released on Sun single 210 on September 25, 1954. The song had first been a top-10 hit for Patti Page in 1950.

Patti Page – I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine（1950/05）
orchestra conducted by D’Artega
ロックンロール的な曲調へつながる雰囲気が感じられる。

Many youthful Elvis Presley fans too young to remember 1950 undoubtedly associated this song only with “The King.” But Dean Martin, Tony Martin, Georgia Gibbs, Leroy Holmes and Jerry Gray all released 1950 records of the Mack David tune, as did Patti Page in this best-remembered version.

Tony Martin – I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine（1950/04）
orchestra conducted by Henri Rene
シングル “Valencia” のＢ面。
“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore（太陽はもう輝かない）”とは対照的。

recorded December 2, 1949
1st Recording Of “I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine”
Familiar to many via the 1954 Elvis version, the song’s debut on record was this posted track by Tony Martin. Though Patti Page recorded the song two months later, hers was the more successful 1950 release

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Ricky Nelson – There’s Good Rockin’ Tonight（1958/07）
ロッキー・ネルソン – グッド・ロッキン・トゥナイト
from the album “Ricky Nelson”（1958）ロッキー・ネルソン セカンド・アルバム

Elvis Presley – Good Rockin’ Tonight（1954/09/22）今夜は快調！

Good Rockin’ Tonight （Roy Brown）, CD audio source, recorded September 10, 1954, with Scotty Moore （guitar） & Bill Black （bass）, released on Sun single 210 on September 25, 1954. The song was first recorded in 1947 by its writer Roy Brown and became a major R&B hit in 1948 for Wynonie Harris.

Wynonie Harris – Good Rockin’ Tonight（1948）
手拍子が入る。

Written and first recorded by Roy Brown in 1947, this historic rock ‘n roll precursor, as performed by Wynonie “Mr. Blues” Harris, spent 25 weeks on the rhythm & blues sales and jukebox charts, peaking at #1 on both. Harris had sung with the Lucky Millinder band prior to leading his own group on a series of popular late-40s R&B hits. In 1954 Elvis Presley would famously record “Good Rockin’ Tonight” for his second Sun label single.

Roy Brown – Good Rocking Tonight（1947）
orchestra conducted by Bob Ogden

recorded July 1947
1st Recording Of “Good Rockin’ Tonight ”
Billboard R&B Chart Peak: 11
Though his was soon eclipsed by the best-selling Wynonie Harris version, composer Brown made the first recording of the blues-rock standard, which was famously covered by Elvis in 1954 for his second Sun release

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Elvis Presley – That’s All Right（1954/07/19）

recorded July 5, 1954
with Scotty Moore （guitar） & Bill Black （bass）
released on Sun single 209 on July 19, 1954.
Elvis’ famous debut single （paired with “Blue Moon Of Kentucky”） was of a song written and first recorded in September 1946 by blues singer Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup.

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – That’s All Right（1946）

recorded September 16, 1946
1st Recording Of “That’s All Right”vocal, guitar: Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
string bass: Ransom Knowling
drums: Judge Riley
The first in a handful of songs by blues singer Crudup that Elvis would include among his own early recordings

＜参考＞
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – If I Get Lucky（1941）

＜参考＞
Isman Bracey – Fore Day Blues（1928）

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George Jones and Melba Montgomery – Blue Moon Of Kentucky
from the album “Bluegrass Hootenanny”（1964）

Elvis Presley – Blue Moon Of Kentucky（1954/07/19）
エルヴィス・プレスリー – ブルー・ムーン・オブ・ケンタッキー

with Scotty Moore （guitar） & Bill Black （bass）
recorded July 5, 1954
released on Sun single 209 on July 19, 1954.
Elvis’ first single release （paired with “That’s All Right”） was an upbeat 4/4 treatment of Bill Monroe’s 1946 slow bluegrass waltz tune.

Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys – Blue Moon Of Kentucky（1946）
vocal: Bill Monroe

recorded September 16, 1946
1st Recording Of “Blue Moon Of Kentucky”
Monroe band members Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs both played on this original waltz arrangement of the bluegrass standard. Then it was in 1954 that Elvis, Scotty & Bill converted it into an energetic 4/4 romp, as heard on their very first Sun record release

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Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires – （There’ll Be）Peace In The Valley（For Me）（1957/04/11）谷間の静けさ

recorded in Hollywood January 13, 1957
First popularized in 1951 by Red Foley, this Elvis version was one of four inspirational songs issued initially on his “Peace in The Valley” EP and again late in the year as part of the LP “Elvis’ Christmas Album.”

Red Foley with The Sunshine Boys Quartet – Peace In The Valley（1951）

recorded in Nashville on March 27, 1951
released as Decca 46319

Flying Clouds Of Detroit – Peace In The Valley（1946）

recorded May 1946
1st Recording Of “Peace In The Valley”
Unrecorded until 1946, this gospel standard was composed in 1937 by Rev. Thomas A Dorsey under the full title “（There’ll Be） Peace In The Valley （For Me）.” It achieved mainstream popularity during the 1950s via recordings by Red Foley and Elvis Presley

 

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