The Million Dollar Quartet become the first supergroup
December 1956: Number 3 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicCarl Perkins was already scheduled to be recording in Sun Studios in Memphis on Tuesday 4 December 1956, with Jerry Lee Lewis. But it was chance that brought Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash along. When the four started playing together, studio engineer "Cowboy" Jack Clement set the tapes rolling and the next day a photo of the four, described as the Million Dollar Quartet, was in the local paper. The music they ...
Guardian Music — 8 January 1962: Number 5 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicIf part of rock's promise was the threat of danger, Chuck Berry embodied that thre... more info
Guardian Music — December 1956: Number 3 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicCarl Perkins was already scheduled to be recording in Sun Studios in Memphis on Tue... more info