The 1950s

by Elvis Presley

Overview

Rock & roll was a long time coming, but it would have undoubtedly taken even longer to arrive if it weren't for Elvis Presley, whose raw and passionate mix of country and blues and his charismatic appeal, yay or nay, made him the most explosive star of the 1950s. Even though he would take his music and career to the level of caricature and spectacle, his early sides form the essence of his enduring legacy. This four-disc, 48-track set, which includes Presley versions of "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel," "That's All Right," "Blue Moon of Kentucky," "Mystery Train," "Blue Suede Shoes," "Jailhouse Rock," and many others, shows just how much he owned pop radio and the world in the 1950s. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	01/28/2014
Label:	Sony Legacy
UPC:	0888837679220
Rank:	253659

Tracks

Disc 1

1. That's All Right
2. Blue Moon of Kentucky
3. Good Rockin' Tonight
4. Milkcow Blues Boogie
5. Baby Let's Play House
6. I Forgot to Remember to Forget
7. Mystery Train
8. Trying to Get to You
9. Heartbreak Hotel
10. I Was the One
11. Money Honey
12. Blue Suede Shoes

Disc 2

13. My Baby Left Me
14. So Glad You're Mine
15. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
16. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
17. Hound Dog
18. Don't Be Cruel
19. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
20. Love Me
21. Long Tall Sally
22. Paralyzed
23. Too Much
24. Anyplace Is Paradise

Disc 3

25. Rip It Up
26. Tell Me Why
27. Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!
28. All Shook Up
29. Mean Woman Blues
30. Party
31. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
32. One Night
33. I Need You So
34. Loving You
35. Jailhouse Rock
36. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care

Disc 4

37. Treat Me Nice
38. Don't
39. Hard Headed Woman
40. Trouble
41. Dixieland Rock
42. Don't Ask Me Why
43. King Creole
44. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
45. I Need Your Love Tonight
46. A Big Hunk o' Love
47. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I
48. I Got Stung

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Elvis Presley   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Enotris Johnson   Composer
Rob Carter   Design,Art Direction
Hal Blair   Composer
Bill Trader   Composer
Ivory Joe Hunter   Composer
Carl Perkins   Composer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Mae Boren Axton   Composer
Roger Semon   Photo Research
Rose Marie McCoy   Composer
Otis Blackwell   Composer
Titus Turner   Composer
Richard Penniman   Composer
Joe Thomas   Composer
Bob Klein   Photo Courtesy
John Marascalco   Composer
Charlie Feathers   Composer
Lee Rosenberg   Composer
Sam Phillips   Composer
Howard Biggs   Composer
Rob Santos   A&R
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Jesse Stone   Composer
Jessie Mae Robinson   Composer
Roy Brown   Composer
Kal Mann   Composer
Maurice Mysels   Composer
Junior Parker   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Aaron Schroeder   Composer
Dave Bartholomew   Composer
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell   Composer
Mike Cimicata   Liner Notes,Project Director
Leonard Weinman   Composer
Bob Miller   Composer
Russell Moody   Composer
David Hill   Composer
Arthur Gunter   Composer
Sid Wyche   Composer
Stan Kesler   Composer
Pearl King   Composer
Sid Wayne   Composer
Bert Carroll   Composer
Bernie Lowe   Composer
Bix Reichner   Composer
Bill Peppers   Composer
Bill Monroe   Composer
Ira Kosloff   Composer
Kokomo Arnold   Composer
Gretchen Brennison   Project Director
Claude Demetrius   Composer
Cliff Owens   Composer
Charles Singleton   Composer
Ben Weisman   Composer
Ernst Mikael Jorgensen   Compilation Producer
Fred Wise   Composer
Elvis Presley   Composer
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup   Composer
Tommy Durden   Composer