Photo © Alfred Wertheimer
It's well documented that Elvis was a degenerate, and more than likely that he was a record collector too. So, in commemoration of his 72nd birthday, I'll kick off this flagship posting of the boogie woogie flu with some chestnuts that the King recorded and brought to a larger audience. Hopefully, his records were in better condition than mine. Check out Pete "Guitar" Lewis on "Hound Dog". There are two versions of "Tomorrow Night" here. Elvis recorded a beautiful version based on Lonnie Johnson's signature number that never saw the light of day until thirty years after the fact. The Lavern Baker version was recorded around the same time as Elvis' and is something to behold. I had to include Elvis himself, so we get his version of "My Baby Left Me" by Arthur Crudup, songwriter of Elvis' first single, "That's All Right".
Happy Birthday Elvis.
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Download:
"Hound Dog" mp3
by "Big Mama" Thornton, 1952.
"Baby Let's Play House" mp3
by Arthur Gunter, 1954.
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" mp3
by Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, 1947.
"Good Rockin' Tonight" mp3
by Wynonie Harris, 1948.
"Tomorrow Night" mp3
by Lonnie Johnson, 1948.
"Tomorrow Night" mp3
Lavern Baker, 1955.
"My Baby Left Me" mp3
by Elvis Presley, 1956.
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