(March 19, 1955) Eagles' Hall, Houston, Texas

Описание: LIVE BROADCAST RECORDINGS FOR ELVIS PRESLEY
FOR KPRC-TV/RADIO GRAND PRICE JAMBOREE 1955

COOKS HOEDOWN EAGLES' HALL, HOUSTON, TEXAS
LIVE RECORDING 8:00-11:00PM SATURDAY MARCH 19, 1955
REISSUE PRODUCERS - STANLEY KESLER AND BILL HEFFERMAN
RECORDING ENGINEERS - STANLEY KESLER & DISCJOCKEY HOOT GIBSON
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS - GOLDEN EDITION LIMITED

Elvis Presley and his band arrived late and played shortly after midnight.

The producers said to be performances from three shows recorded in March. The tapes with the remaining songs from these shows have been destroyed. The recordings were officially released by the United Kingdom record company Virgin in 1979, after having circulated on bootlegs for some time. Elvis Presley appeared in Houston, Texas, at the Eagles' Hall for the "Grand Prize Jamboree". The show was broadcast simultaneously over KPRC-TV and KNUZ radio.

Also on the bill were Hoot Gibson (not the film star, but a discjockey on KGNY, Cary, Indiana), Sonny Burns, the Brown Brothers, Tommy Sands, James O'Gwynn, Coye Wilcox, the Dixie Drifters, Ernie Hunter, and Herbie Remington. The show ran from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The April 2nd issue of Billboard mentioned that Elvis Presley may have had other dates in the Houston area.

"GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT" - B.M.I. - 1:49
Composer: - Roy Brown
Publisher: - Fort Knox Music Incorporated - Blue Ridge Music
Matrix number: - None
Recorded: - March 19, 1955
Released: - 1979
First appearance: - Virgin Records (LP) 33rpm KING 1 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-3-20 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955

"BABY LET'S PLAY HOUSE" - B.M.I. - 2:14
Composer: - Arthur Gunter
Publisher: - Fort Knox Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - None
Recorded: - March 19, 1955
Released: - 1979
First appearance: - Virgin Records (LP) 33rpm KING 1 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-3-21 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955

''Baby Let's Play House'' probably from a different performance the same week.

"BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY" - B.M.I. - 1:26
Composer: - William Smith "Bill" Monroe
Publisher: - Peer International Corporation
Matrix number: - None
Recorded: - March 19, 1955
Released: - 1979
First appearance: - Virgin Records (LP) 33rpm KING 1 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-3-22 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955

"I GOT A WOMAN" - B.M.I. - 2:21
Composer: - Ray Charles-Renald Richard
Publisher: - Progressive Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - None
Recorded: - March 19, 1955
Released: - 1979
First appearance: - Virgin Records (LP) 33rpm KING 1 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-3-23 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955

"THAT'S ALL RIGHT" - B.M.I. - 1:30
Composer: - Arthur Crudup
Publisher: - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - None
Recorded: - March 19, 1955
Released: - 1979
First appearance: - Virgin Records (LP) 33rpm KING 1 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Reissued: August 3, 2012 FTD Records (CD) 500/200rpm 506020-975049-3-24 mono
A BOY FROM TUPELO – THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 1953-1955

"SCOTTY MOORE TELLS THE STORY OF THE FIRST YEAR" - B.M.I. - 21:13
Released: - 1979
First appearance: - Virgin Records (LP) 33rpm KING 1 mono
THE FIRST YEARS
Reissued: - 1983 RCA (LP) 33rpm PL-10504 mono
THE FIRST YEARS

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Elvis Presley - Vocal and Acoustic Rhythm Guitar (Martin Dreadnought 18)
Scotty Moore - Electric Lead Guitar (Gibson ES 295)
Bill Black - Acoustic Upright Bass (Kay Maestro M-1)
Dominic Joseph Fontana - Drums (Gretsch Round Badge Kit)

The five songs by Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, and D.J. Fontana contained on this recording were from a live appearance at Eagles' Hall, Houston, Texas, March 19, 1955. It took months of investigation, and scores of interviews to uncover sufficient information and documentation to establish that as fact. Twentythree years after a whirlwind career in which myth and fact often were one and the same, memories of the living are clouded with the dust of time, and the dead offer only that which the living can perceive. The tape recording of this performance by the group did believed to be the first concert ever recorded.

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