Rock musical inspired by the Dec. 4, 1956 jam session at Sun Recording Studio featuring Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins. Music by various composers ; book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. Eddie Clendening, Hunter Foster, Lance Guest, Corey Kaiser, Levi Kreis, Larry Lelli, Robert Britton Lyons, William Shaffer, Elizabeth Stanley, and Chuck Zayas; Chuck Mead, arranger and [musical] supervision. Recorded Mar. 22, 2010 at Avatar Studios, NYC, and Oct. 27, 2008 at Chicago Recording Company. Compact disc.
Contents:
Whole lotta shakin' going' on. Real wild child -- Matchbox -- Who do you love? -- Folsom Prison blues -- Fever -- Memories are made of this -- That's all right -- Brown eyed handsome man -- Down by the riverside -- Sixteen tons ; My babe -- Long tall Sally -- Peace in the valley -- I walk the line -- I hear you knocking -- Party -- Great balls of fire -- Hound dog -- Riders in the sky -- See you later, alligator -- Whole lotta shakin' going' on.
Summary:
Musical about the 1956 recording session that brought together Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
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