“Elvis’s ‘Relax’: A 1962 Recording for It Happened at the World’s Fair”
About The Song Relax was recorded by Elvis in September 1962 at Radio Recorders for his film It Happened at the World’s Fair. Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett are the composers. It Happened at the World’s Fair is a 1963 American…
“Elvis’s ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’: A Best-Selling R&B Hit of 1952”
About The Song – Price’s song has also been identified as “one of the first rhythm and blues records to attract the attention of white Southern teenagers, among them Elvis Presley, who cut his own version four years later” and…
“‘Mystery Train’: The 1955 Hit That Launched Elvis Presley to Stardom”
About The Song In September 1953, Herman “Junior” Parker entered Sun Studios in Memphis to record the follow-up to “Feelin’ Good”, which had been a top five R&B chart hit for him earlier that year. Parker, 21, was a gifted singer,…