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By Sherri Drake Silence , Memphis Commercial Appeal Thursday, July 2, 2009 Movie makers are filming a scene in Covington's historic downtown square today, and they need extras.

The efficient way of introducing you to "Cowboy" Jack Clement is to note that while you may not know his name, you do know his music.

Those attending the Tony Awards broadcast June 7 at Radio City Music Hall will be entertained during commercial breaks by the cast of the acclaimed Chicago musical Million Dollar Quartet .

Well you can knock me down, step on my face Slander my name all over the place Do anything that you want to do But oh, oh honey lay off my recruits.

YouTube - Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman >> Posted By Newperson 2 hours, 46 minutes ago in News Roy Orbison began his career at Sun Studios alongside Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley but took a very different route to rock 'n' roll success.

Some 62 years ago, Beverly Watkins received her first guitar. She called it Stella, and she would play it Friday nights when she accompanied her grandfather to the community barn dances near their home south of Commerce, Ga.

Iowa might be known as the place 'where the music died,' but former lead singer of the post Buddy Holly Crickets Jerry Naylor is keeping it alive with the launch of his Rockabilly Legends concert tour.

According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , rockabilly - "a style of rock 'n' roll mixed with rowdy country music" - is making "an encore performance." In less garbled terms, Gov.

At the request of absolutely no one, I have added three more Natural Disaster videos, all from the Sept.

This Day in Delaware History: 1929 Louis L. Redding of Wilmington became the first African American member of the Delaware bar.

March 22 1955 Disc Jockey Alan Freed joins the staff of Coral records as an A&R man.

March 7 1955 Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" enters the R&B chart. It is the first time a C&W artist has made the R&B chart.

Jerry Lee Lewis -- Balls Of Fire >> Posted By PsychoHosebeast 8 hours, 24 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment Jerry Lee Lewis is one of the founding fathers of Rock 'n' Roll.

The Thursday night bluegrass series will continue with Back Room favorite Charles Wood and the Lonesome Road Band at 8:30 Thursday, Feb.

Rock and roll originated along racial lines. Rhythm and blues, or "black music" as it was called way back then, was imitated by Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

1977 - Aretha Franklin sang 'God Bless America' at Jimmy Carter's inaugural eve presidential gala in Washington DC.

Entry from January 12, 2009 "One for the money, two for the show, three to make ready, and four to go" Entry in progress - B.P. Wikipedia: Blue Suede Shoes "Blue Suede Shoes" is a rock and roll standard written ...

Brace yourself and make sure your sound is on because this show will rock you out of your seat.

Even at its most raucous, pop music of the early 1950s was a syrupy vanilla concoction possessing all of the spice and flavor of a freeze-dried mashed potato sandwich.

December 19 1944 Alvin Lee, guitarist and vocalist for Ten Years After, is born in Nottingham, England.