ELVIS 78 rpm SUN Label First #1 Nationwide hit
  $   523

 


$ 523 Sold For
Jun 22, 2006 Sold Date
Jun 15, 2006 Start Date
$   299 Start price
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This is the last record that Elvis made at Sun Records before being sold to RCA.  Mystery Train has always been one of my favorite Elvis songs, and, so I thought, would be the better known of the two sides.  I was wrong, as the flip side is "I Forgot To Remember To Forget", which was his first nationwide hit.

This song was written by Stanley Kesler and Charlie Feathers in 1955. Stan Kesler was a steel guitarist who eventually became a recording engineer working with artists like the group Sam the Sham & The Pharoahs, and later he became a member of the 1986 Sun Rhythm Section band. Charlie Feathers was a Sun Rercords artist who often worked with Mr. Kesler on his demos. Elvis recorded the "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" on July 11, 1955 at Sun Studio. Elvis and Scotty Moore played guitar. Bill Black played the bass. Johnny Bernero, whose regular job was working for Memphis Light Gas and Water, played the drums. It was Mr. Bernero's drum work that helped to convince Elvis to record this song, one that he hadn't had much interest in before. It was released as a single with "Mystery Train" as the flip side in August of 1955. It became Elvis's first national #1 hit, spending a total of 39 weeks on "Billboard" magazine's country chart with 5 of those weeks at the #1 position. Among the other artists to have recorded it are: Toni Arden, Charlie Feathers, Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, Jerry Lee Lewis, Barbara Pittman, B.J. Thomas, Johnny Rivers and the Beatles.

The record has been stored in an acrylic display case and is in perfect condition. 

I would think this would be a must for any serious Elvis collector.

Thanks for looking. 

 Happy and successful bidding, should you decide to invest in this collector's "must have" recording.


 




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