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Winfield Scott "Scotty" Moore III (born December 27, 1931 near Gadsden, Tennessee) is a legendary American guitarist and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Gadsden is a town located in Crockett County, Tennessee. ...
The classical guitar typically has 3 nylon and 3 nickel-wound strings. ...
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, showing Lake Erie in the background The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated, as the name suggests, to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential rock and...
Scotty Moore learned to play the guitar from family and friends at eight years of age. Moore's recording debut occurred in 1954, when he recorded a single for Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee as part of "Doug Poindexter & the Starlite Wranglers." In July of that year, he and double bassist Bill Black played on the Sun Studios session with Elvis Presley that cut "That's All Right (Mama)", a recording regarded as a seminal event in rock and roll history. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Sun Records has been the name for four 20th century record labels. ...
City nickname: The River City or The Bluff City Location in the state of Tennessee County Shelby County, Tennessee Area - Total - Water 763. ...
Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ...
William Bill Patton Black, Jr. ...
The Sun Sessions is a compilation of Elvis Presley recordings at Sun Studios in 1954 and 1955. ...
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock and Roll, or as just simply The King, was an American singer who had an immeasurable effect on world culture. ...
Thats All Right (Mama) is the name of the first song released by Elvis Presley. ...
Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...
Moore went on to a lengthy career with Presley, playing on many of his most famous recordings including "Good Rockin' Tonight", "Baby Let's Play House", "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "That's All Right", "Hound Dog", "Too Much" and "Jailhouse Rock". Heartbreak Hotel is a rock and roll song by Elvis Presley, with Bill Black (bass) and Scotty Moore (guitar) as the main supporting musicians. ...
Hound Dog was first recorded by Big Mama Thornton in 1953 as a blues song. ...
Jailhouse Rock is a hit song by the American musician Elvis Presley. ...
In the 1960s, Moore released a solo album called The Guitar That Changed the World. Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...
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