I found him by the railroad track this morning
I could see that he was nearly dead ...

Johnny Cash (1957)
... and the flip of my last post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Tu...
Solely written by Cash this time and rerecorded on several later occations - #Sun #MemphisCLASSIC

Just around the corner there's heartache
Down the street that losers use ...

Johnny Cash (1957)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ9A...
Acc. to Wiki, the (Cash co-written) song was autobiographical - the "Home of the Blues" was a record shop he frequented on Beale St. - #Sun #MemphisCLASSIC

Well now, a red headed woman's about the meanest thing I know ...

Sonny Burgess (1956)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_...
Sonny's debut disc for #Sun - self-written (of course) and the flip ("We Wanna Boogie") is just as good - #RockabillyCracker #MemphisCLASSIC

Hey Memphis, won't you? Hey Memphis, won't you?
Hey Memphis, won't you kiss me once or twice?

LaVern Baker (1961)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dRY...
Written by #Pomus&Shuman, produced by #PhilSpector but it's LaVern who made it a great record - #MemphisCLASSIC

There was another famous label in Memphis which came into being a few years after #Sun.

#Stax

"Green Onions"

Booker T. And The MG's (1962)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oox...
When I think of Stax it's this record that comes to mind first before the Reddings and the Picketts etc. - #MemphisCLASSIC

There's a story in our town
Of the prettiest girl around ...

Johnny Cash (1957)
Live on Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show, March, '58
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exve...
Great example of the way #Sun could mix rockabilly, pop and maybe a touch of country in the same track - written by JC - #MemphisCLASSIC

You know, the other day I was walkin' down the street
I met an old friend of mine ...

Little Junior's Blue Flames (1953)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOj-...
Sun-187 - One of several influential (and highly listenable) tracks from the great #JuniorParker - #MemphisCLASSIC

Child will you come on down
Come on in with me ...

Big Star
#Third (1978) and later, #Third/SisterLovers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTob...
A mini-masterpiece from #AlexChilton - #SeventiesCRACKER #MemphisCLASSIC

Won't you let me walk you home from school?

Big Star
From ##Record (1972)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pte3...
One of #AlexChilton and the band's most memorable creations - #MemphisCLASSIC