On May 6, 1985, “Columbia” label released the self-titled, debut Highwayman (The) album. It was recorded in 1984, at “Moman’s Recording” and “Woodland” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Chips Moman. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by ARIA, and Platinum in US by RIAA.
Personnel:
Johnny Cash – vocals
Waylon Jennings – vocals, guitar
Willie Nelson – vocals, guitar
Kris Kristofferson – vocals
Johnny Rodriguez – lead and backing vocals
Chips Moman – guitars, backing vocals
J. R. Cobb – guitars
Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
Reggie Young – guitars
Bobby Wood – keyboards
Bobby Emmons – keyboards
Paul Davis – keyboards, backing vocals
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Mike Leech – bass guitar
Jimmy Tittle – bass guitar
Gene Chrisman – drums
Chips Moman – engineer
David Cherry – engineer
Ken Criblez – engineer assistant
Larry Greenhill – engineer assistant
Denny Purcell – mastering
Track listing:
Highwayman – Jimmy Webb
The Last Cowboy Song – Ed Bruce, Ron Peterson
Jim, I Wore a Tie Today – Cindy Walker
Big River – Johnny Cash
Committed to Parkview – Johnny Cash
Desperados Waiting for a Train – Guy Clark
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) – Woody Guthrie, Martin Hoffman
Welfare Line – Paul Kennerley
Against the Wind – Bob Seger
The Twentieth Century Is Almost Over – Steve Goodman, John Prine
In December 1974, “Monument” label released “Breakaway”, the second duet album by Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge. It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Fred Foster.
Personnel:
Kris Kristofferson – vocals
Rita Coolidge – vocals
Johnny Christopher – guitars
Jimmy Colvard – guitars
Ray Edenton – guitars
Jerry Shook – guitars
Chip Young – guitars
Reggie Young – guitars
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Michael Utley – keyboards
Bobby Wood – keyboards
Bobby Emmons – organ
Shane Keister – Moog synthesizer
Tommy Cogbill – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Sammy Creason – drums
Farrell Morris – percussion
Buddy Spicher – fiddle
Charlie McCoy – horns, harmonica, bass harmonica, melodica
Ronald Eades – horns
Harvey Thompson – horns
Charles Rose – horns
Harrison Calloway – horns
Don Sheffield – horns
Bill Justis – string arrangements
Byron Bach, Brenton Banks, George Binkley III, Marvin Chantry, Martin Katahn, Sheldon Kurland, Martha McCrory, Pamela Sixfin, Gary Vanosdale, Stephanie Woolf – strings
Billy Swan – backing vocals
Larry Gatlin – backing vocals
Chip Young – engineer
Paul Richmond – mastering
Track listing:
Lover Please – Billy Swan
We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds – Melba Montgomery
Dakota – Larry Murray
What’cha Gonna Do? – Donnie Fritts, Jon Reid
The Things I Might Have Been – Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman
On October 14, 1969, “RCA Victor” label released “From Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis”, the eleventh studio and the second live Elvis Presley album. It was released as a double album: the first album, titled In “Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada”, contains the live recordings of Presley’s hits recorded at the International Hotel in Winchester, Nevada; the second album, titled “Back in Memphis”, contains entirely new material recorded at “American Sound Studio” in Memphis. The live album was produced by Felton Jarvis, and the studio album was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Elvis Presley – lead and overdubbed backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
Bobby Morris and his Orchestra – orchestra
James Burton – lead guitar
John Wilkinson − rhythm guitar
Charlie Hodge − acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Larry Muhoberac − keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass
Ronnie Tutt − drums
Millie Kirkham − backing vocals
The Imperials − backing vocals
The Sweet Inspirations − backing vocals
Back in Memphis
Elvis Presley − vocals, guitar, piano
Reggie Young − electric guitar
Bobby Wood − piano
Bobby Emmons − organ
Ed Kollis − harmonica
Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech – bass
Gene Chrisman – drums
Andrew Love, Jackie Thomas, Glen Spreen, J.P. Luper − saxophone
Wayne Jackson, Dick Steff, R. F. Taylor − trumpet
Ed Logan, Jack Hale, Gerald Richardson − trombone
Tony Cason, Joe D’Gerolamo − French horn
Glen Spreen − strings and horn arrangements
Joe Babcock, Dolores Edgin, Mary Greene, Charlie Hodge, Ginger Holladay, Mary Holladay, Millie Kirkham, Ronnie Milsap, Sonja Montgomery, June Page, Susan Pilkington, Sandy Posey, Donna Thatcher, Hurschel Wiginton − backing vocals
Track listing:
Elvis in Person at the International Hotel
Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
Johnny B. Good – Chuck Berry
All Shook Up – Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Are You Lonesome Tonight – Lou Handman, Roy Turk
Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
My Babe – Willie Dixon
Mystery Train/Tiger Man – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips, Joe Hill Louis, Sam Burns
Words – Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
In the Ghetto – Mac Davis
Suspicious Minds – Mark James
Can’t Help Falling in Love – George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore
Back in Memphis
Inherit the Wind – Eddie Rabbitt
This Is the Story – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
Stranger in My Own Home Town – Percy Mayfield
A little Bit of Green – Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
And the Grass Won’t Pay You No Mind – Neil Diamond
On June 1, 1981, “Columbia” label released “The Baron”, the 66th Johnny Cash album. It was recorded in in September 1980 and March 1981, at “CBS Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Billy Sherrill.
Personnel:
Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
Pete Wade, Phil Baugh, Terry Jacks, Billy Sanford, Pete Bordonali – guitar
Marty Stuart – guitar, fiddle, arrangements
Pete Drake, Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Hargus “Pig” Robbins, Bobby Wood – piano
Bobby Emmons – keyboards
Terry McMillan, Charlie McCoy – harmonica
Bob Wray – bass
Jerry Carrigan, Kenny Malone, Jerry Kroon – drums
Lea Jane Berinati, Millie Forrest, Janie Fricke, The Jordanaires, Millie Kirkham, Louis Nunely, Gordon Stocker, Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
Bill McElhiney – string arrangements
Ron Reynolds – engineer
Bill Johnson – design
Slick Lawson – photography
Track listing:
The Baron – Paul Richey, Billy Sherrill, Jerry Taylor
Mobile Bay – David Kirby, Curly Putman
(I Learned) The Hard Way – Jerry Lynn Lansdowne
Celling, Four Walls and a Floor – Tom T. Hall
Hey, Hey, Train – Marty Stuart
The Reverend Mr. Black / Lonesome Valley (Medley) – Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, Billy Ed Wheeler, Jed Peters
On March 20, 1974, “RCA” label released “Good Times”, the twentieth Elvis Presley studio album. It was recorded July – December 1973, and was produced by Felton Jarvis.
Personnel:
Elvis Presley – lead vocals
James Burton – lead guitar
Charlie Hodge – acoustic rhythm guitar
Reggie Young – guitar
Johnny Christopher – guitar
Dennis Linde – guitar
Bobby Wood – piano
Per Erik “Pete” Hallin – piano
Bobby Emmons – Hammond organ
David Briggs – Hammond organ
Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
Norbert Putnam – bass guitar
Ron Tutt – drums
Jerry Carrigan – drums
Joe Esposito – percussion
Mary and Ginger Holliday – backing vocals
Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals
J. D. Sumner & The Stamps, Voice – backing vocals
Mike Leech – strings and horn arrangements
Glen Spreen – strings arrangements
Al Pachucki, Dick Baxter, Mickey Crofford, Mike Moran – engineer
Track listing:
Take Good Care of Her – Arthur Kent, Edward C. Warren
Loving Arms – Tom Jans
I Got a Feelin’ in My Body – Deenis Linde
If That Isn’t Love – Dottie Rambo
She Wears My Ring – Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant
I’ve Got a Thing About You Baby – Tony Joe White
My Boy – Bill Martin, Phil Coulter, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, Claude François
Spanish Eyes – Bert Keampfert, Eddie Snyder, Charles Singleton
In November 1976, “Monument Records” label released “Regeneration”, the twentieth Roy Orbison album. It was recorded January – August 1976, and was produced by Fred Foster.
Personnel:
Roy Orbison – vocals
Grady Martin, John Christopher, Reggie Young, Steve Gibson – guitar
Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, Shane Keister – keyboards
Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
Gene Chrisman, Jerry Carrigan – drums
Farrell Morris – percussion
Charles Rose, Harrison Calloway, Harvey Thompson, Billy Puett, Dennis Good, George Tidwell – horns
Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Dennis Linde, Diane Tidwell, Ginger Holladay, Janie Fricke, Laverna Moore, Lisa Silver, Sheri Kramer, The Cherry Sisters, Tom Brannon – backing vocals
Brenton Banks, Byron Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, Christian Teal, Gary Vanosdale, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Martha McCrory, Martin Katahn, Marvin Chantry, Pam Sixfin, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Steven Smith, Virginia Christensen – strings
Bill Justis – arranger
Bergen White – arranger
Track listing:
I’m a Southern Man – Tony Joe White
No Chain at All – Bob Morrison
Old Love Song – Bob Morrison, Alice Kiester
Can’t Wait – Alan Rush, Dennis Linde
Born to Love Me – Bob Morrison
Blues in My Mind – Fred Rose
Something They Can’t Take Away – Kris Kristofferson
In November 1972, “Monument Records” label released “Jesus Was a Capricorn”, the fourth Kris Kristofferson album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Quadraphonic Sound Studios” and “Monument Recording Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Fred Foster.
Personnel:
Kris Kristofferson – vocals, guitar
Rita Coolidge – backing vocals
Chip Young, Dennis Linde, Fred Carter Jr., Grady Martin, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Colvard, John Buck Wilkin, Johnny Christopher, Mac Gayden, Stephen Bruton – guitar
“Uncle Josh” Graves – slide dobro
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Bobby Emmons, Bobby Wood, David Briggs, John Harris, Mike Utley – piano, electric piano, organ
Brenton Banks, Byron Bach, Carl Gorodetzky, David Darling, George Binkley, Lillian Hunt, Sheldon Kurland, Steven Smith – strings
Bill Justis – string arrangements
Norbert Putnam, Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
Andrew Newmark, Kenny Buttrey – drums
Alan Rush, Benny Whitehead, Billy Swan, Larry Gatlin, Randy Cullers, The Bergenaires, The Joint Venture, The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Kris Kristofferson except where noted.
Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)
Nobody Wins
It Sure Was (Love)
Enough for You
Help Me – Larry Gatlin
Jesse Younger
Give It Time to Be Tender – Kris Kristofferson, Donnie Fritts
Out of Mind, Out of Sight – Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Bruton
On May 26, 1986, “America/Smash Records” label released “Class of ’55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming”, album by Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash. it was recorded in September 1985, at “Sun Studio” and “American Studio” in Memphis, and was produced by Chips Moman.
Personnel:
Johnny Cash — vocals, rhythm guitar
Carl Perkins — vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
Jerry Lee Lewis — vocals, piano
Roy Orbison — vocals
Jack Clement, Marty Stuart — guitar, background vocals
Reggie Young, Bob Wootton, Kenneth Lovelace, J.R. Cobb — guitar
Memphis Strings — strings
Ace Cannon, Wayne Jackson, Jack Hale, Jr., Bob Lewin — horns
Bobby Emmons — keyboards, Synclavier
Mike Leech, Bob Moore — bass
Gene Chrisman, WS Holland, Buddy Harman — drums
Toni Wine, Paul Davis, Dan Penn, Rebecca Evans, Chips Moman, Reba Russell – backing vocals
Sam Philips, June Carter Cash, John Fogerty, Dave Edmunds, The Judds, Rick Nelson — backing vocals
Track listing:
Birth of Rock and Roll – Carl Perkins, Greg Perkins
Sixteen Candles – Luther Dixon, Allyson Khent
Class of ’55 – Chips Moman, Bobby Emmons
Waymore’s Blues – Waylon Jennings, Curtis Buck
We Remember the King – Paul Kennerly
Coming Home – Roy Orbison, Will Jennings, J.D.Souther
On April 9, 2010, “Nonesuch” label released “Leave Your Sleep”, the fifth Natalie Merchant studio album. It was recorded July 2008 – May 2009, and was produced by Nathalie Merchant and Andres Levin.
In August 1967, “Mercury” label released “Chuck Berry in Memphis”, the eleventh Chuck Berry album. It was recorded in 1967, and was produced by Roy Dea and Boo Frazier.
Personnel:
Chuck Berry – vocals, guitar
Bobby Emmons = piano
Reggie Young – piano
Tommy Cogbill– bass guitar
Satch Arnold – drums
Andrew Love– tenor saxophone
James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
Gene Miller – trumpet
Track listing:
All tracks by Chuck Berry except where noted
Back to Memphis
I Do Really Love You
Ramblin’ Rose – Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman
Sweet Little Rock and Roller
My Heart Will Always Belong to You
Oh Baby Doll
Check Me Out
It Hurts Me Too – Mel London
Bring Another Drink – Bob Bell, Roy Branker
So Long – Irving Melsher, Remus Harris, Russ Morgan
Goodnight, Well It’s Time to Go – Calvin Carter, James Hudson
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