On August 20, 2009, Lawrence William Knechtel died aged 69. He was a musician (keyboards, bass), a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians, and the band Bread. He recorded with big number of renowned artists including Elvis Presley, The Byrds, Barbra Streisand, The Beach Boys, The Doors, Cher, Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees, the Partridge Family, Paul Simon, Chet Baker, Jerry Garcia, Dave mason, Nancy Sinatra, Howard Roberts, Thelma Houston, Glen Campbell, Peter Allen, Barry Mann, Lalo Schifrin, Jimmy Webb, José Feliciano, Jackie DeShannon, Brian Cadd, Bobby Darin, Art Garfunkel, Stephen Bishop, David Clayton-Thomas, Billy Joel, Barry McGuire, Paul Young, Dolly Parton, Al Kooper, Johnny Rivers, John Denver, Chet Atkins, Helen Reddy, Joan Baez, Alen Roth, and Neil Diamond. Knechtel released two solo albums.
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The Everly Brothers: Instant Party!
In January 1962, “Warner Bros” label released “Instant Party!”, the sixth Everly Brothers (The) album. It was recorded August – November 1961.
Personnel:
- Don Everly– vocals, guitar
- Phil Everly– vocals, guitar
- Chet Atkins– electric guitar
- Hank Garland– electric guitar
- Luther Brandon– acoustic guitar
- Floyd Chance– bass
- Floyd Cramer– piano
- Buddy Harman, Jr.– drums
- Ken Whitmore – photography
Track listing:
- Step It Up and Go – traditional; credited to Don Everly, Phil Everly
- Theme From ‘Carnival (Love Makes the World Go ‘Round – Bob Merrill
- Jezebel – Wayne Shanklin
- True Love – Cole Porter
- Bye Bye Blackbird – Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson
- When It’s Night-Time in Italy It’s Wednesday Over Here – Lew Brown, James Kendis
- Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa) – Paul Burkhard, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner
- Trouble in Mind – Richard M. Jones
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert
- Long Lost John – adapted by Ike Everly
- The Party’s Over – Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jules Styne
- Ground Hawg – adapted by Ike Everly
Elvis Presley: Same
On March 23, 1956, “RCA Victor” label released the self-titled, debut Elvis Presley album. It was recorded July 1954 – January 1956, at “”RCA Victor Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, “RCA Victor Studios” in New York City, “Sun Studio” in Memphis, Tennessee, and was produced by Sam Phillips (Sun recordings) and Steve Sholes (RCA recordings). “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album cover at number 40, on its list of the “100 Greatest Album Covers”. The album was certified Platinum in US by the “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Elvis Presley– vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
- Scotty Moore– electric guitar
- Chet Atkins– acoustic guitar
- Floyd Cramer– piano
- Shorty Long– piano
- Bill Black– bass
- J. Fontana– drums
- Doug Poindexter– percussion, guitar
- Johnny Bernero – drums
- Gordon Stoker– backing vocals
- Ben Speer– backing vocals
- Brock Speer– backing vocals
Track listing:
- Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
- I’m Counting On You – Don Robertson
- I Got a Woman – Ray Charles, Renald Richard
- One Sided Love Affair – Bill Campbell
- I Love You Because – Leon Payne
- Just Because – Bob Shelton, Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin
- Tutti Frutti – Dorothy LaBostrie, Richard Wayne Penniman
- Tryin’ to Get You – Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton
- I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) – Howard Biggs, Joe Thomas
- I’ll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin’) – Jimmy Wakely
- Blue Moon – Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
- Money Honey – Jesse Stone
Elvis Presley: For LP Fans Only
In February 1959, “RCA Victor” label released “For LP Fans Only”, the seventh Elvis Presley album. It was recorded in August 1956 at “20th Century Fox Stage One”, September 1956 at “Radio Recorders” in Hollywood, January 10 and 11 at the “RCA Victor Studios” in Nashville, “RCA Victor Studios” in New York, and “Sun Studio”.
Personnel:
- Elvis Presley– vocals, guitar
- Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins– guitar
- Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long– piano
- Gordon Stoker– piano, backing vocals
- Bill Black– bass
- J. Fontana, Jimmie Lott, Johnny Bernero – drums
- The Jordanaires, Ben Speer, Brock Speer– backing vocals
Track listing:
- That’s All Right – Arthur Crudup
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Lloyd Price
- Mystery Train – Herman Parker Jr., Sam Phillips
- Playing for Keeps – Stan Kesler
- Poor Boy – Vera Matson, Elvis Presley
- My Baby Left Me – Arthur Crudup
- I Was The One – Aaron Schroeder, Claude Demetrius, Hal Blair, Bill Peppers
- Shake, Rattle And Roll – Charles Calhoun
- I’m Left, You’re Right, She’s Gone – Stan Kesler, William E. Taylor
- You’re a Heartbreaker – Jack Sallee
Chet Atkins
On June 30, 2001, Chester Burton “Chet” Atkins, died aged 77. He was musician (guitar), singer and producer, together with Owen Bradley, Atkins created country music style known as the “Nashville” sound. In his career, Atkins recorded more than 100 albums and has produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Waylon Jennings,The Browns, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner, Norma Jean, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, The Everly Brothers, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis and others. Throughout his career, Atkins earned numerous awards, including 11” Grammy Awards”, nine CMA “Instrumentalist of the Year” honors, “Lifetime Achievement Award” from NARAS and was inducted into the “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame”, “Country Music Hall of Fame” and “Museum and the Musicians Hall of Fame ”.
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