Music Pick: Elvis

"Blue Moon of Kentucky" was the B side of Elvis' first record "That's All Right Mama" recorded at Sun Records in July, 1954. As good as the A side was, Blue Moon may be even better, and it was recorded by pure happenstance. With "That's All Right Mama", Sam Phillips realized his dream of recording a white cat who sounded black whom he could market to the white teens and make a f...ortune. But having no B side, Bill Black, Elvis' bassist, started fooling around mocking Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe's 1946 slow waltz "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by singing it in a fast falsetto voice. Presley and guitarist Scotty Moore joined in and Phillips yelled, "Boy, that's fine, that's a pop song now". We frequently hear Elvis' first record but rarely the flip side. Interesting side note: Phillips released all Elvis' Sun records under the group name ELVIS PRESLEY SCOTTY AND BILL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbw2dsqpX94