This clip is from Ted Mack's "The Original Amateur Hour" on ABC-TV, Sunday September 9, 1956, the same night Elvis made his debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in front of 82% of the American TV audience. It was the trio's fourth appearance, part of a special "returning champions" program, live from New York's Madison Square Garden.
Don't forget that Leiber and Stoller would write several successful songs for Elvis. Yeah, they got so mad at Elvis for stealing their songs that they wrote him hit after hit.
i always wondered how burlison could go from tear it up to train kept a rollin 'and as a fan of grady martin i should have realized it was him on the album.i like pauls playing but he's out of grady martins league.unlike chet atkins and hank garland grady martin had a real flair for rock music.
i always wondered how burlison could go from tear it up to train kept a rollin 'and as a fan of grady martin i should have realized it was him on the album.i like pauls playing but he's out of grady martins league.
@wildcattamer1 burlison don't play well on lead guitar like a lot of guys said i'm pretty sure he did'nt play on most of the rock 'n' roll trio studio tracks.
If you want to see and hear the original rock guitarist that played the distortion licks on the Tros classics songs 1956.(covered by this group and others).Search-Paul Burlison..Go down to-Rock and Roll Trio-Part Three..second song..then go to the original cut in 1956..Johnny Burnette..Train Kept Rollin
To here and see P. Burlison playing the trio's /distortionoctaves at age 71 ..search Paul Burlison and go down to (Rock and Roll Trio)..Last song playin with the Burnette Brothers and DJ Fontana in Jackson Tn yr 2000... ck out Lead on " Honey Hush"
To here P. Burlison playing the trio's /distortionoctaves at age 71 ..search Paul Burlison and go down to (Rock and Roll Trio)..Last song playin with the Burnette Brothers and DJ Fontana in Jackson Tn yr 2000... ck out Lead on " Honey Hush"
I love Johnny Burnette, I really love Train Kept a Rollin' I think Elvis did the better version of this song, though I love the guitar more on this one
Gee willikers! I guess that's a pretty good add for Geritol! So I suppose if old folks take Geritol they can be young and hip like Johnny Burnette! To quote Carl Perkins "The old boy done got rhythm and blues and he threw them crutches down!"
Good video HotRocker41 thank.I have a this video I rigged the image with song:"Tear It Up" and I have a hard time, but I miss him with great affection to Johnny Burnette In Memoriam
P. Burlison's son here..Actually there is two guitars on many of the Nashville cuts..my dad playing the fuzz/distortion octaves on " Train Kept Rollin", "Honey Hush" and "Rock bille boggie"
Yeah....well...this is OK.... Why do people like Johnny, insisted on repeating what only Elvis could pull off??? Its like if Elvis would have sand Twenty Flight Rock: prolly would not have been as good as Johnny's version and vice versa here...
Sorry, but there are some really bum notes, phrasing differences, he goes out of time in places. On this showing this is not the work of a 'legendary' guitarist. If you listen to the live work of Scotty Moore its usually more complicated, in time with no mistakes. Not a dozen or so in 2 minutes. I'm sure he was a great guy but really? I couls see why Bradley would use session men.
If you really want to see what the trio sounded like without my dad(P. Burlison) and Dorsey..just listen to the trio's Nashville sessions in 1957 when they were not in the studio,,not rockabilly and very mediocre..Also, for the earliest rockabilly sound listen to the trios recording in Von Theater ..Booneville, Ms 1955.."You Undecided"..the same stuff they had been playin in Mphs honkytonks for some time
Also...I challenge anyone to come up with a Grady Martin Song where he dupicated the Fuzz octaves in some of the trios greatest hits on their album...GM own webpage says his first fuzz tones were played on Marty Robbin's hit "Don't worry" listen to GM fuzz tones on Marty Robbin's 1961song..the trios album was cut in 1956..single track
By the way..where did this sound trak come from..can anyone verify it is my dad.P. Burlison and the original and not a doctored version..I never heard it before...
P.Burlison's son here..In defense of my dad..Live performance..nat'l TV..new song..one week tp prepare..focus on Johnny Burnette,as Elvis impersonation..what would you come up with..
The "Hound dog" live was an attempt to focus on johnnie, as was done with Elvis.They wanted to win..Ck out my dad's live performance on "Tear it Up"
The trio spent almost a year playin rockbilly in NY , Playing rockbilly on Henry Jeromes Nat'l radio show before the Nashville session..No rockbilly in Nashville til the trio arrived in summer 56...The raw,upbeat arrangements were my dad's
Paul Burlison's son here...Hey the trio won three times on Ted Mack...Also How did Grady Martin play on the NY Recordings...His webpages say he created the "fuzz tone ".. On Marty Robbins 1961 hit "Don't Worry"...50 yrs after the fact others say he was the lead on the trios album....."train kept a rollin" was recorded in 1956'57..My dad picked out the Bradford blues song in a Nasvhville used record store...Nether the NY or Nashville artist Knew what to do with rock a billy
Listen to Scotty Moore's guitar on this song..Elvis...My dad Paul Burlison wanted to win and by following the ELVIS original...listen to his live performances of Tear It Up..he nor the trio never recorded hound dog..This was early.early rock n roll.. New song every week on Ted Mack
@Coppillie Burnette didn't record it. He performed several times on TV. This is one of the few that has come to public view again. I read somewhere that he also did "Blue Suede Shoes" Would like to see that clip.
It was an act called "Freddie Bell & His Bell Boys" that did the Las Vegas version of "Hound Dog"
@Coppillie Elvis saw Freddie Bell and the Bellboys sing their version of Hound Dog. That is the version that Elvis was copying, not Thorntons. Bell had a minor hit with it before Elvis.
When you see the trio, and then, the genius, Johnny Burnette, and the opportunity of the song Hounddog. You think, well this may well have been an unfortunate situation, as it was Hounddog the young Elvis Presley, where it certainly is identified with him. And the trio, was there ever a better group?
Elvis sang it first in spring of 1956, then put it on record July 1956. Johnny Burnette sang it in Septmember 9 1956 at the Ted Mack Amatuer Show and his group won the national championships. Later; Johnny Burnette and the Rock n Roll Trio asked for the rights to record 'Hound Dog' for themselves but Elvis and his entourage denied Burnette the right to record it.
@MrRocknroller10 Totally false, since Elvis didn't own the rights to the song. And as I stated earlier, others recorded the song right after Elvis did.
lizzyluvscat17- Johnny Burnette and his Trio were a local band in Memphis. Elvis saw them many times before he recorded, and knew those guys well. But after ELvis recorded Thats All RIght Mama, things took off for Elvis-and the Trio recorded their only album in 56 ,by then Elvis had become a star.
@rbound827 Don't forget Elvis lived in the same housing project with them, and they worked together at Crown Electric. Elvis knew them since he was 13 years old.
@EbonyBunny1 Paul Burlison's son here...My dad's family actually lived in The same housing project(Lauderdale Courts/Mphs)..The trio would actually rehearse in the basement of the Lauderdale Courts in the early 1950's when they began playing rockabilly in and around Memphis honkytonks..The trio cut probably the first rockabilly song(1953) "Your Undecided" Von Records, Booneviile,Ms
@dburlison1 Maybe you would know this. Rock Billy Boogie was written in 1953, why didn't they record it until 1957. It would have changed the whole history of music, as we know it today had they recorded it in 1953.
@EbonyBunny1 Actually the trio wrote a number of songs in 1953, but only had a couple recorded in 1953 at a small studio(Von Records)..A rockabilly song entitled"Your Undecided" which they covered in their 56 album..They actually had no record contract with a publisher until 1956 With Coral Records.. After winning on Ted Mack..
@dburlison1 With all this arguing about who is playing guitar on the early Rock and Roll Trio records if it's Paul Burlison or Grady Martin, according to the documentary 'The Rockabilly Legends: They Called It Rockabilly Long Before It Was Called Rock 'n' Roll" Jerry Naylor says Paul Burlison along with Howlin; Wolfe and other blues musicians on Beale St, in Memphis TN developed what came to be the Rockabilly sound of the mid 1950's.
@EbonyBunny1 Grady Martin and my dad did share the lead on some of the trio's songs cut in Nashville (1956) it's stated in the album credits.(Stories on both sides.)Not the NY sessions..Rockabily was actually created by the trio,and other Memphis groups in the early 1950's whale they were playing gigs in Memphis honklytonks..Jitterbug was the dance of the day and required club muscians to upbeat the country/blues songs of the day..so patrons could dance.. and keep the club owners/mgrs happy
@EbonyBunny1 well that documentary is simply mistaken .. researchers just repeating what they read. This video is Burlison ... compare this to the disputed recordings and decide for yourself if you think this guy Burlison was capable of playing so badly here yet 1 year earlier played with perfection and finesse and totally different sound, phrases etc ..
When I read about the possibility of Grady Martin playing guitar on the studio recordings i thought it was interesting but that it still could have been Burlison. After seeing this, there is no doubt that it was Martin.
@mikey71 Not enough is known about Grady Martin, he was completely brilliant.....Mr Burlison is barely capable of even the simplest lead break judging by this. Check out Martin's work on Johnny Horton's early singles, it's as good as it gets.
@clean3 I'm convinced that the audio has been doctored with on this video..Listen to the Trio's "Tear It Up" and
"O Baby Babe"...Paul Burlison at the guitar alone in NY (cut about the same time)..And there are actually two guitars on the Trio cllassic.. "Train Kept Rollin" cut in Nashville..
I disagree about Bill Haley, he may not have set out to record Rockabilly, but some of the tracks he recorded with the saddlemen where bordering on Rockabilly, and he recorded some great western Swing tracks.
The way he got the sound was by accident. tubes in his amp came loose, and when that happens, it provides a distortion. after the problem was identified, they kept the sound. Just like Link Wray punched holes in his amp to get the dirty sound.
Nobody stole it form Big Mama. Thornton didnt writ ethe song, its not hers. It was written by Leiber and Stoller. Thornton recorded the song as a Blues song in 1952. Elvis recorded his version four years later based on the 1955 version by Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys-completely differnet form Thorntons. Burnette is doing Elvis' version.
I think a point needs to be made that Leiber and Stoller wrote it FOR Big Mama Thornton, that is they intended for her to sing it with HER style. Elvis didn't necessarily steal it but he covered it, then apperantly wouldn't allow Burnette to record it, that is hypocrisy.
@MrLeswise I dont think Presley himself had much say in how could record versions of the song. I'm sure it was Col. Parker who didn't want the Trio to record Hound Dog. One reason may be that Burnette and his style were too close in style to Elvis, the Col. didn't want any competition.
@MrLeswise Leiber & Stoller didn't write it for Thornton, they wrote it as a blues song, and she was the 1st to record it 1952. In 1953 5 country singers covered the song in a country style. In 1955 Freddie Bell recorded it as a novelty song, and it was that version Elvis sang in 1956 as a Rock n Roll Song. Elvis' version is the most popular.
@EbonyBunny1 It was reported in a story on NPR that Lieber and Stoller wrote Houndog FOR Big Momma Thornton, what's YOUR source. And I don't care if Elvis tried to stop someone from doing the song or not.
@MrLeswise Leiber & Stoller were very much influenced by blues, I do not remember the name of the show, but was on an interview I watched of them. When they wrote the song, they did not have her in mind, but they wanted a blues singer. Maybe it was the record company that chose her, but my point was the song was not written for her, she was just the first to sing the song.
@EbonyBunny1 It was Peacock Records, but they had worked for Stack, which was bought by Atlantic. Under the Atlantic contract they could actually write for anyone. I don't know if Peacock was part of Atlantic or not. My point is still that Leiber and Stoller PRODUCED Big Mama's version in the style they wished, that is what they wanted the song to be, not what came after. Her version is the original so what is the problem?
@MrLeswise I know Big Mama's version was how they wanted the song to sound, they hated when they heard Elvis' version at first. My point is the song was not written specifically for her, you had stated the song was written for her, it was not.
@EbonyBunny1 I don't think they hated it, but I heard the first time they found out Elvis' version was number one, they had just got back from Europe and one of them said "Elvis who?" As you may know they wrote songs for Elvis after that.
I must correct myself, their record company was "Spark" not the famous "Stack". I guess we are in a quandary because the sources I've found say Leber and Stoller wrote it for her. She says it was on a brown paper bag.
@MrLeswise Probably Hound Dog & Jailhouse Rock are the 2 biggest songs they wrote Elvis sang. But they went on to write many Elvis songs specifically for Elvis, as well as many popular songs in the 1950's and early 1960's.
@MrLeswise Elvis never nor could he stop anyone from singing it, since he didn't own the song, besides there have been many versions of this song, in the 50's, after Elvis' version, but it's only Elvis's version anyone still remembers. Little Richard sang it in the 50's, exactly how Elvis sang it, and I'm not talking about the 60's video in England, Lil Rich recorded the song just how Elvis sang it. Even Carl Perkins sang it in the 50s. So Elvis never tried to stop anyone from singing it.
@MrLeswise Based on you logic, Big Mama Thornton stole the song also, since she didn't write the song. If you knew anything about the history of the song, the lyrics and the melody of this and Elvis' version are completely different from Big Mama Thornton's version. Other than for "You Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog" They have different lyrics, different melody & different meaning to the song.
Never noticed that but he does seem vertically challeged .. beware .. he was a boxer .. along with PB an his brother.. PB was a very very tall guy tho'.
Brilliant .. this is inarguable evidence that Paul Burlison was not capable of playing the guitar parts we hear on sweet love, rockbilly boogie, train kept a rollin, etc and all the hot Burnette rock n roll trio cuts. Anyone want to say it was NOT Grady Martin after seeing this ???????
That's Paul Burlison, the monster guitarist that supposedly played on on all the R'n'R Trio stuff?? Sweet lordy, he can't string two licks together! How can anyone believe he played on, say, 'Sweet Love On My Mind' after seeing this?
And another thing, where's his Bigsby?? 'Lonesome Tears In My Eyes' features Bigsby vibrato in a number of places. How do you get that sound out of a fixed tail guitar??
Hey fats you're exaggerating. And maybe they just came off a grinding road tour through the South, like Elvis, Scotty, and Bill used to have to do in '54 and '55. Eff ya fatty.
you dont. You spend the rest of your life claiming you're Grady Martin and making a living on it. Grady didnt do too bad... he toured with Jerry Reed and Willie Nelson, and I bet the groupies were better with both than the Trio!!! (not to mention the money)
@porkhandles Well, it's known for quite a time that Grady Martin played guitar on studio recordings of The Rock-N-Roll Trio. Much probably Bob Moore, famous Nashville A-Team bass-man played upright instead of Dorsey. One can easily look thru the linear notes and recording notes on the Bear Family CDs of Johnny Burnette. Also, I have to say that some of modern day rockabillies asked Mr. Paul Burlison about those recordings and he, strangely, refused or hesitated to answer.
@porkhandles Totally. I don't know, maybe he came inside after being outside on a freezing cold day and they made him get on stage right away. These guys did make great records.
rockabilly donr right anyone with rockabilly knowledge will no it dont get no better...check out there music top .the dogs rockabilly bollocks,,raw untidy,,but what the fcuk..this is why we love this music,,forever and ever...amen
johnny should have done it without the guitar. elvis the sexuality, the clothes, the action, the voice, the music nobody I mean nobody f's with king this version never to be topped. A great big TCB
There is a live audio recroding of "Tear it up" though that is amazing. This performance resembles the first performance that Elvis did on TV of the song, before he recorded. The guyitar playing is much like Scotty Moore's there. So I believe that they saw Elvis on TV, before they heard the recording and tried to resemble his performance ♪♪
Look up Bill Haley And The Comets. They were playing popular rock & roll/rockabilly hits by them on the radio about 3 or 4 years before Elvis came around. Ever heard "Rock Around The Clock?" Pre Elvis. Huge hit.
@airdancr1 Rock Around The Clock was NOT pre Elvis. It was just pre Rock n Roll Elvis. Elvis started in 1953, Rock Around The Clock was first recorded by Sonny Dae and His Knights in late 1953 & later on by Bill Haley in April of 1954.
Nice song, great music, good artist. Youtube search for DISCO 45 Manuel Vargas, also VIVA EL ROCK AND ROLL, and you will see an honoring to the best music of all times.
this is a great clip of the trio ,with "Paul Burlinson " on guitar. if you wan't to see "Grady Martin", you should have a look at "Red Foley"- Freight Train Boogie . As for the "time playing" It is probably mimed. Red foley was a session guitarist for Decca Records ,Patsy Cline etc. This band recorded for the Coral label. Bobby Helms was a decca artist. This is paul burlinson on the trio stuff
Remember back in the 50's all the studios had their own session musicians , as well as producers and arrangers , what sounded raw and primitive didnt cut it in the studio , and if you couldnt play very well , it would show ! thank goodness session musicians like grady Martin had enough of an edge to make the rock n Roll trio and other artists recordings now legendary and iconic in the world of rockabilly !! ps he cut his rockabilly tracks way before hound dog !
its so amazing ...pure rockabilly .
joabedark 5 days ago
And if you could've heard the other guitar, drums and bass Johnny Burnette based on this performance could've been bigger than Elvis.
1After100 3 weeks ago
Bitchin' solo at 0:45 ... pffhaha
sideburnstijger 2 months ago
sound checks weren'T standard back then i guess. hehe..
rudedude13 2 months ago in playlist rock and roll
This clip is from Ted Mack's "The Original Amateur Hour" on ABC-TV, Sunday September 9, 1956, the same night Elvis made his debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in front of 82% of the American TV audience. It was the trio's fourth appearance, part of a special "returning champions" program, live from New York's Madison Square Garden.
xanjohn 3 months ago 2
PURE ENERGY! THAT'S ROCK'NROLL!!!!
BlueSuedeRock 3 months ago
good version from Johny..but this song's energy runs in Elvis's one..
xxxCNXxxx 4 months ago
Don't forget that Leiber and Stoller would write several successful songs for Elvis. Yeah, they got so mad at Elvis for stealing their songs that they wrote him hit after hit.
TheDJGrandPa 4 months ago
johnny, sexy piece of ass!
slavenca 5 months ago
THIS WERE THE GOOD OL DAYS!
if only the new upcoming artist's in this generation look up to this guys this world will be so musical and awesome :)
CeeEmmz 5 months ago
Woah Elvis Rock n Roll version turnd Rockabilly
GreasyRockabilly 6 months ago
i need some Geritol right now baby! Let's rock!
buddyeagle 6 months ago
Did this guy use drums on some of his records just I eard some with a drum on them??
TheHillbillyHermitt1 6 months ago
Not very tall was he.
sunrecords56 7 months ago
@sunrecords56 Who cares
lordofchaozz 6 months ago in playlist swing
yeahhhhhhhhhhh that rock's :-)
Italianissimo86 8 months ago
i always wondered how burlison could go from tear it up to train kept a rollin 'and as a fan of grady martin i should have realized it was him on the album.i like pauls playing but he's out of grady martins league.unlike chet atkins and hank garland grady martin had a real flair for rock music.
wildcattamer1 9 months ago
i always wondered how burlison could go from tear it up to train kept a rollin 'and as a fan of grady martin i should have realized it was him on the album.i like pauls playing but he's out of grady martins league.
wildcattamer1 9 months ago
@wildcattamer1 burlison don't play well on lead guitar like a lot of guys said i'm pretty sure he did'nt play on most of the rock 'n' roll trio studio tracks.
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If you want to see and hear the original rock guitarist that played the distortion licks on the Tros classics songs 1956.(covered by this group and others).Search-Paul Burlison..Go down to-Rock and Roll Trio-Part Three..second song..then go to the original cut in 1956..Johnny Burnette..Train Kept Rollin
dburlison1 9 months ago
Superb Rockabilly, but too bad you cant hear the bass.
1950sRockabilly 10 months ago
GO JOHNNY, GO!!!! ?:o)
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To here and see P. Burlison playing the trio's /distortionoctaves at age 71 ..search Paul Burlison and go down to (Rock and Roll Trio)..Last song playin with the Burnette Brothers and DJ Fontana in Jackson Tn yr 2000... ck out Lead on " Honey Hush"
dburlison1 1 year ago
To here P. Burlison playing the trio's /distortionoctaves at age 71 ..search Paul Burlison and go down to (Rock and Roll Trio)..Last song playin with the Burnette Brothers and DJ Fontana in Jackson Tn yr 2000... ck out Lead on " Honey Hush"
dburlison1 1 year ago
sack the soundman!
norristerse 1 year ago
I love Johnny Burnette, I really love Train Kept a Rollin' I think Elvis did the better version of this song, though I love the guitar more on this one
skatepunkzero 1 year ago
Gee willikers! I guess that's a pretty good add for Geritol! So I suppose if old folks take Geritol they can be young and hip like Johnny Burnette! To quote Carl Perkins "The old boy done got rhythm and blues and he threw them crutches down!"
BigJH37 1 year ago
such a wicked trio.did some killer rockabilly toons,
brian4858 1 year ago
great stufffffffffffffffffffff....
SuperAhlberg 1 year ago
in Memoriam
RockinJiveSwing 1 year ago
Good video HotRocker41 thank.I have a this video I rigged the image with song:"Tear It Up" and I have a hard time, but I miss him with great affection to Johnny Burnette In Memoriam
RockinJiveSwing 1 year ago
P. Burlison's son here..Actually there is two guitars on many of the Nashville cuts..my dad playing the fuzz/distortion octaves on " Train Kept Rollin", "Honey Hush" and "Rock bille boggie"
dburlison1 1 year ago
Yeah....well...this is OK.... Why do people like Johnny, insisted on repeating what only Elvis could pull off??? Its like if Elvis would have sand Twenty Flight Rock: prolly would not have been as good as Johnny's version and vice versa here...
docdoowop 1 year ago
Sorry, but there are some really bum notes, phrasing differences, he goes out of time in places. On this showing this is not the work of a 'legendary' guitarist. If you listen to the live work of Scotty Moore its usually more complicated, in time with no mistakes. Not a dozen or so in 2 minutes. I'm sure he was a great guy but really? I couls see why Bradley would use session men.
ceira7 1 year ago
Hank Garland played guitar on most of Burnettes records.
TELEMKT 1 year ago
@TELEMKT Not Hank Garland-it was Grady Martin on all the records made by Burnette in Nashville/
whest 1 year ago
This is really really terrible. Stupid kid.
melkiemelkie 1 year ago
Curious to know if anyone knows how to access the trios other three performances on Ted Mack..they actually appeared four times in 1956..
dburlison1 1 year ago
If you really want to see what the trio sounded like without my dad(P. Burlison) and Dorsey..just listen to the trio's Nashville sessions in 1957 when they were not in the studio,,not rockabilly and very mediocre..Also, for the earliest rockabilly sound listen to the trios recording in Von Theater ..Booneville, Ms 1955.."You Undecided"..the same stuff they had been playin in Mphs honkytonks for some time
dburlison1 1 year ago
Also...I challenge anyone to come up with a Grady Martin Song where he dupicated the Fuzz octaves in some of the trios greatest hits on their album...GM own webpage says his first fuzz tones were played on Marty Robbin's hit "Don't worry" listen to GM fuzz tones on Marty Robbin's 1961song..the trios album was cut in 1956..single track
dburlison1 1 year ago
By the way..where did this sound trak come from..can anyone verify it is my dad.P. Burlison and the original and not a doctored version..I never heard it before...
dburlison1 1 year ago
P.Burlison's son here..In defense of my dad..Live performance..nat'l TV..new song..one week tp prepare..focus on Johnny Burnette,as Elvis impersonation..what would you come up with..
dburlison1 1 year ago
The "Hound dog" live was an attempt to focus on johnnie, as was done with Elvis.They wanted to win..Ck out my dad's live performance on "Tear it Up"
The trio spent almost a year playin rockbilly in NY , Playing rockbilly on Henry Jeromes Nat'l radio show before the Nashville session..No rockbilly in Nashville til the trio arrived in summer 56...The raw,upbeat arrangements were my dad's
dburlison1 1 year ago
Paul Burlison's son here...Hey the trio won three times on Ted Mack...Also How did Grady Martin play on the NY Recordings...His webpages say he created the "fuzz tone ".. On Marty Robbins 1961 hit "Don't Worry"...50 yrs after the fact others say he was the lead on the trios album....."train kept a rollin" was recorded in 1956'57..My dad picked out the Bradford blues song in a Nasvhville used record store...Nether the NY or Nashville artist Knew what to do with rock a billy
dburlison1 1 year ago
Listen to Scotty Moore's guitar on this song..Elvis...My dad Paul Burlison wanted to win and by following the ELVIS original...listen to his live performances of Tear It Up..he nor the trio never recorded hound dog..This was early.early rock n roll.. New song every week on Ted Mack
dburlison1 1 year ago
better than that other guy's version ;)
TheDavidshere 1 year ago
настоящий рок н ролл супер
kolobok200 1 year ago
W T F !!!
UPALLNITE4U 1 year ago
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ginger1959able 1 year ago
Didn't Elvis only record it after watching Jackie Wilson perform it in Las Vegas in1956?
He performed it on TV twice (the great version on Milton Berle & the top and tails version on Steve Allen) before recording it.
Why Johnny Burnette ever tried to record it after beats me.
Coppillie 2 years ago
@Coppillie Burnette didn't record it. He performed several times on TV. This is one of the few that has come to public view again. I read somewhere that he also did "Blue Suede Shoes" Would like to see that clip.
It was an act called "Freddie Bell & His Bell Boys" that did the Las Vegas version of "Hound Dog"
dkfelix 1 year ago
@Coppillie Elvis saw Freddie Bell and the Bellboys sing their version of Hound Dog. That is the version that Elvis was copying, not Thorntons. Bell had a minor hit with it before Elvis.
rbound827 1 year ago
When you see the trio, and then, the genius, Johnny Burnette, and the opportunity of the song Hounddog. You think, well this may well have been an unfortunate situation, as it was Hounddog the young Elvis Presley, where it certainly is identified with him. And the trio, was there ever a better group?
chuckdee121 2 years ago
Who came out with this song first Johnny or Elvis??
lizzyluvscats17 2 years ago
Elvis sang it first in spring of 1956, then put it on record July 1956. Johnny Burnette sang it in Septmember 9 1956 at the Ted Mack Amatuer Show and his group won the national championships. Later; Johnny Burnette and the Rock n Roll Trio asked for the rights to record 'Hound Dog' for themselves but Elvis and his entourage denied Burnette the right to record it.
MrRocknroller10 2 years ago
@MrRocknroller10 Totally false, since Elvis didn't own the rights to the song. And as I stated earlier, others recorded the song right after Elvis did.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
eighter johnny or or elvis...it was big mama thoron..but..trulyelvis made this song a big hit!!!!
elvisworldpresley 2 years ago
lizzyluvscat17- Johnny Burnette and his Trio were a local band in Memphis. Elvis saw them many times before he recorded, and knew those guys well. But after ELvis recorded Thats All RIght Mama, things took off for Elvis-and the Trio recorded their only album in 56 ,by then Elvis had become a star.
rbound827 2 years ago
@rbound827 Don't forget Elvis lived in the same housing project with them, and they worked together at Crown Electric. Elvis knew them since he was 13 years old.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1 Paul Burlison's son here...My dad's family actually lived in The same housing project(Lauderdale Courts/Mphs)..The trio would actually rehearse in the basement of the Lauderdale Courts in the early 1950's when they began playing rockabilly in and around Memphis honkytonks..The trio cut probably the first rockabilly song(1953) "Your Undecided" Von Records, Booneviile,Ms
dburlison1 1 year ago
@dburlison1 Maybe you would know this. Rock Billy Boogie was written in 1953, why didn't they record it until 1957. It would have changed the whole history of music, as we know it today had they recorded it in 1953.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1 Actually the trio wrote a number of songs in 1953, but only had a couple recorded in 1953 at a small studio(Von Records)..A rockabilly song entitled"Your Undecided" which they covered in their 56 album..They actually had no record contract with a publisher until 1956 With Coral Records.. After winning on Ted Mack..
dburlison1 1 year ago
@dburlison1 The first time I saw the movie "Rock Rock Rock", I must have rewound it 100 times to listen to "Lonesome Train"
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@dburlison1 With all this arguing about who is playing guitar on the early Rock and Roll Trio records if it's Paul Burlison or Grady Martin, according to the documentary 'The Rockabilly Legends: They Called It Rockabilly Long Before It Was Called Rock 'n' Roll" Jerry Naylor says Paul Burlison along with Howlin; Wolfe and other blues musicians on Beale St, in Memphis TN developed what came to be the Rockabilly sound of the mid 1950's.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1 Grady Martin and my dad did share the lead on some of the trio's songs cut in Nashville (1956) it's stated in the album credits.(Stories on both sides.)Not the NY sessions..Rockabily was actually created by the trio,and other Memphis groups in the early 1950's whale they were playing gigs in Memphis honklytonks..Jitterbug was the dance of the day and required club muscians to upbeat the country/blues songs of the day..so patrons could dance.. and keep the club owners/mgrs happy
dburlison1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1 well that documentary is simply mistaken .. researchers just repeating what they read. This video is Burlison ... compare this to the disputed recordings and decide for yourself if you think this guy Burlison was capable of playing so badly here yet 1 year earlier played with perfection and finesse and totally different sound, phrases etc ..
backthisway 1 year ago
@lizzyluvscats17 This is the order of recorded versions of the song.
1952 Big Mama Thornton Released 1953
1953 Billy Starr
1953 Tommy Duncan
1953 Eddie Hazelwood
1953 Jack Turner
1953 Cleve Jackson
1955 Freddie Bell and the Bellboys. Freddie Bell and the Bellboys also re-wrote the song and sang it as a novelty song.
1956 Elvis recorded the Freddie Bell and the Bellboys version using Freddie Bell and the Bellboys' lyrics and sang it as a Rock n Roll song.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
I must say that while his ragged rock 'n' roll pieces were awesome, I also like his 'You're Sixteen'. He had 2 different voices, both excellent.
OtisBlue22 2 years ago
who's the backin piano ?
jesgrew79 2 years ago
When I read about the possibility of Grady Martin playing guitar on the studio recordings i thought it was interesting but that it still could have been Burlison. After seeing this, there is no doubt that it was Martin.
shub10 2 years ago 2
IM MISSING DJ FONTANA IN THIS ONE
moriscengic 2 years ago
i like johnny but elvis did this shit better
greaser1952 2 years ago
auuuuuuuuu yeahh viva johnny burnete
SuperElvispresley 2 years ago
Johnny Burnette strumming that guitar like a maniac yet he aint even playing it
26highstreet 2 years ago
how funny to have the Geritol Ad behind these very very young musicians ((-;
funnytoo 2 years ago
Pure rockabilly!!
amozartii 2 years ago 5
Lookit Bulison grinning like an idiot.... brutal playing. Grady Martin all the way!
mikey71 2 years ago 3
@mikey71 Not enough is known about Grady Martin, he was completely brilliant.....Mr Burlison is barely capable of even the simplest lead break judging by this. Check out Martin's work on Johnny Horton's early singles, it's as good as it gets.
clean3 1 year ago 3
@clean3 I'm convinced that the audio has been doctored with on this video..Listen to the Trio's "Tear It Up" and
"O Baby Babe"...Paul Burlison at the guitar alone in NY (cut about the same time)..And there are actually two guitars on the Trio cllassic.. "Train Kept Rollin" cut in Nashville..
dburlison1 11 months ago
@dburlison1 No doctoring from what I can see; the sound track matches Burlison's fretwork which is I'm afraid, hopeless. Grady Martin is yer man.
mink61 8 months ago
great performance, Elvis had the looks though...
johndevault 2 years ago
Does Burlinson know that the strings are on the outside .................thank god for Grady !!!
cordwoody53 2 years ago 3
I disagree about Bill Haley, he may not have set out to record Rockabilly, but some of the tracks he recorded with the saddlemen where bordering on Rockabilly, and he recorded some great western Swing tracks.
Festerbilly 2 years ago 3
OMG ok rite
luvsgreasers1 2 years ago
this boy was a rockin boxing stick of trouble, so was his brother. run to your mama elvis.
detain88888 2 years ago
The way he got the sound was by accident. tubes in his amp came loose, and when that happens, it provides a distortion. after the problem was identified, they kept the sound. Just like Link Wray punched holes in his amp to get the dirty sound.
DeathOrGloria 2 years ago
HAH I KAN ONLY HEAR THE BASS
hell4st 2 years ago
thats the guitar...you cant hear the bass at all
squirrelnutcased 2 years ago
right
yeosei5533 2 years ago
what the hell is this?!? Wheres Elvis?
McXICAN 2 years ago
They both stole it from Big Moma Thornton. What the hell are you on McBurritos?
MrLeswise 2 years ago
Haha i like that...McBurritos. yea i know that they stole it but i was lookin for elvis songs
McXICAN 2 years ago
I'm sure you found plenty of Elvis, but isn't it cool to see how the music was evolving back then?
MrLeswise 2 years ago
Nobody stole it form Big Mama. Thornton didnt writ ethe song, its not hers. It was written by Leiber and Stoller. Thornton recorded the song as a Blues song in 1952. Elvis recorded his version four years later based on the 1955 version by Freddie Bell and the Bell Boys-completely differnet form Thorntons. Burnette is doing Elvis' version.
rbound827 2 years ago 18
Thanks for the info, I did not know Leiber and Stoller wrote that one.
MrLeswise 2 years ago
Yes, you are 100% correct rbound827, plus its almost entirely different song than the one Big Mama Thornton Recorded.
EbonyBunny1 2 years ago
I think a point needs to be made that Leiber and Stoller wrote it FOR Big Mama Thornton, that is they intended for her to sing it with HER style. Elvis didn't necessarily steal it but he covered it, then apperantly wouldn't allow Burnette to record it, that is hypocrisy.
MrLeswise 2 years ago 2
@MrLeswise I dont think Presley himself had much say in how could record versions of the song. I'm sure it was Col. Parker who didn't want the Trio to record Hound Dog. One reason may be that Burnette and his style were too close in style to Elvis, the Col. didn't want any competition.
rbound827 2 years ago 2
@rbound827 By the time Elvis recorded Hound Dog, he no longer sang in a Rockabilly style.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
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@MrLeswise Leiber & Stoller didn't write it for Thornton, they wrote it as a blues song, and she was the 1st to record it 1952. In 1953 5 country singers covered the song in a country style. In 1955 Freddie Bell recorded it as a novelty song, and it was that version Elvis sang in 1956 as a Rock n Roll Song. Elvis' version is the most popular.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1 It was reported in a story on NPR that Lieber and Stoller wrote Houndog FOR Big Momma Thornton, what's YOUR source. And I don't care if Elvis tried to stop someone from doing the song or not.
MrLeswise 1 year ago
@MrLeswise Leiber & Stoller were very much influenced by blues, I do not remember the name of the show, but was on an interview I watched of them. When they wrote the song, they did not have her in mind, but they wanted a blues singer. Maybe it was the record company that chose her, but my point was the song was not written for her, she was just the first to sing the song.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1 It was Peacock Records, but they had worked for Stack, which was bought by Atlantic. Under the Atlantic contract they could actually write for anyone. I don't know if Peacock was part of Atlantic or not. My point is still that Leiber and Stoller PRODUCED Big Mama's version in the style they wished, that is what they wanted the song to be, not what came after. Her version is the original so what is the problem?
MrLeswise 1 year ago
@MrLeswise I know Big Mama's version was how they wanted the song to sound, they hated when they heard Elvis' version at first. My point is the song was not written specifically for her, you had stated the song was written for her, it was not.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1 I don't think they hated it, but I heard the first time they found out Elvis' version was number one, they had just got back from Europe and one of them said "Elvis who?" As you may know they wrote songs for Elvis after that.
I must correct myself, their record company was "Spark" not the famous "Stack". I guess we are in a quandary because the sources I've found say Leber and Stoller wrote it for her. She says it was on a brown paper bag.
MrLeswise 1 year ago
@MrLeswise Probably Hound Dog & Jailhouse Rock are the 2 biggest songs they wrote Elvis sang. But they went on to write many Elvis songs specifically for Elvis, as well as many popular songs in the 1950's and early 1960's.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@MrLeswise Elvis never nor could he stop anyone from singing it, since he didn't own the song, besides there have been many versions of this song, in the 50's, after Elvis' version, but it's only Elvis's version anyone still remembers. Little Richard sang it in the 50's, exactly how Elvis sang it, and I'm not talking about the 60's video in England, Lil Rich recorded the song just how Elvis sang it. Even Carl Perkins sang it in the 50s. So Elvis never tried to stop anyone from singing it.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@MrLeswise Based on you logic, Big Mama Thornton stole the song also, since she didn't write the song. If you knew anything about the history of the song, the lyrics and the melody of this and Elvis' version are completely different from Big Mama Thornton's version. Other than for "You Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog" They have different lyrics, different melody & different meaning to the song.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
this rocks my freaking sock off!!!
jdkickdrum 2 years ago 3
Real rebell!
californiasweet 2 years ago
What is he like, 5ft tall?
Newtwrangler 2 years ago
Never noticed that but he does seem vertically challeged .. beware .. he was a boxer .. along with PB an his brother.. PB was a very very tall guy tho'.
backthisway 2 years ago
Grady Martin with a Bigsby guitar!! That's the only possible way to get that sound...
beehide 2 years ago 4
Yep !!
backthisway 2 years ago
Luther Perkins was better!But he is fairly good too.
yeosei5533 2 years ago
Brilliant .. this is inarguable evidence that Paul Burlison was not capable of playing the guitar parts we hear on sweet love, rockbilly boogie, train kept a rollin, etc and all the hot Burnette rock n roll trio cuts. Anyone want to say it was NOT Grady Martin after seeing this ???????
backthisway 2 years ago 6
You believe what you want to believe and I'll believe what I want to believe...
fenderman0463 2 years ago
Ho hum.
backthisway 2 years ago
That's Paul Burlison, the monster guitarist that supposedly played on on all the R'n'R Trio stuff?? Sweet lordy, he can't string two licks together! How can anyone believe he played on, say, 'Sweet Love On My Mind' after seeing this?
And another thing, where's his Bigsby?? 'Lonesome Tears In My Eyes' features Bigsby vibrato in a number of places. How do you get that sound out of a fixed tail guitar??
porkhandles 2 years ago 19
Hey fats you're exaggerating. And maybe they just came off a grinding road tour through the South, like Elvis, Scotty, and Bill used to have to do in '54 and '55. Eff ya fatty.
strandwolf 2 years ago
you dont. You spend the rest of your life claiming you're Grady Martin and making a living on it. Grady didnt do too bad... he toured with Jerry Reed and Willie Nelson, and I bet the groupies were better with both than the Trio!!! (not to mention the money)
ih8thishit 2 years ago
@porkhandles Well, it's known for quite a time that Grady Martin played guitar on studio recordings of The Rock-N-Roll Trio. Much probably Bob Moore, famous Nashville A-Team bass-man played upright instead of Dorsey. One can easily look thru the linear notes and recording notes on the Bear Family CDs of Johnny Burnette. Also, I have to say that some of modern day rockabillies asked Mr. Paul Burlison about those recordings and he, strangely, refused or hesitated to answer.
pustohod 1 year ago
@porkhandles Totally. I don't know, maybe he came inside after being outside on a freezing cold day and they made him get on stage right away. These guys did make great records.
theemadmuffet 1 year ago
@theemadmuffet Paul Burlison didn't play lead guitar on the great records that the R'n'R Trio made, Grady Martin did. We see here why that was.
The R'n'R Trio were the Monkees of their era.
porkhandles 1 year ago
awesome! haha this song is funny and classic
hehe ...
sophia9991 2 years ago
any relation to t bone?
guyglowmore1 2 years ago
classic
rockabillybaby4 2 years ago
just heard Johnny doing Honey Hush on allmemphismusic, didn't know he took on rockabilly too
Ashwin42 3 years ago
He WAS rockabilly!
dkfelix 2 years ago
"just heard Johnny doing Honey Hush on allmemphismusic, didn't know he took on rockabilly too"
He was a rockabilly king! along with Gene Vincent!!
paddy6062 2 years ago
true garage/punk stuff. with GERITOL! :)
leondenis00 3 years ago
and he would have took elvis in a fight gloves of or on.......
rockabillygaz 3 years ago
rockabillygazand he would have took elvis in a fight gloves of or on,good point,but he would not beat him in a swimming contest would he?..........
grabar20 3 years ago
rubbish!!
check out the original elvis version or the AMAZING PJ PROBYS VERSION
theBESTelvis 3 years ago
this man knows nothing,do you princsess,he thinks p j proby can sing,what a load of tat,you tit,ha ha ha ha,pure gold,ha ha ha ha
grabar20 3 years ago
this is the original '-.-
Sid3nt3rtainm3nt 2 years ago
AND ???? Who gives a shit ! lol
theBESTelvis 2 years ago
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l0l u wrote "the original elvis version" u gave that shit.
elvis covered the most songs.
u know nothin. elvis isnt "rocknroll" he is a comercial popual singer. nothin more.
Burnette rocks. classic rocknroll!
Sid3nt3rtainm3nt 2 years ago
dude elvis in the Sun days was fkn boss!! granted he went down hill in the 60's and 70's but still!!!
Nagap 2 years ago
rockabilly donr right anyone with rockabilly knowledge will no it dont get no better...check out there music top .the dogs rockabilly bollocks,,raw untidy,,but what the fcuk..this is why we love this music,,forever and ever...amen
rockabillygaz 3 years ago
he was short..but did ficking great songs!
Kockabilly 3 years ago
Dios, yo flipo con el rockabilly, me mola un monton, no lo sabeis bien... uffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff y al blali tambien :D
patripatripatri20 3 years ago 2
johnny should have done it without the guitar. elvis the sexuality, the clothes, the action, the voice, the music nobody I mean nobody f's with king this version never to be topped. A great big TCB
johnny9148 3 years ago
perche non sono nata neli anni 60 in america???...huffa...qualcuno mi vuole proprio male...VOGLIO TORNARE IN DIETRO NEL TEMPO!!!!!!!!
I LOVE ROCK A BILLY
PeRaPaNiCoMc 3 years ago
Johnny Burnette, like many singers of these years, bring us beautiful moments.
Youtube search for ELVIS ROCK DISCO 45 and you will see an honoring to this one and others beautiful songs.
renejote 3 years ago
awesome song
Crazmonky66 3 years ago
There is a live audio recroding of "Tear it up" though that is amazing. This performance resembles the first performance that Elvis did on TV of the song, before he recorded. The guyitar playing is much like Scotty Moore's there. So I believe that they saw Elvis on TV, before they heard the recording and tried to resemble his performance ♪♪
dkfelix 3 years ago
i love burnette but this really sucks.
BEATNIKCASS 3 years ago
I love Paul Burlison but his guitar performance here stinks.
ffairlane57 3 years ago 4
i agree with ya there. johnny still did a good job though =]
squirrelnutcased 3 years ago
Worst solo in History?
jag555y 3 years ago 3
bla bla bla
RockabillyWilly1 3 years ago
lol, this wouldn't even make it on tv today... utter crap.
megatorn 3 years ago
to be honest, this is a pretty bad performance.
Maybe the singer is ok... and thats a maybe. I mean he is singing Hound Dog in Elvis's style.
Weird.
Resendiz 3 years ago
watch some of there other stuff. Youdon't know what your talking about. I hate you.
daveyfey9 3 years ago
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Elvis wasn't original. Rockabilly came out before him.He just made it mainstream. Pretty boy with a guitar.
deadgir7 3 years ago
your such a wa.... how do u mean elvis wasnt original
rubberducky3000 3 years ago 2
Elvis is inventor of rockabilly you fool! i guess you are fucking talking about rock n roll.. Well, it is also invented by Elvis..
LEARN HISTORY OF ROCK!
justicejayant 3 years ago
Look up Bill Haley And The Comets. They were playing popular rock & roll/rockabilly hits by them on the radio about 3 or 4 years before Elvis came around. Ever heard "Rock Around The Clock?" Pre Elvis. Huge hit.
airdancr1 2 years ago
Nope, Bill haley never did rockabilly.
justicejayant 2 years ago
Pop , no bad ass attitude .Bill Haley was just to nice , big hit yes but that don't mean a thing .Johnny knew the score !
MrCOSMIC68 2 years ago
@airdancr1 Rock Around The Clock was NOT pre Elvis. It was just pre Rock n Roll Elvis. Elvis started in 1953, Rock Around The Clock was first recorded by Sonny Dae and His Knights in late 1953 & later on by Bill Haley in April of 1954.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
Nice song, great music, good artist. Youtube search for DISCO 45 Manuel Vargas, also VIVA EL ROCK AND ROLL, and you will see an honoring to the best music of all times.
paulbrend 3 years ago
You can hear here that Paul Burlison wasn't a good guitarplayer. Bad solo's. Grady Martin was the real Trio player! He was great!
highway54 3 years ago 10
you're probably right. Burlinson said all over the years than he played on the records of the trio bur i'm pretty sure that's not the truth.
eugenecraddock 3 years ago 2
You're right eugenecraddock, Grady Martin recorded many songs (the train kept a-rollin...), and he is better than burliston!
glt2204 3 years ago 3
Love This,So Much,Thank You For Uploading
OldFashionedGirl1 3 years ago
♠PyChO♠forevr:]
guitarchim 3 years ago
Rock On Johnny YEAH!
moosey62 3 years ago 2
this really made me cringe! when someone jumps on the bandwagon ,and a lot did after elvis. it just prooves how real elvis was! you cant fake it!
JAARNO88 3 years ago
Johnny Burnette rocked Memphis and the Hillbilly Cat knew it.
jplent 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I was waiting for someone to post the complete version. God Bless Johnny Burnette and may he Rest In Peace.
lancerooke 3 years ago
this is a great clip of the trio ,with "Paul Burlinson " on guitar. if you wan't to see "Grady Martin", you should have a look at "Red Foley"- Freight Train Boogie . As for the "time playing" It is probably mimed. Red foley was a session guitarist for Decca Records ,Patsy Cline etc. This band recorded for the Coral label. Bobby Helms was a decca artist. This is paul burlinson on the trio stuff
88keys30 3 years ago
Remember back in the 50's all the studios had their own session musicians , as well as producers and arrangers , what sounded raw and primitive didnt cut it in the studio , and if you couldnt play very well , it would show ! thank goodness session musicians like grady Martin had enough of an edge to make the rock n Roll trio and other artists recordings now legendary and iconic in the world of rockabilly !! ps he cut his rockabilly tracks way before hound dog !
johnnyrazor60 3 years ago