Laura Lee Perkins - 1957 Hound Dog Demo

Late 1957, cruising with friends, Laura Lee Perkins stopped at the Elyria (Ohio) radio station WEOL where she found a piano to pump like her idol Jerry Lee Lewis. As the DJ, Jeff Baxter, was on the air, she played "Mean Woman Blues" on the 88 keys, just for fun. The good ears of Jeff Baxter caught her sound and he made her record some demos at the radio station. The songs were "No One Will Ever Know" (Hank Williams), "Remember Me (I am the one who loves you)" (Stuart Hamblen), "Oh La Baby" (written by herself), "Hound Dog" and "My Babe".

On those demos, Laura Lee dubbed herself on piano, drums and harmony vocal on a multi-track recorder. Jeff played those recordings over the phone to Bill Randle, the famous DJ, who asked to meet her, in Cleveland, at the Audio Recording Studio and gave her an audition. No other demos were cut, the first one being perfect. Those Audiodisc demos were sent to various labels and Sam Phillips and Lew Chudd showed interest in her work. With the agreement of her parents, she chose to join the Imperial label. Why? Because she was a Southerner, had never been to California before and was a great fan of Ricky Nelson.

Let's rock, Buddys

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[BorrasCesc]

@johnogaage  Thanks friend

[BorrasCesc]

@209Memphis Thanks Rockin' Bro

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Borras

this is a terrific video with very interesting articles plus a great demo!!

thank you

Dave

[johnogaage]

Another great video. Thank you!