The Million Dollar Quartet in Bloomington, MN

The product of a casual afternoon jam session in 1956 between
Elvis Presley
, then the biggest star in America, and the rock & roll legends
Johnny Cash
,
Jerry Lee Lewis
, and
Carl Perkins
, these songs are a world away from the tight, well-produced rock & roll that
Sam Phillips
' Sun Studios was recording and releasing in the mid-'50s. More than half the material heard here consists of gospel music, and there are also versions of
Chuck Berry
's "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" and "Too Much Monkey Business," as well as some classic country songs penned by
Hank Snow
Gene Autry
Bill Monroe
. Relaxed and informal, these recordings are an illuminating snapshot of a moment in rock & roll history.