Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming | 
| Artists: Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 84565
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 042283000223
EAN: 0042283000223
ASIN: B000001FK0
Release Date: June 21, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Birth of Rock & Roll | | • | Sixteen Candles | | • | Class of '55 | | • | Waymore's Blues | | • | We Remember the King | | • | Coming Home | | • | Rock & Roll (Fais Do Do) | | • | Keep My Motor Running | | • | I Will Rock & Roll With You | | • | Big Train (From Memphis) |
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| Customer Reviews:
 I know it's "only Rock and Roll," but I LOVE it! September 12, 2003
Brent (Ohio)
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
OK, CERTAINLY it could've been produced better - but, hey, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Jerry Lee Lewis all on one CD, commemorating the birth of Rock and Roll? Like Perkins sings in "Birth Of Rock And Roll," "I was here when it all happened - I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll." And that's the truth, folks. Yes, it is WAY too slickly produced (WHY Chips Moman and NOT Sam Phillips?), but these guys - and, of course, The King, Elvis - INVENTED Rock And Roll. Notice I said "Rock And Roll" there, NOT "rock," there's all the difference in the world. Yeah, these guys were making this kind of music back when it was DANGEROUS. I guess the current generation knows only of Roy Orbison by way of the (one-off) Traveling Wilburys back in (whew..1988), or Johnny Cash by (ugh) "Boy Named Sue," or Jerry Lee by the allegations of his...naughtiness. But if you want to know how rock and roll originally sounded, check out the afore-mentioned Carl Perkins song, or, especially, Jerry Lee's "Keep My Motor Running." (yup, you can just BET "motor" was a metaphor...) The tour-de-force of the CD, though, is John Fogerty's "Big Train From Memphis," which has a veritable who's who of everybody who was THERE when rock and roll got started, including Sam Phillips, Chips Moman, and some PRIMO rockers, Ricky Nelson and John Fogerty. (It even has the-love(s)-of-my-life, Naomi and Wynonna Judd...) OK, quit listening to your "alt-rock" radio station for about half an hour and dig this CD. You'll understand why a lot of people think Rock and Roll died when Elvis did. And, by the way, get "The Best Of Big Daddy" while IT'S still available!
 Boo bop a lop bam boom April 10, 2004
Johnny Heering (Bethel, CT United States)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This was conceived as sort of a reunion of the "Million Dollar Quartet", with Roy Orbison taking the place of the late Elvis Presley. The results are decent, but each man has done much better work than what is featured here. Each singer gets two solo songs, with the exception of "The Big O", and there are three songs featuring all four legends taking turns singing lead. Like I said, it is a decent album, but nothing exceptional. Nonetheless, fans of these legends may want to get it. Here is a list of who sings what:1. Birth of Rock and Roll (Perkins)
2. Sixteen Candles (Lewis)
3. Class of '55 (Perkins)
4. Waymore's Blues (all)
5. We Remember the King (Cash)
6. Coming Home (Orbison)
7. Rock and Roll (all)
8. Keep My Motor Running (Lewis)
9. I Will Rock and Roll With You (Cash)
10. Big Train (all) One final remark: Who would have guessed that Jerry Lee Lewis would be the last one of these guys alive?
 WoW!!! Best album in my collection!! July 7, 1998
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I purchased the record album in 1986 when in first came out under the PolyGram label and emediately fell in love with it. Four of my favorite artists on one album. Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. WoW!!! This album does not dissapoint!!! Especially if you are a Carl Perkins fan. The opening track of 'Birth Of Rock And Roll' is one of Perkins's best vocal outputs. (My opinion as an owner of several of his albums.) Jerry Lee does a great rendition of his old hit 'Sixteen Candles' with his three buddies in support and his 'Keep My Motor Running' is classic Lewis. Cash's old hit 'I Will Rock And Roll With You' has its best rendition ever on this album thanks to the other three singing support. Orbison's voice can be heard in a major supporting role on all the tracks. I own several albums from each of the artists, but this is the one I keep coming back to. D.W.Sullivan, Elbridge, NY
A Unique Gathering!, February 10, 2008
Ronald Van Scherpenzeel (Madrid, Spain)
This is a re-edition of the 1986 LP of the same name and reunited 4 of
the biggest Country/Rock & Roll Stars from the 50's and belonging to
the famous SUN label. This 1985 reunion and some of the songs belonging
to this re-edition can also be seen on You tube during the recording
sessions which is an absolute dream come true. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee,
Roy and Carl Perkins together makin' original hillbilly country pickin'
rock 'n roll music! Only Elvis is missing but he unfortunately died
too early. Nobody could ever predict in 1985 that 33 years later Jerry
Lee Lewis would be the last man standing of all the music legends that
recorded for the Sun label. He's still playing concerts all over the
world. At this reunion he played and sang solos on "16 Candles" made
famous by the Crests and "Keep My Motor Running". Roy's wonderful
voice can be heard on "Coming Home"; one of the genuine hillbilly cats
Carl Perkins on "Class of '55" and Johnny Cash singing "We remember
the King" a tribute to Elvis. The rest of the songs they all sing
together. A wonderful CD that reminds of a unique gathering in Memphis
at the old Sun studio in September of 1985
excellent October 4, 1999
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
the whole theme of this album is good,i feel fortunate to have co-written waymores blues with waylon jennings,Curtis Buck
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