175 Elvis Presley (1935-1977) “Blue Moon of Kentucky” 1954

When he graduated from high school, Presley worked as a factory worker and truck driver. He made a record for his mother at Sun Record Co. in 1953, which he said “sounded like somebody beating on a bucket lid.” Sam Phillips asked him to record a song the following year. “After a coffee break, Elvis started singing a song with a rock ‘n’ roll beat. Phillips and the others liked it” (The Elvis Reader). His 1954-1955 Sun sessions are listed on the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. 

Elvis Presley “Blue Moon of Kentucky”