Penned Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley, both inmates at Tennessee State Prison, the solemn, haunting doo wop vibes were enough to garner the group, all incarcerated inmates, frequent day passes out of prison walls to perform across the state.including numerous engagements at the governor's mansion. "Bear Cat" is as fresh today as it was when it was originally released sixty years ago.Īlso released in 1953, " Just Walking in the Rain " by THE PRISONAIRES was Sun's first certifiable hit. Ever since the writing credits have been Leiber/Stoller, but what has not changed is the unbeatable groove that moves the song. Complete with the inimitable Joe Hill Louis on guitar, the future "Funky Chicken" Thomas gives his male-perspective answer record to Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog." In the process, the legal powers behind "Hound Dog" writers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller won a lawsuit claiming "Bear Cat" infringed on the duo's copyright. Originally released in 1953, " Bear Cat " by RUFUS THOMAS is as certifiable a primitive R'n'B smoker that's ever existed. The initial three releases highlight three disparate, yet engaging releases from the Sun catalog. Sixty-one years later, Third Man Records, in a similarly-bustling Tennessee town and believing in many of the same ideas mentioned above, has entered into partnership with the legendary Sun Records to reissue titles from their catalog on the format they were best known. If there's an American musical form that came to fruition in the early 20th century, bet your bottom dollar that some outstanding examples of it were recorded and released by SUN RECORDS. They released untry, rock and roll, gospel, bluegrass, rockabilly, blues.
Their output couldn't be pigeonholed to any one genre. They were fond of acoustic tile, storefronts, the color yellow, the owner producing recording sessions and music that generally moved people. In 1952 a record label started in a bustling Tennessee town.
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