Class of '55

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Class of '55
Studio album by Roy Orbison , Johnny Cash , Jerry Lee Lewis , Carl Perkins

Publication
(s)

1986

Label (s) America / Smash (422 830 002-1)

Genre (s)

Rockabilly

Title (number)

10

running time

35:30

production

Chips Moman

Class of '55 is a 1986 album by Roy Orbison , Johnny Cash , Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins and produced by Chips Moman . These four artists and Elvis Presley , to whom parts of the album were dedicated, are the best-known representatives of the so-called Sun sound, which from Sun Records in Memphis (Tennessee) influenced many other artists from 1955, such as Buddy Holly .

The last song on Big Train featured guest stars John Fogerty , The Judds , Dave Edmunds , Sam Phillips and June Carter Cash , as well as Ricky Nelson in the last recording session of his life.

The Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions were awarded a Grammy in the “Best Spoken Word Album” category.

Track list

page 1

  1. Carl Perkins - Birth of Rock and Roll (Carl Perkins / Greg Perkins) - 4:21
  2. Jerry Lee Lewis - Sixteen Candles (Luther Dixon / Allyson Kent) - 3:48
  3. Carl Perkins - Class of '55 (Chips Moman / Bobby Emmons ) - 2:56
  4. Perkins, Lewis, Orbison & Cash - Waymore's Blues ( Waylon Jennings / Curtis Buck) - 2:25
  5. Johnny Cash - We Remember the King (Cash / Lewis / Orbison / Perkins) - 2:58

Page 2

  1. Roy Orbison - Coming Home (Roy Orbison / Will Jennings / JD Souther ) - 3:59
  2. Perkins, Lewis, Orbison & Cash - Rock and Roll (Fais-Thu-Thu) (Michael Smotherman) - 3:17
  3. Jerry Lee Lewis - Keep My Motor Running ( Randy Bachman ) - 2:52
  4. Johnny Cash - I Will Rock and Roll With You (Cash) - 2:01
  5. Perkins, Lewis, Orbison & Cash - Big Train (From Memphis) (John Fogerty) - 7:56