During the last week's of that summer, Elvis Scotty and Bill were in Sam's studio every spare moment trying to get two more songs together for another record.
Occasionally, they would start on a number only to be interrupted by Sam who would come out of the control room and tell them that wasn't quite right, but then turn to Elvis and say, "just keep what you did there." Elvis, who wasn't sure about anything anymore, would frantically ask, "What did I do? What did I do?"
In the sessions, Elvis would go through a catalogue of songs, most of which eventually ended up on records. Finally, a week before Elvis's scheduled appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, Sam issued a new sun single. The last song in their recording session had been a cover of "Good Rockin' Tonight," and Sam made it the lead side. For the flip side Sam choose the trio's rendition of "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine,"
But it was "Good Rockin' Tonight" that carried the message that Sam wanted to deliver with Elvis's second single. From Elvis's first words, the song was like a declaration of independence for the new Rock n Roll, the music Sam knew was a wave of the future and for which Elvis would be the Prophet.
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