Elvis Presley Gold "That's All Right" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin
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CNS16015 - Elvis Presley Gold "That's All Right" US Half Dollar Commemorative Coin
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Elvis Presley is rightly called the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He is credited with 54 certified gold singles – more than any other recording artist ever! This coin highlights one of those songs that sold at least 500,000 copies.
Mystic has permanently bonded a vibrant image of Elvis to this uncirculated US Half Dollar. The coin features an original photograph of Presley from his estate’s official archives and is officially licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises.
That’s All Right
In June of 1954, Sam Phillips, owner of Sun Studio, called Elvis Presley in to fill in as a studio musician. Impressed by his performance, Phillips arranged another session with guitarist Scotty Moore and bass player Bill Black.
The July 5, 1954 session started out poorly. Elvis’ first major influence had been gospel music, and he also liked R&B, country boogie, and hillbilly music. But he was going through a period where he wanted to sing in the style of crooners such as Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Phillips agreed with his music choices, and picked “Harbor Lights” and “I Love You Because” for the session. The morning passed without a single successful take.
After a while, the frustrated trio took a break. Elvis picked up his guitar and played a few riffs to loosen up. When Black and Moore joined in on the blues tune “That’s All Right,” Phillips knew he’d found a winning sound. Elvis recorded a revved-up version of Bill Monroe’s “Blue Moon of Kentucky” for the flip side.
An unsuspecting Elvis was pulled from a movie theater five days later. A local disc jockey had been given an advance copy of “That’s All Right” and played it on the air that very same night. Audience response was so strong that he’d played it 14 times, and listeners were demanding an interview with the unknown star.
Air play had the Memphis radio audience in a frenzy. There were orders for more than 6,000 copies of “That’s All Right” when it was released a few days later. Ironically, what might be Elvis’ most famous single didn’t reach #1 on the Billboard charts until 2004 – 50 years after it was released. That was also the year it was certified gold..
Elvis Presley is rightly called the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He is credited with 54 certified gold singles – more than any other recording artist ever! This coin highlights one of those songs that sold at least 500,000 copies.
Mystic has permanently bonded a vibrant image of Elvis to this uncirculated US Half Dollar. The coin features an original photograph of Presley from his estate’s official archives and is officially licensed by Elvis Presley Enterprises.
That’s All Right
In June of 1954, Sam Phillips, owner of Sun Studio, called Elvis Presley in to fill in as a studio musician. Impressed by his performance, Phillips arranged another session with guitarist Scotty Moore and bass player Bill Black.
The July 5, 1954 session started out poorly. Elvis’ first major influence had been gospel music, and he also liked R&B, country boogie, and hillbilly music. But he was going through a period where he wanted to sing in the style of crooners such as Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. Phillips agreed with his music choices, and picked “Harbor Lights” and “I Love You Because” for the session. The morning passed without a single successful take.
After a while, the frustrated trio took a break. Elvis picked up his guitar and played a few riffs to loosen up. When Black and Moore joined in on the blues tune “That’s All Right,” Phillips knew he’d found a winning sound. Elvis recorded a revved-up version of Bill Monroe’s “Blue Moon of Kentucky” for the flip side.
An unsuspecting Elvis was pulled from a movie theater five days later. A local disc jockey had been given an advance copy of “That’s All Right” and played it on the air that very same night. Audience response was so strong that he’d played it 14 times, and listeners were demanding an interview with the unknown star.
Air play had the Memphis radio audience in a frenzy. There were orders for more than 6,000 copies of “That’s All Right” when it was released a few days later. Ironically, what might be Elvis’ most famous single didn’t reach #1 on the Billboard charts until 2004 – 50 years after it was released. That was also the year it was certified gold..