SUN Records singles discography
Part III: number 225 - 249
Press here for number: 174 - 199, 200 - 224, 225 - 249, 250 - 299, 300 - 349, 350 - 407
SUN 225 Slim Rhodes
The house of sin / Are you ashamed of me (August 1955)
Recorded February 23 1955, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Slim Rhodes (gtr); Dottie Rhodes-Moore (vcl A-side); Dusty Rhodes (vcl A-side, fiddle);
Brad Suggs (vcl B-side, gtr); John Hughey (steel gtr); Speck Rhodes (bs)
SUN 226 Eddie Snow
Ain't that right / Bring your love back home (August 1955)
Flip / SUN 227 Rosco Gordon
Just love me baby / Weeping blues (September 1955)
Flip / SUN 228 Smokey Joe [Baugh] & the Clyde Leoppard Band
The signifying monkey / Listen to me baby (September 1955)
Note that only the (non union) Flip label version credits the Clyde Leoppard Band
SUN 229 Maggie Sue Wimberly
How long / Daydreams come true (December 1955)
label variations depicted. Memphis pressing with push marks on top.
Recorded October 25, 1954 / March 15, 1955, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Maggie Sue Wimberly (vcl); Quinton Claunch (gtr); Stan Kesler (steel gtr);
Marcus Van Story (bs); Bill Cantrell (fiddle)
'Daydreams' was an answer song to a hit Cantrell and Claunch had produced for Meteor Records.
SUN 230 The Miller Sisters
There's no right way to do me wrong / You can tell me (January 1956)
Recorded July 1, 1955, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Elsie Jo Miller (vcl); Mildred Wages (vcl); Buddy Holobaugh (gtr);
Jan Ledbetter (bs); Johnny Bernero (dms); Ace Cannon (ts)
SUN 231 Charlie Feathers
Defrost your heart / Wedding gown of white (December 1955)
Recorded November 1, 1955, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Charlie Feathers (vcl/gtr); Quinton Claunch (gtr); Stan Kesler (steel gtr);
Bill or Johnny Black (bs); Bill Cantrell (fiddle)
Charle Feathers later recorded one rock-a-billy single for Meteor Records.
SUN 232 Johnny Cash
So doggone lonesome / Folsom prison blues (December 1955)
Label variations depicted.
SUN 233 Billy "The Kid" Emerson
Little fine healthy thing / Something for nothing (January 1956)
SUN 234 Carl Perkins
Blue suede shoes [4] / Honey don't (December 1955)
Blue suede shoes was SUN's first million seller and it peaked at number 4 in Billboard's Hot 100 chart.
SUN 235 The Perkins Brothers Band
Sure to fall / Tennessee (unissued)
SUN 236 Jimmy [James Clecy] Haggett
No more, no more / They call our love a sin (December 1955)
Recorded August 23, 1955, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Jimmy Haggett (vcl/gtr); J L 'Speed' Moody (lead gtr); Billy Springer (steel gtr);
J G 'Gabby' McKinn (bs); Bernie Gwatney (fiddle); Euwin 'Red' Mansfield (dms)
Jimmy Haggett later recorded for Meteor Records and Vaden Records.
Flip / SUN 237 Rosco Gordon
"The chicken" (dance with you) / Love for you baby (December 1955)
This was the last record issued both on the SUN and Flip labels
SUN 238 Slim Rhodes
Gonna romp and stomp / Bad girl (April 1956)
A-side vocals by Dusty and Dot Rhodes, B-side sung by Brad Suggs
Recorded February 2, 1956, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Slim Rhodes (gtr); Dottie Rhodes-Moore (vcl A-side); Dusty Rhodes (vcl A-side, fiddle);
Brad Suggs (vcl B-side, gtr); John Hughey (steel gtr); Speck Rhodes (bs); W S Holland (dms)
SUN 239 Warren Smith
Rock 'n' roll Ruby / I'd rather be safe than sorry (April 1956)
Early 'M' misprint 45 rpm label and later corrected 'N' edition depicted.
Recorded February 5, 1956, SUN Studio, Memphis, Tennessee
Warren Smith (vcl/gtr); Buddy Holobaugh (gtr); Stan Kesler (steel gtr);
Jan Ledbetter (bs); Smokey Joe Baugh (pno); Johnny Benero (dms)
SUN 240 Jack Earls & the Jimbos
Slow down / A fool for lovin' you (April 1956)
SUN 241 Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
Get rhythm / I walk the line [19] (April 1956)
Label variations depicted.
SUN 242 Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings
Ooby dooby [59] /Go! Go! Go! (May 1956)
Label variations depicted. Note the catalog number's position.
SUN 243 Carl Perkins
Boppin' the blues [70] / All mama's children (May 1956)
Label variations depicted. Note the writer credit omissions on the lowest.
SUN 244 Jean Chapel
Welcome to the club / I won't be rockin' tonight (June 1956)
SUN 245 Billy Riley
Trouble bound / Rock with me baby (May 1956)
SUN 246 Malcolm Yelvington
Rockin' with my baby / It's me baby (August 1956)
SUN 247 Sonny Burgess
Red headed woman / We wanna boogie (August 1956)
Label variations depicted. Note writer credit omissions on the lowest.
SUN 248 Rhythm Rockers [The Rythm Rockers]
Fiddle bop / Juke box, help me find my baby (August 1956)
Recorded spring 1956 in Wheeling, West Virginia. Sidney 'Hardrock' Gunter (vcl A-side/gtr); Bobby 'Sonny'
Durham (vcl/fiddle B-side, percussion A-side); Bob Tuston (bs). First released as Cross Country CX-524.
Sam Phillips leased the master and edited out 20 seconds of slap bass solo on 'Jukebox', changed the
name from 'Rythm' to 'Rhythm' and 'Sonny' to 'Buddy' and switched A-side before releasing on SUN.
SUN 249 Carl Perkins
I'm sorry, I'm not sorry / Dixie fried (August 1956)
Press here for number: 174 - 199, 200 - 224, 225 - 249, 250 - 299, 300 - 349, 350 - 407