STUDIO SESSION FOR ROY ORBISON
AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS 1956

SUN RECORDING STUDIO
706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE 1956
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - JACK CLEMENT

''YOU'RE MY BABY''
Composer: - Johnny R. Cash
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated
Matrix number: - U 220 - Single/LP Master (2:05)
Recorded: - Unknown Date 1956
Released: - September 24, 1956
First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single Sun 251-A mono
YOU'RE MY BABY / ROCK HOUSE
Reissued: - 1961 Sun Records (LP) 33rpm Sun LP 1260 A-3 mono
ROY ORBISON AT THE ROCK HOUSE
Reissued: - 1976 Charly Records (LP) 33rpm CR 30101 B-5 mono
SUN: THE ROOTS OF ROCK - VOLUME 1 - CATALYST
Reissued: - 1995 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15802-2/21 mono
THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 2

Like Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison was unable to find a follow-up to his first hit. He recorded "Rock House", a song that another aspiring Sun act, Harold Jenkins (a.k.a. Conway Twitty), had worked up as a theme song for his group, the Rockhousers. It was coupled with Johnny Cash's execrable song, "You're My Baby", originally "Little Woolly Booger". Billboard once again was effusive in its praise of Orbison's "sock showmanship", but its recommendation failed to take account of the fact that "Rock House", released in September 1956, was already behind the times.

''You're My Baby'' was an uncharacteristic song for its writer, Johnny Cash. Its verses consist of 8 bars of stop-rhythm and then proceed into the chorus. At the end of the stop-rhythm segment, Ellis's rimshots announce that the chorus is about to start. Otherwise, his drumming is pretty subdued - keeping time, marking the stops, and little else until the second guitar solo. But as that solo progresses, the drumming gets more energized, and reaches a peak behind the final vocal verse. That dramatic crescendo brings the record to an exciting climax, and it's all due to Billy Pat Ellis's drumming. (CE) (HD) (SP)

Name (Or. No. Of Instruments)
Roy Orbison - Vocal and Guitar
Johnny ''Peanuts'' Wilson - Guitar
James Morrow - Electric Mandolin
Jack Kennelly - Bass
Billy Pat Ellis - Drums

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