Class of '55 ist ein 1986 erschienenes Album von Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis und Carl Perkins, das von Chips Moman produziert wurde. Diese vier Künstler und Elvis Presley, dem Teile des Albums gewidmet wurden, sind die bekanntesten Vertreter des sogenannten Sun-Sounds, der von Sun Records in Memphis (Tennessee) aus ab 1955 viele andere Künstler wie zum Beispiel Buddy Holly beeinflusste.
Auf dem letzten Song des Albums Big Train sind die Gaststars John Fogerty, The Judds, Dave Edmunds, Sam Phillips und June Carter Cash zu hören, sowie Ricky Nelson in der letzten Aufnahmesession seines Lebens.
Die Interviews from the Class of '55 Recording Sessions wurden in der Kategorie „Best Spoken Word Album“ mit einem Grammy ausgezeichnet.
Titelliste
Seite 1
- Carl Perkins – Birth of Rock and Roll (Carl Perkins/Greg Perkins) – 4:21
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Sixteen Candles (Luther Dixon/Allyson Kent) – 3:48
- Carl Perkins – Class of '55 (Chips Moman/Bobby Emmons) – 2:56
- Perkins, Lewis, Orbison & Cash – Waymore's Blues (Waylon Jennings/Curtis Buck) – 2:25
- Johnny Cash – We Remember the King (Cash/Lewis/Orbison/Perkins) – 2:58
Seite 2
- Roy Orbison – Coming Home (Roy Orbison/Will Jennings/J. D. Souther) – 3:59
- Perkins, Lewis, Orbison & Cash – Rock and Roll (Fais-Do-Do) (Michael Smotherman) – 3:17
- Jerry Lee Lewis – Keep My Motor Running (Randy Bachman) – 2:52
- Johnny Cash – I Will Rock and Roll With You (Cash) – 2:01
- Perkins, Lewis, Orbison & Cash – Big Train (From Memphis) (John Fogerty) – 7:56
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Gemeinschaftsalben |
- The Survivors Live
- Highwayman
- Class of ’55
- Heroes
- Highwayman 2
- The Road Goes On Forever
- VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
- Every Song Tells A Story
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Livealben | |
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Kompilationen |
- Mean as Hell!
- Johnny Cash’s Greatest Hits
- The Johnny Cash Show
- Original Golden Hits, Volume I
- The World of Johnny Cash
- Original Golden Hits, Volume II
- The Johnny Cash Collection: Greatest Hits Volume II
- Star Portrait
- The Johnny Cash Songbook
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Five Feet High and Rising
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
- Itchy Feet – 20 Foot-Tappin’ Greats
- A Free Man
- Johnny Cash: Patriot
- The Best of Johnny Cash
- Super Hits
- The Man in Black (The Definitive Collection)
- The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits
- 16 Biggest Hits
- Hits
- Love, God and Murder
- The Essential Johnny Cash
- The Legend of Johnny Cash: First Original Hits
- Johnny Cash Sings His Best: 40 Original Hits
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
- The Heart of a Legend
- The Complete Sun Recordings, 1955–1958
- Walking the Line: The Legendary Sun Recordings
- The Legend
- The Legend of Johnny Cash
- At Folsom Prison / At San Quentin – The 2 Classic Prison Concerts
- Golden Legends: Johnny Cash
- Bootleg Vol. I – Personal File
- Walk The Line – The Very Best of Johnny Cash
- JC: Johnny Cash
- The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
- Cash – Ultimate Gospel
- Forever Johnny Cash
- The Great Lost Performance – Live at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, New Jersey
- Icon: Johnny Cash
- Bootleg Vol III: Live Around The World
- The Soul Of Truth: Bootleg Vol IV
- Opus Collection
- The Number Ones
- The Classics
- The Greatest: Duets
- Country: Johnny Cash
- The Complete Columbia Album Collection
- LIFE Unheard
- The Rebel
- LIFE Unheard
- Complete Mercury Albums 1986–1991
- Classic Cash, Early Mixes: Hall Of Fame Series
- Golden Sounds of Country Music
- This Is Johnny Cash
- More of Old Golden Throat
- The Walls of a Prison
- The Mighty Johnny Cash
- Understand Your Man
- Give My Love to Rose
- Ballads of the American Indian
- The Unissued Johnny Cash
- Johnny & June
- Tall Man
- Encore
- Biggest Hits
- Inside a Swedish Prison
- Bitter Tears
- Columbia Records 1958–1986
- The Man in Black 1954–1958
- 12 Giant Hits
- Come Along and Ride this Train
- The Man in Black 1959–1962
- The Essential Johnny Cash 1955–1983
- Wanted Man
- The Man in Black 1963–1969
- Johnny Cash: The Hits
- Johnny Cash: Crazy Country
- The Best of Johnny Cash
- It’s All in the Family
- I Walk the Line/Little Fauss and Big Halsy
- The Mercury Years
- 16 Biggest Hits: Volume II
- A Boy Named Sue and Other Story Songs
- Johnny Cash & Friends
- Life
- Johnny Cash Live Recordings
- Traveling Cash – An Imaginary Journey
- June Carter and Johnny Cash: Duets
- ohnny Cash: The Outtakes
- The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969–1971
- Playlist: The Very Best of Johnny Cash
- Bootleg Vol. II – From Memphis to Hollywood
- The Broadcast Archives
- Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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Remixalben | |
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Soundtracks |
- America
- I Walk the Line – Movie Soundtrack
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy – Movie Soundtrack
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Weihnachtsalben |
- Christmas With Johnny Cash
- Country Christmas
- The Classic Christmas Album
- The Christmas Spirit
- The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
- Classic Christmas
- Johnny Cash Country Christmas
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Tributealben |
- Til Things Are Brighter: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
- All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Johnny Cash Remixed
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Videoalben |
- A Concert Behind Prison Walls
- Live at Montreux 1994
- CBS TV Anniversary Special: The First 25 Years
- Live from Austin, TX
- Live in Denmark
- Johnny Cash in Ireland
- Cash for Kenya: Live in Johnstown, PA
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Singles | |
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