(1963) Sun ''Hong Kong Blues'' (Count-In, FS, Count-In, Take 4) Jerry Lee Lewis

STUDIO SESSION FOR JERRY LEE LEWIS FOR SUN RECORDS 1963 SAM PHILLIPS RECORDING STUDIO 639 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SUN SESSION: TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 1963 SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM PHILLIPS ''HONG KONG BLUES'' Composer: - Hoagy Carmichael Publisher: - B.M.I. - Chappell Music Matrix number: - None - Count-In - False Start - Count-In - Take 4 (2:51) Recorded: - August 27, 1963 - Not Originally Issued Released: - September 1989 First appearance: - Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15420-8-22 stereo CLASSIC JERRY LEE LEWIS - THE DEFINITIVE SUN RECORDINGS 1956 - 1963 Reissued: - October 2015 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-15-6/7 mono JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS Jerry Lee Lewis' "Hong Kong Blues" is a popular song composed by American songwriter Hoagy Carmichael in 1939. It was featured in the 1943 film ''To Have And Have Not'', an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel by the same name. Former Beatle George Harrison covered the tune on his 1981 album, Somewhere in England. Also, the Quebecer Dédé Fortin presented his cover of Hong Kong Blues with Les Colocs on their album Atrocetomique. Name (Or. No. Of Instruments) Jerry Lee Lewis - Vocal & Piano Scotty Moore - Guitar Roland Janes - Guitar George Webb or Herman ''Hawk'' Hawkins - Bass Morris ''Tarap'' Tarrant - Drums William Ray Felts - Organ © - 706 UNION AVENUE SESSIONS - ©

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