Gotta love the roots. And Georgia's contribution...Blind Willie McTell & The Allman Bros is the classic example. Little Richard & Led Zep is another. So I'm really happy to discover Arthur Gunter...he may have made $6,500 in royalties after Elvis recorded this. Thank goodness Arthur hit the lottery in later years. Here's some Wikipedia history... Gunter was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.[3] As a child, he was in a gospel group with his brothers and cousins called the Gunter Brothers Quartet. In the early 1950s, he played in various blues groups around Nashville, Tennessee, and began recording for Excello Records in 1954. In November 1954, Gunter recorded "Baby Let's Play House" for Excello (2047),[4] which not only became a local hit, but peaked at number 12 in the US Billboard R&B chart.[5] It became better nationally known the next year when Elvis Presley recorded a version for Sun Records. "Elvis got that number and made it famous. But I didn't get a chance to shake his hand," Gunter would later say.[citation needed] His first royalty check, received that same year, was for $6,500.[citation needed] Gunter continued to record for Excello until 1961. His regular band broke up in 1966 and he moved to Pontiac, Michigan, performing only occasionally thereafter. He retired after winning the Michigan State Lottery in 1973.[3] He died of pneumonia in 1976, aged 49, at his home in Port Huron, Michigan.[1]
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Gotta love the roots. And Georgia's contribution...Blind Willie McTell & The Allman Bros is the classic example. Little Richard & Led Zep is another. So I'm really happy to discover Arthur Gunter...he may have made $6,500 in royalties after Elvis recorded this. Thank goodness Arthur hit the lottery in later years. Here's some Wikipedia history...
Gunter was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia.[3] As a child, he was in a gospel group with his brothers and cousins called the Gunter Brothers Quartet. In the early 1950s, he played in various blues groups around Nashville, Tennessee, and began recording for Excello Records in 1954.
In November 1954, Gunter recorded "Baby Let's Play House" for Excello (2047),[4] which not only became a local hit, but peaked at number 12 in the US Billboard R&B chart.[5] It became better nationally known the next year when Elvis Presley recorded a version for Sun Records. "Elvis got that number and made it famous. But I didn't get a chance to shake his hand," Gunter would later say.[citation needed] His first royalty check, received that same year, was for $6,500.[citation needed]
Gunter continued to record for Excello until 1961. His regular band broke up in 1966 and he moved to Pontiac, Michigan, performing only occasionally thereafter. He retired after winning the Michigan State Lottery in 1973.[3]
He died of pneumonia in 1976, aged 49, at his home in Port Huron, Michigan.[1]
Elvis opened many doors for the music that we have today.
Classic greatness!
i love this version and glad elvis and sun studios gave him royalties
ALL ELVIS' SONGS PAID ROYALTIES. HE WAS UNDER RCA, THEY WOULD BE SUED.
John.Lennon wrote Run for your life using words appropriated from this song
No, he was a HUGE Elvis fan and had never heard this song due to age difference & country.
@@kelliintexas3575 This was probably a very rare record
This is good but Elvis’s version is better and especially Scotty Moore’s guitar 🎸!
Dont forget Bill Black
Buddy Holly also gave it a try
Nice woman friendly