Billion Dollar Quartet

On December 4, 1956, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley reunite at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee and begin a jam session together.
The plot is narrated by Sam Philips, the American producer who discovered the artists.

Find the pretty crazy performance during the 2010 Tony Awards:

General information
  • Style : Rock, Pop, Jukebox Music
  • Theme : Showbiz, 50s, Jazz, Inspired by a true story, United States, Artist
  • year of creation : 2006
Music
  • Composer : Various (Carl L. Perkins, John R. Cash, Otis Blackwell, Carl L. Perkins, etc.)
  • Lyricist : Various (Carl L. Perkins, John R. Cash, Otis Blackwell, Carl L. Perkins, etc.)
  • Librettist : Colin Escot & Floyd Mutrux
  • famous songs : "Blue Suede Shoes" "Real Wild Child" "Matchbox" "Who Do You Love?" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Fever" "Memories Are Made of This" "That's All Right" "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Down by the Riverside" "Sixteen Tons" "My Babe" "Long Tall Sally" "Peace in the Valley ""I Walk the Line" "I Hear You Knocking" "Party" "Great Balls of Fire" "Hound Dog" "Ghost Riders" "See You Later Alligator" "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
  • Famous performers :
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  • Inspired by another work : The musical is based on the afternoon of December 4, 1956, in the studio of Sun Records in Memphis, where Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis recorded an album from their improvisations.
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The 2010 production won 1 Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor for Levi Kreis.
  • Number of years on display : 8
  • Number of performances : 2800
  • anecdotes : the highlight of the show is the last moment of the show: all the actors freeze exactly imitating the pose taken in the photo of this recording, the curtain with the photo comes down, exactly similar!
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