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Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the “King of Soul”, Redding’s style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s.
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Otis Redding Signature. Sold for over $1,000.
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Charlie Parker Rare Signed 8″ x 10″ Photo — With Roger Epperson COA
A very rare signature by jazz legend Charlie Parker, who here signs an 8″ x 10″ photo, writing, “To The Madcaps, The most in entertainment! Charlie Parker”. Addendum in red ink reads “Joe of”, referring to Madcaps member Joe DiFulvio; the Madcaps were a harmonica duet comprised of DiFulvio and Carl Ford, who performed with big acts of their day, including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and likely Charlie Parker. Glossy publicity photo has some light creasing, otherwise near fine. With Roger Epperson COA. Sold for $10,000.
Jerry Lee Lewis Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins Signed Photo
“Million Dollar Quartet” is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. An article about the session was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar under the title “Million Dollar Quartet”. The recording was first released in Europe in 1981 as The Million Dollar Quartet with 17 tracks. A few years later more tracks were discovered and released as The Complete Million Dollar Session. In 1990, the recordings were released in the United States as Elvis Presley – The Million Dollar Quartet. This session is considered a seminal moment in rock and roll.
The jam session seems to have happened by pure chance. Perkins, who by this time had already met success with “Blue Suede Shoes”, had come into the studios that day accompanied by his brothers Clayton and Jay and by drummer W.S. Holland, their aim being to record some new material, including a revamped version of an old blues song, “Matchbox”. Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records, who wanted to try to fatten this sparse rockabilly instrumentation, had brought in his latest acquisition, Jerry Lee Lewis, still unknown outside Memphis, to play piano (at the time, a Wurlitzer Spinet) on the Perkins session. Lewis’s first Sun single would be released a few days later. Sometime in the early afternoon, 21-year-old Elvis Presley, a former Sun artist now with RCA Victor, arrived to pay a casual visit accompanied by a girlfriend, Marilyn Evans. After chatting with Phillips in the control room, Presley listened to the playback of Perkins’s session, which he pronounced to be good. Then he went into the studio and some time later, the jam session began. At some point during the session, Sun artist Johnny Cash, who had recently enjoyed a few hit records on the country charts, arrived as well. (Cash wrote in his autobiography Cash that he had been first to arrive at the Sun Studio that day, wanting to listen in on the Perkins recording session.) Jack Clement was engineering that day and remembers saying to himself “I think I’d be remiss not to record this,” and so he did. After running through a number of songs, Elvis and girlfriend Evans slipped out as Jerry Lee pounded away on the piano. Cash wrote in Cash that “no one wanted to follow Jerry Lee, not even Elvis.” Whatever Elvis’s feelings may or may not have been in regard to “following” Lewis, Presley was clearly the “star” of the impromptu jam session, which consisted largely of snippets of gospel songs that the four artists had all grown up singing. The recordings show Elvis, the most nationally and internationally famous of the four at the time, to be the focal point of what was a casual, spur-of-the-moment gathering of four artists who would each go on to contribute greatly to the seismic shift in popular music in the late 1950s.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins signed photo of their historic jam session with Elvis Presley on 4 December 1956, an impromptu once-in-a-lifetime recording session of the four men who would shape late 1950s rock ‘n roll. Large 14″ x 11″ glossy photo is signed by Lewis in orange felt-tip and by Cash and Perkins in black felt-tip. Photo is nicely framed to a size of 21.625″ x 17.75″. Not examined out of frame, but appears near fine. With COA from Odyssey Group. Sold for $5,960.
Billie Holiday Signed 8” x 10” Photograph — ”Stay as Great as you Are / Billie Holiday”
Billie Holiday signed 8” x 10” glossy photograph. Holiday elegantly signs ”Stay as Great as you Are / Billie Holiday” in blue ink to publicity photograph. Lot also includes LP of Holiday’s 1954 release ”Volume 3” with colorful cover designed by renowned artist Burt Goldblatt. Very light creasing to photograph, overall near fine. Sold for $3,750.
Billie Holiday 8” x 10” Signed Photo — With PSA/DNA COA
Billie Holiday signed glossy photo, signed in vibrant blue ink: ”Best always / Billie Holiday”. Publicity photo has ”Associated Booking Corp.” printed at bottom, which represented Holiday beginning in the 1940s. 8” x 10” photo has some creasing, especially along lower right; overall in very good condition. With PSA/DNA COA. Billie Holiday signed photos are quite rare. Sold for $3,125.
Billie Holiday 8″ x 10″ Signed Photo, Dark Autograph
Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), known professionally as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed “Lady Day” by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. Holiday won four Grammy Awards, all of them posthumously, for Best Historical Album. She was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. She was also inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, though not in that genre; the website states that “Billie Holiday changed jazz forever”. Several films about her life have been released, most recently The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021).
Billie Holiday signed glossy photo, “For Arthur / Stay Happy / With Leepee / always / Billie Holiday”. Publicity photo has “Associated Booking Corp.” printed at bottom, which represented Holiday beginning in the 1940s. Photo measure 8″ x 10″. Some creasing, overall in very good condition. Billie Holiday signed photos are quite rare. Sold for $2,940.
Billie Holiday Signed First Edition of Her Memoirs — Scarce
Scarce signed copy of Billie Holiday’s autobiography ”Lady Sings The Blues”, signed by Holiday. Published in 1956, the book spoke candidly about her struggles with alcoholism and racial inequality. It was also the blueprint for the 1972 film of the same name, which garnered Diana Ross an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Holiday. Published by Doubleday: Garden City: 1956, autobiography features a variety of candid photographs of Holiday to the front and rear pastedowns. Holiday signs in blue ink to the flyleaf: ”Stay Happy Cool / Always / Billie Holiday”. 250pp. book is bound in red cloth boards with the title, author and publisher written in black and white to spine. Measures 5.75” x 8.5”. Toning to edges and slight wear to board edges. Light foxing to the flyleaf. Very good. Sold for $3,125.
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