Artist	Song
Dean Martin	Memories Are Made of This
from Dino - The Essential Dean Martin (2004)
Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul
from Gospel - Rock My Soul (2006)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Mean Old Frisco Blues
from Rock Me Mama - When the Sun Goes Down Series (2003)
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	Little Cabin on the Hill
from All The Classic Releases 1937 - 1949 (2005)
Big Joe Turner	Bump Miss Susie
from Greatest Hits (2005)
Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
from Gold: Hank Williams (2005)
Hank Snow	I Don't Hurt Anymore
from Diamond Master Series: Hank Snow (2007)
The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)
from The Platters: The Magic Touch Anthology (1991)
The Drifters	Honey Love
from Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters (2005)
B.B. King	Three O'Clock Blues
from B.B. King Classics (2008)
Furry Lewis	John Henry
from Furry Lewis (1960)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train
from The Gospel of the Blues (2003)
Mahalia Jackson	Take My Hand, Precious Lord
from The Essential Mahalia Jackson (1980)
Rufus Thomas	Tiger Man (King of the Jungle)
from The Blues Came Down from Memphis CD 1 (Pt. 1) (2006)
His Delta Cats & Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88
from Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Road to Memphis - A Film By Richard Pearce and Robert Kenner (2003)
Mario Lanza	Torna a Surriento (Come Back to Sorrento)
from Mario Lanza: The 50th Anniversary Collection - 40 Tracks! (2009)
Bing Crosby	Blue Hawaii
from Bing Crosby: A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings (2003)
Stamps-Baxter Quartet	When We Sing Around the Throne Eternal
from Close Harmony - A History of Southern Gospel Music, Vol. 1: 1920-1955 (2004)
Statesman Quartet	Somebody Bigger
from Close Harmony - A History of Southern Gospel Music, Vol. 1: 1920-1955 (2004)
Blackwood Brothers	Lord Build Me a Cabin In Glory
from Close Harmony - A History of Southern Gospel Music, Vol. 1: 1920-1955 (2004)
The Harmonizing Four	I Shall Not Be Moved
from The History of Black Gospel, Vol. 5 (2008)
Red Foley	Old Shep
from Country Music Hall of Fame Series: Red Foley (1991)
Roy Acuff	Wabash Cannonball
from The Essential Roy Acuff (2004)
Eddy Arnold	It's a Sin
from The Essential Eddy Arnold (1996)
The Ames Brothers	Sentimental Me
from Greatest Hits (2008)
Dean Martin	Memories Are Made of This
from Dino - The Essential Dean Martin (2004)
Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul
from Gospel - Rock My Soul (2006)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Mean Old Frisco Blues
from Rock Me Mama - When the Sun Goes Down Series (2003)
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys	Little Cabin on the Hill
from All The Classic Releases 1937 - 1949 (2005)
Big Joe Turner	Bump Miss Susie
from Greatest Hits (2005)
Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
from Gold: Hank Williams (2005)
Hank Snow	I Don't Hurt Anymore
from Diamond Master Series: Hank Snow (2007)
The Platters	Only You (And You Alone)
from The Platters: The Magic Touch Anthology (1991)
The Drifters	Honey Love
from Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters (2005)
B.B. King	Three O'Clock Blues
from B.B. King Classics (2008)
Furry Lewis	John Henry
from Furry Lewis (1960)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train
from The Gospel of the Blues (2003)
Mahalia Jackson	Take My Hand, Precious Lord
from The Essential Mahalia Jackson (1980)
Rufus Thomas	Tiger Man (King of the Jungle)
from The Blues Came Down from Memphis CD 1 (Pt. 1) (2006)
His Delta Cats & Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88
from Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Road to Memphis - A Film By Richard Pearce and Robert Kenner (2003)
Mario Lanza	Torna a Surriento (Come Back to Sorrento)
from Mario Lanza: The 50th Anniversary Collection - 40 Tracks! (2009)
Bing Crosby	Blue Hawaii
from Bing Crosby: A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings (2003)
Stamps-Baxter Quartet	When We Sing Around the Throne Eternal
from Close Harmony - A History of Southern Gospel Music, Vol. 1: 1920-1955 (2004)
Statesman Quartet	Somebody Bigger
from Close Harmony - A History of Southern Gospel Music, Vol. 1: 1920-1955 (2004)
Blackwood Brothers	Lord Build Me a Cabin In Glory
from Close Harmony - A History of Southern Gospel Music, Vol. 1: 1920-1955 (2004)
The Harmonizing Four	I Shall Not Be Moved
from The History of Black Gospel, Vol. 5 (2008)
Red Foley	Old Shep
from Country Music Hall of Fame Series: Red Foley (1991)
Roy Acuff	Wabash Cannonball
from The Essential Roy Acuff (1992)
Eddy Arnold	It's a Sin
from The Essential Eddy Arnold (1996)
The Ames Brothers	Sentimental Me
from Greatest Hits (2008)

Comment:

Virtually anything played on the radio, from the rawest blues to the slickest pop — even the grandest opera — got fed into the hopper of Elvis’ music-making machine for processing, coming out as rock. Much like Presley, Sister Rosetta Tharpe horrified purists by planting one foot under the gospel tent flap and the other in the Arkansas Delta mud, as her “This Train” smashed the stained-glass window separating gospel and blues. Canadian country star Hank Snow’s high-lonesome, heart-scarred ballad “I Don’t Hurt Anymore” closed the set that opened with Elvis’ one-time-only Grand Ole Opry appearance. And Dean Martin’s highball-soaked baritone glides around “Memories Are Made of This” with tipsy nonchalance while the Easy Riders vocal trio anchors the tune — much like the Jordanaires did on countless Elvis sides. But there’s more: Elvis’ roots extend from the Delta to the Drifters to divas — and we have ’em all.

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