Bill Black’s Combo - White Silver Sands: 1959-62 (2CD)

Bill Black was a Memphis-based bass player and entertainer, who worked with guitarist Scotty Moore and other local musicians in a hillbilly band with a humorous edge, playing in Memphis clubs and on radio In 1954 Sam Phillips of Sun Records asked them to play back-up on a session by a new artist of his called Elvis Presley.\n\nAs a result Black and Moore became the resident band on Presley\u2019s sessions, and then became his touring band, indelibly associated with his early success. In 1959, he formed a five-piece group called Bill Black\u2019s Combo and signed to the Memphis label Hi Records, whose co-founders included former Sun producers. He gave the label its first big hit with the two-sided instrumental Smokie and became His major artist, specialising in grooving R&B-flavoured instrumentals, which embraced various styles along the way, including The Twist.\n\nThis 64-track 2-CD set comprises A&B sides of his singles on the Hi label during this era, plus selected titles o