The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.
| No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Big Mama Thornton | Hound Dog | Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] |  |
| 3 | Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys | Blue Moon Of Kentucky | Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age | |
| 4 | Ernest Tubb | I Love You Because | The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2) | |
| 5 | Gene Austin | Love Letters In The Sand | A Time To Relax | |
| 6 | Eddy Arnold | It's a Sin | Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 | |
| 7 | Red Foley | Old Shep | Tennessee Saturday Night | |
| 8 | The Lone Star Cowboys | Just Because | East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) | |
| 9 | The Carter Family | I'm Working On A Building | The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5] | |
| 10 | Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir | Working On The Building | Powerhouse Gospel | |
| 11 | Kokomo Arnold | Milk Cow Blues | Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] | |
| 12 | Arthur Gunter | Baby Let's Play House | The Best Of Excello Records | |
| 13 | Jimmy Reed | Big Boss Man | The Very Best of Jimmy Reed | |
| 14 | Jimmy Reed | Baby What You Want Me To Do | The Very Best of Jimmy Reed | |
| 15 | Arthur Big Boy Crudup | So Glad You're Mine | Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47) | |
| 16 | Arthur Big Boy Crudup | So Glad You're Mine | Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47) | |
| 17 | Little Junior Parker | Mystery Train | Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals | |
| 18 | Little Richard | Long Tall Sally | Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams | |
| 19 | Chuck Berry | Promised Land | The Chess Box Disc 2 | |
| 20 | Lloyd Price | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans | |
| 21 | The Eagles | Trying To Get To You | Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1] | |
| 22 | Smiley Lewis | One Night | I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 | |
| 23 | Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters | Money Honey | Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four | |
| 24 | Roy Brown | Good Rockin' Tonight | Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers | |
| 25 | Ivory Joe Hunter | I Need You So | The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950 | |
| 26 | Billy Bunn & His Buddies | That's When Your Heartaches Begin | Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53 | |
| 27 | Charlie Blackwell | The Girl of My Best Friend | Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1) | |
| 28 | Big Joe Turner | Shake, Rattle & Roll | Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 | |
| 29 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | I Believe | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | |
| 30 | The Golden Gate Quartet | Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946) | Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) | |
| 31 | Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers | Peace In The Valley | The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1] | |
| 32 | Mahalia Jackson | How Great Thou Art | Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1] | |
| 33 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Precious Memories | Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) | |
| 34 | Joe Dowell | Wooden Heart | Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961 | |
| 35 | Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra | Blue Moon | Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals | |