Down by the Riverside

~ Recording by The Million Dollar Quartet

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.5Down by the Riverside2:22The Million Dollar QuartetThe Sun Records CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Rhino (reissue label), RCA Special Products (a label of BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.)DRC3-1211, R2 71780

Relationships

producer:Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:Clayton Perkins (on 1956-12-04)
drums (drum set) [drums]:W.S. Holland (on 1956-12-04)
electric guitar:Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1956-12-04)
guitar:Jay Perkins (on 1956-12-04)
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1956-12-04)
vocals:Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1956-12-04)
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1956-12-04)
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1956-12-04)
recorded at:Sun Studio in Memphis, United States (on 1956-12-04)
recording of:Down by the Riverside (on 1956-12-04: cover)

Down by the Riverside

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
referred to in medleys:Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of the Other (order: 11)
later translated versions:Lawr Ar Lan Y Môr
Vrienden voor ’t leven
later versions:Down by the Riverside
is the basis for:Four North American Ballads: No. 3. Down by the Riverside
Qu’il fait bon vivre
arrangements:Down by the River
Down by the River Side (arr. Jordan)
Down by the Riverside (arr. Barber)
Down by the Riverside (arr. Jackson)
Down by the Riverside (Udo Jürgens arrangement)