Theres no name or title listed just descripton and #, well and the rate.

Yeah, Scotty Moore.

I have to go to lunch. I can't work on this thing all day. You'd think somebody would have had a record though.

Scotty Moore & Steve Cropper recorded together? My first thought was Sam Moore of Sam and Dave. Scotty Moore, huh? Is this pre-Stax? Now that I think about it, though... Steve Cropper... Volt, the Stax subsidiary?

Jesus, it could be "Green Onions"! (No label number, but it gives us the Cropper/Moore/Phillips nexus.) Pertinent part:

The next morning Steve Cropper took the song down to the nearby Sun Studios on Union Avenue....former home to Elvis’s early recordings.

There he asked former Elvis guitarist Scotty Moore to dub him off a quick copy. Scotty’s exact words were “Wow that’s funky!” and Steve obviously thought so too because he immediately raced down to local radio station WLOK. The DJ on air there immediately played it......four times in a row.

The phones went mad with people asking about this great dance track they’d just heard. Steve Cropper called producer Jim Stewart who still worked at the local bank and told him to get down there as quick as he could since it looked like they had a big potential hit on their hands.

One problem remained however...it still had no title. The band’s original bassist Lewis Steinberg came swiftly to the rescue. If the song’s funky, he reckoned then the title should be funky too. Now it’s important to note the word “funky” meant at the time “stinky” or “dirty” so reasoned Steinberg to call it green onions cause that was the stinkiest thing he knew!

Yeah, Scotty Moore.

For those of you discinclined to Google, this is Elvis' guitarist and one of the most influential in rock history. Though probably not as influential as Steve Cropper. Anyway, these are legendary names.

Now it’s important to note the word “funky” meant at the time “stinky” or “dirty” so reasoned Steinberg to call it green onions cause that was the stinkiest thing he knew!

It still means stanky and dirty. Though it's a pretty specific smell. Earthy though, so I can see why they'd go with "Green Onions."

Moore's the engineer, don't know if he was on the recording.

The date's December of 63 and not 62.

I have 2 singles from Volt around that time that I think could be they, but again, the numbers. AAAARRRRRRGH!

I give up.

Heather's job is cool....

Hey, is there anywhere to get streaming Stax/Volt music? The old R&B station on launch.com tried to play me "Come See About Me," and that's just not what I'm in the mood for.

Hey, is there anywhere to get streaming Stax/Volt music?

Hmmm. I suppose you could just have a Memphis soul only station on Launch.

WWOZ is a great radio station out of New Orleans, but they obviously slant towards their own local brand. There's a great show on Tuesdays though, of NOLA soul 50s R&B with Jivin' Gene. 7-10 EST.

Records From the Crypt is also really cool.

Heather's job is cool....

For the most part. I just think these 3 invoices would be worth much more if I could match them to songs.

For the most part. I just think these 3 invoices would be worth much more if I could match them to songs.

The number doesn't seem to be a catalog number, but probably refers to a recording session. I wonder if you could email somebody like Peter Guralnick? He wrote the book Sweet Soul Music about Memphis soul, so he might have an idea. Or anybody that had the complete Stax singles box set could probably look up that recording date.

Heather, here's a list of Stax singles from that era. I'm pretty sure it must've come out on Volt with the V in the number. I'm thinking that is a catalog number now, since it's so similar to the Stax numbering.

Stax singles