The Mistakes of Yesterday, the Hopes of Tomorrow: The Story of the Prisonaires

by John Dougan

Early in the morning on June 1, 1953, five African American men boarded a van to make the 200-mile trip from Nashville to Memphis for a daylong recording session at the legendary Sun Studios, to be overseen by Sun founder Sam Phillips. One of the two tracks cut that day, "Just Walkin' in the Rain," would go on to become a regional R&B hit, Sun Records' biggest record of the pre-Elvis era. It would, however, be the group's only hit. They were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558499695
• ISBN13: 9781558499690
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"