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Cash hoped to record gospel music, but Phillips was not interested. In October 1954, Carl Perkins recorded Perkins's original song "[[Movie Magg]]", which was released in March 1955 on Phillips's all-country label Flip.<ref>{{cite web|title=RCS - Flip label page|url=http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/labels/f/f461.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713180341/http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/labels/f/f461.htm|archive-date=July 13, 2012|access-date=May 22, 2014|publisher=Rcs-discography.com}}</ref> Cash returned to Sun in 1955 with his song "[[Hey, Porter]]", and his group the Tennessee Two, consisting of [[Marshall Grant]] on bass, and [[Luther Perkins]] (no relation to Carl Perkins) on lead guitar. This song and another Cash original, ''[[Cry! Cry! Cry!]]'' were released in July.<ref>{{cite web|title=RCS - Johnny Cash page|url=http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/c/cash3600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316184646/http://www.rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/c/cash3600.htm|archive-date=March 16, 2010|access-date=May 22, 2014|publisher=Rcs-discography.com}}</ref> ''Cry! Cry! Cry!'' managed to crack Billboard's Top 20, peaking at No. 14.<ref>{{cite web|title=Johnny Cash biography|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/cash_johnny/bio.jhtml|access-date=January 8, 2018|website=Cmt.com}}</ref> Presley's second and third singles were not as successful as his first.<ref>Elvis Presley Classic Albums DVD by Eagle Eye Media EE19007 NTSC Ernst Jorgenen Historian and RCA producer</ref> His fourth release, "Baby, Let's Play House", was released in May 1955, and peaked at number five on the national Billboard Country Chart.<ref name=elviscomau>{{cite web|url=http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/elvis_presley_sun_recordings.shtml|title=Elvis Presley: How Sun Records boss Sam Phillips discovered a star in 1954 - Elvis Biography|website=Elvis.com.au|access-date=January 8, 2018}}</ref> In August, Sun released Elvis's versions of "[[I Forgot to Remember to Forget]]" and "Mystery Train". "Remember to Forget" spent a total of 39 weeks on the Billboard Country Chart, five at the number one spot. "Mystery Train", peaked at number 11.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} Through most of 1955, Cash, Perkins, Presley, and other Louisiana Hayride performers toured through Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi. Sun released two more Perkins songs in October: "Gone, Gone, Gone" and "Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm|title=RCS-Carl Perkins page|publisher=Rcs-discography.com|access-date=May 22, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717234900/http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/p/perk1000.htm|archive-date=July 17, 2012}}</ref> Perkins and Presley in particular competed as the premier rockabilly artists.<ref>''The Blue Moon Boys: The Story of Elvis Presley's Band''. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. 2006. Chicago Review Press. page 88. {{ISBN|1-55652-614-8}}</ref> 1955 was also the year in which [[Chuck Berry]]'s hillbilly-influenced single "[[Maybellene]]" reached high in the charts as a crossover hit, and [[Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley and His Comets]]' "Rock Around the Clock" was not only number one for eight weeks, but was the number two record for the year.<ref name="billboard1955" /> Rock and roll in general, and rockabilly in particular, was at [[Critical mass (sociodynamics)|critical mass]] and the next year, Elvis Presley's ''Heartbreak Hotel'' and ''Don't Be Cruel'' would top the Billboard Charts as well.<ref name="billboard1956">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+Hot+100&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1956|title=Billboard year end charts 1956|website=Billboard.com|access-date=January 8, 2018}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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