On This Day in Music History:

July 12th: On this day

1954, 19 year old Elvis Presley signed a recording contract with

Sun Records. He also gave in his notice at his day job at The

Crown Electric Company. Sam Phillips from Sun Records

originally wanted to use the 19 year old to make demos of songs

meant for other artists, but soon realized that here was the man

who could bridge the gap between white and black

performances.

1962, Ray Charles was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the

Don Gibson penned country ballad 'I Can't Stop Loving You', his

only UK No.1.