Million Dollar Quartet: Four musical heavyweights agreed to impromptu jam

Million Dollar Quartet brings to life the epochal night when four musical heavyweights agreed to an impromptu jam

The 1950s were all about high-octane rock and roll. The decade altered the music landscape, gave birth to new stars and created notes to strum for eternity. Narrow down to December 4, 1956, and you come upon a night when four giants — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins — turned up in Memphis’s tiny Sun Studios for an impromptu jam session, creating history.

Aptly called Million Dollar Quartet (first by a Memphis reporter), the Broadway and West End musical brings to life that momentous night. It oscillates between the frenzy of rock hits such as “Real