Colin Escott (born 31 August 1949) is a British music historian and author specializing in early U.S. rock and roll and country music. His works include...

Quartet (RCA CD # 2023-2-R), the sleeve notes of which were written by Colin Escott of Showtime Music, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2006, RCA used a copy...

"I'm on Fire", a song that they felt would be perfect for Lewis, and as Colin Escott writes in the sleeve to the retrospective A Half Century of Hits, "Mercury...

Escott, Colin, Merritt, George & MacEwen, William 2009, pp. 98–99. Escott, Colin, Merritt, George & MacEwen, William 2009, pp. 100. Escott, Colin, Merritt...

television miniseries based on the musical Million Dollar Quartet written by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. The series takes place at the Sun Studio in Memphis...

your funeral march at the same time", with, according to biographer Colin Escott, "zero conviction". Orbison was pleased with the film, although it proved...

Audrey Williams. It is based on the book Hank Williams: The Biography by Colin Escott, George Merritt, and William (Bill) MacEwen. It was screened in the Special...

Million Dollar Quartet is a jukebox musical with a book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. It dramatizes the Million Dollar Quartet recording session of...

set in 2004 by Trojan Records. The anthology, which was compiled by Colin Escott and Bas Hartong, is arranged in chronological order and features tracks...

Dutch). Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-19. Colin Escott and Martin Hawkins, Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of...

Hornet. His nicknames included "Jumbo" and "The Round Mound of Sound". Colin Escott, an author of musician biographies, wrote that RCA Victor, for which...

the last train of the night to San Fernando. In the words of writer Colin Escott, writing for Peter Guralnick's blog, "Ostensibly, [the song] was about...

in Nashville. The song has been widely praised; Williams' biographer Colin Escott deems it "perhaps the best song [Rose] ever presented to Hank...It was...

Husky hit recorded in November 1956, as a possible precursor. The writer Colin Escott argued that Reeves' "Four Walls", recorded February 1957, as the "first...

to the Thessalonians and Book of Revelation. As Williams' biographer Colin Escott astutely observes, while the melody and even some of the lyrics bear...

writers have included Dave Thompson, Harvey Kubernik, Jeff Tamarkin, Colin Escott, Gillian G. Gaar, David Nathan, Steve Roeser, Jay Jay French and Debbie...

Thomas Jr., and Barbara Pittman. In November 2022, Peter Guralnick and Colin Escott released The Birth of Rock ‘N’ Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records...

featured a booklet with an account on the album's significance by historian Colin Escott, along with photos of Dylan from the period when the demos were recorded...

Baby It's You! is a jukebox musical written by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott, featuring pop and rock hits of the 1960s, with a special emphasis on songs...

author and Mullican receiving ongoing royalties. Williams' biographer Colin Escott speculates that it is likely Mullican wrote at least some of the song...

Retrieved October 11, 2011. Browne, Ray Broadus; p.65 Escott,Colin p.241 & 242 Escott,Colin p.242 Hank Williams Trail Brouchure (PDF). Retrieved March...

Albums". Rocklistmusic.xo.uk. Archived from the original on August 11, 2006. Let's Stay Together album liner notes by Colin Escott. Cream / Hi Records, Inc....

to push for her own spot in the limelight. Country-music biographer Colin Escott wrote, "Her duets with Hank were like an extension of their married life...

London, UK: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 110–1. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. Colin Escott, "Clyde Otis: Looking Back". Goldmine, October 1, 1993, pp. 42–43. Bill...

Retrieved March 16, 2015. Escott, Colin (February 28, 2009). The Grand Ole Opry: The Making of an American Icon - Colin Escott - Google Boeken. Center Street...

Dorsey and Johnny Burnette "Rock Billy Boogie/Johnny Burnette Trio" by Colin Escott (sleeve notes to Bear Family CD BCD 15474/AH) – general background details...

in 1958 at the Chess Records studios in Chicago. However, researcher Colin Escott identifies the recordings as being from a March 3, 1960, session, when...

primal, strangled cry of anguish". In 1994, country music historian Colin Escott pronounced, "Contemporary country music is virtually founded on reverence...

Goin' Steady (Faron Young Classic) It was found out some years ago by Colin Escott (Hank Williams' Biographer) that Hank actually wrote the song and sold...

what Smith has called "The Connie Smith Sound". In an interview with Colin Escott in his book Born to Sing, Myrick recalls how Smith's producer (Bob Ferguson)...