Million Dollar Quartet

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
2 pm and 7:30 pm

"Rockin' Rollin' jukebox musical explodes into a fantastic show!" - Chicago Critic 

Million Dollar Quartet captures the contagious spirit, freewheeling excitement, and thrilling sounds of the once-in-a-life-time event where four of music’s best talents came together.

Around Christmas time in 1956, Carl Perkins was in a post-“Blue Suede Shoes” funk. He booked a recording session on Dec. 4th with producer Sam Phillips. Aalong with Jerry Lee Lewis, Perkins and his band recorded a number of songs including one of Perkins’ best-known records, “Matchbox.”. 

​Details from the rest of that day are still questioned, but this is what is known: Perkins and Lewis were later joined by Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, and the foursome held an impromptu jam session.

A newspaper wrote, “This quartet could sell a million.” Shortly after they were known as “The Million Dollar Quartet.”