Sun Records

Sun Records was a legendary record label founded by Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in 1952. The label is widely recognized as one of the most influential recording studios in the history of popular music, particularly in the development of rock and roll and rockabilly. Sun Records was crucial in launching the careers of iconic musicians like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, helping to revolutionize American popular music in the 1950s.

The studio, located at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, became a pivotal place in music history, where Phillips recorded and produced groundbreaking artists who blended blues, country, and rhythm and blues into what would become rock and roll. Sam Phillips is often credited with discovering and first recording Elvis Presley in 1954, and the label's distinctive sound and willingness to record African American blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and B.B. King made it a crucial force in the evolution of 20th-century popular music.