Sun Record Company, Memphis Recording Service
- Also Known As: Sun Records also Sun Studio
- Address: 706 Union Avenue
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1950/01/00 | Sam Phillips | Proprietor | WREC radio engineer Sam Phillips opens the Memphis Recording Service with his assistant, Marion Keisker. | |||
| 1953/08/00 | Sam Phillips | Producer | Elvis rents a few minutes of studio time at Sun Records to record a two-sided: My Happiness and That's When Your Heartaches Begin. After the recording, Phillips asked Keisker to note down the young man's name, she also wrote: Good ballad singer. Hold. | Birth of Rock and Roll | ||
| 1953/08/00 | Elvis Presley | Singer | Elvis rents a few minutes of studio time at Sun Records to record a two-sided: My Happiness and That's When Your Heartaches Begin. After the recording, Phillips asked Keisker to note down the young man's name, she also wrote: Good ballad singer. Hold. | Birth of Rock and Roll | ||
| 1954/07/05 | Elvis Presley | Performer | All of a sudden, Elvis just starts singing this song, jumping around and acting the fool, and then Bill Black picks up his bass, and he starts acting the fool, too, and Scotty Moore starts playing with them. Sam records Elvis singing "That's All Right". | Birth of Rock and Roll | ||
| 1955/07/30 | Johnny Cash | Performer | Johnny Cash records "Folsom Prison Blues" at Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee. | Folsom Prison Blues | ||
| 1955/07/30 | Sam Phillips | Producer | Johnny Cash records "Folsom Prison Blues" at Sun Studio, Memphis, Tennessee. | Folsom Prison Blues | ||
| 1956/04/02 | Johnny Cash | Songwriter, Performer | Johnny Cash records "I Walk the Line" at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. "People ask me why I always hum whenever I sing this song. It's to get my pitch." - JC | I Walk The Line | ||
| 1956/12/04 | Elvis Presley | Singer | After a chance meeting, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash have an impromptu jam session at Sun Studio. Sam Phillips records the Million Dollar Quartet. | Folsom Prison Blues | ||
| 1956/12/04 | Carl Lee Perkins | Guitar | After a chance meeting, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash have an impromptu jam session at Sun Studio. Sam Phillips records the Million Dollar Quartet. | Folsom Prison Blues | ||
| 1956/12/04 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Piano | After a chance meeting, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash have an impromptu jam session at Sun Studio. Sam Phillips records the Million Dollar Quartet. | Folsom Prison Blues | ||
| 1956/12/04 | Johnny Cash | Singer | After a chance meeting, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash have an impromptu jam session at Sun Studio. Sam Phillips records the Million Dollar Quartet. | Folsom Prison Blues |
| Particulars for Sun Record Company, Memphis Recording Service: | |
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| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Area Of Significance | Music |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Area of Significance | Performing Arts |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Professional |
| Building Use | Record Studio |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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