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Sun Studio is a recording studio opened by rock-and-roll pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950. It was originally called Memphis Recording Service , sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business.
Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) [1] was an American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf.
Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee on February 1, 1952. [3] [2] Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.
The Loop Shuttle was quietly discontinued on September 30, 1977 as a cost-cutting measure. [4] After the Loop Shuttle's discontinuation, the Evanston Express remained the only route to run clockwise around the Loop. Full-time service around the inner loop was restored with the introduction of the Orange Line in 1993 and later the Pink Line in 2006.
Suburban Express began operating in late 1983. [3] At that time, scheduled bus service between Champaign and the Chicago area in Illinois was a monopoly [4] operated by Greyhound Lines, [1] and reinforced by exclusive ticket sales through the Illini Union Travel Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC). [5]
Other attractions include Graceland, the Memphis Pyramid, Sun Studio, the Blues Hall of Fame and Stax Museum of American Soul Music. Memphis-style barbecue has achieved international prominence, and the city hosts the annual World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest , which attracts more than 100,000 visitors each year.
The North Side is defined for this article as the area west of Lake Michigan, north of North Avenue (1600 N.), and east of the Chicago River — plus the area north of Fullerton Avenue going west of the River and north to the Chicago city limits.
Live from the Legendary Sun Studios is a live album by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. It was recorded over several sessions at the famed Sun Studio in Memphis in 2008, while the band was on tour. The live album was released on Record Store Day 2012.