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Pages in category "Sun Records artists" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Smokey Joe Baugh;
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 trio would record at Sun together until November 1955, when RCA Victor purchased Presley's Sun contract from Phillips for $40,000; it was, at the time, the highest sum ever paid for a recording contract. Sun's rights to press Presley's recordings expired on January 1, 1956; RCA Victor then issued Presley's first five Sun singles nationally.
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.
Music history heavyweights Peter Guralnick and Colin Escott explore Sun Records' legacy in a new book, which marks the label's 70th anniversary.
[12] [13] The recording was released in 1951 by Chess Records in Chicago. From 1950 to 1954 Phillips recorded music by James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, Rosco Gordon, Little Milton, Bobby Blue Bland, the Prisonaires and others. [14] The Memphis Recording Service also served as the studio for Phillips's own label, Sun Record Company, which he launched ...
Roy Orbison's Sun recordings were made by Orbison at Sun Studio (The Memphis Recording Service) with producer Sam Phillips. Sun Records was established in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, and during an eight-year period Phillips recorded such artists as Roy Orbison, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Rufus Thomas, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Harold Jenkins, and ...
Sun Records artists (58 P) Pages in category "Sun Records" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...