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The World Famous and Historical Sun Studio, Memphis Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo
The World Famous and Legendary Sun Studio, Memphis Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo
Sun Studio, Memphis Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo
The World Famous and Historical Sun Studio, Memphis Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo
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Sun Studio, Memphis Tennessee
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The World Famous Sun Studio in Memphis Tennessee. Sun Studio is a recording studio opened by rock 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. Reputedly the first rock-and-roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' Rocket 88 was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards, leading the studio to claim status as the birthplace of rock & roll. Blues and R&B artists like Howlin' Wolf, Junior Parker, Little Milton, B. B. King, James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, and Rosco Gordon recorded there in the early 1950s.


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