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Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo

Viewing the music history of Sun Studios Royalty Free Stock Photo

Dewey Phillips radio studio in Sun Studios Memphis Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo

Old recording mike in the Main recording studio Sun Studios Memphis Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo

The desk of Marion Keisker, Sun Studios Memphis Royalty Free Stock Photo

Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo

Main recording studio Sun Studios Memphis Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo

Front Office of the old Sun Studios Memphis Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo

The desk of Marion Keisker, Sun Studios, Memphis, Tennessee Royalty Free Stock Photo

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