This legendary recording studio is known as the birthplace of rock and roll, and it’s where some of the biggest names in music got their start. From Elvis Presley to Johnny Cash, Sun Studio has ...

He discovered Elvis, made the earliest recordings of ... which would also serve as the studios for Sun Records when it was founded two years later. It began as a rhythm and blues label, giving ...

Rock and roll has produced many geniuses over the years but, according to Keith Richards, Elvis Presley's true genius was in the production of Sam Phillips.

An 18-year-old Elvis Presley first showed up at Sun Studio on July 18, 1953, to record two demos; legend has it that he wanted to give his mother a record of him singing as a birthday present.

Aside from the iconic Sun recordings ... offering a unique "fly-on-the-wall" glimpse of how the studio material sounded as Elvis was first laying down his vocals. For Ross-Spang — who has ...

Phillips recalled Presley for an audition at his - soon to be iconic - Sun Studios. “Elvis Presley probably innately was the most introverted person that came into that studio,” Phillips told Rolling ...

Recent examples include several of the year’s Oscar nominees, from “Aftersun,” which shot in Turkey; “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” which went to Budapest; to “Elvis,” in Australia.

If history had worked out a little differently, one of the top NFL quarterbacks in the 1960s would have been a handsome lad from Memphis named Elvis Presley. OK, that’s not quite accurate.

To capitalize on Presley's growing popularity, RCA released an album called Elvis Presley, which was made up of songs he had previously recorded with Sun Studios and new tracks. The album quickly ...

at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. It features singer-guitarist Presley, rhythm guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, under producer and studio co-owner Sam Phillips and studio manager ...

Here are a few of the most famous recordings made at the studio. Elvis Presley’s time at Sun Studio began in 1953 when he walked into the building to record a demo for his mother. Just one year ...