Jerry Lee Lewis recorded his soon-to-be smash hit song “Great Balls of Fire” with two Sun Studio session musicians, bassist Sidney Stokes & drummer Larry Linn — whom he reportedly never saw again.Read more
Despite its larger-than-life reputation, the revered Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee is only 600 square feet (55 square meters).Read more
When recording Folsom Prison Blues in Sun Studio in 1955, a drummer-less Johnny Cash imitated the sound of a snare drum by threading a dollar bill under his guitar strings & strumming.Read more
Johnny Cash recorded “Folsom Prison Blues” at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee on July 30, 1955.Read more
Memphis Recording Service & Sun Studio have resided at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee for 70 years & counting.Read more
Pioneering record producer Sam Phillips died July 30th, 2003 — one day before the building he made famous, Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee was designated a National Historic Landmark.Read more
Howlin’ Wolf’s 1959 debut album “Moanin In The Moonlight” was recorded both at Sun Studio and Chess Records.Read more
Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes” was the first album on Sun Studio to sell a million copies.Read more
Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash famously met purely by chance at Sun Studio in 1956 and held a jam session that would eventually be known as THE MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET — the recordings weren’t found for over a decade.Read more
Sun Studio founder Sam Philips called bluesman Howlin’ Wolf his greatest discovery (Philips also discovered Elvis).Read more
