Sun Studio - "Birthplace of Rock and Roll"
Sun Studio is a recording studio opened by rock pioneer Sam Phillips at 706
Union Avenue in Memphis, TN on January 3, 1950.
Originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the
Sun Records label business.
Reputedly the first rock-and-roll single by Jackie Benston and his Delta Cats'
"Rocket 88", recorded there is 1951.
Rock-and-roll, country music, and rockability artist including Johnny Cash,
Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis
recorded there throughout the mid to late 1950s.
SUN Studio in Memphis TN. * Be sure to click on the record sleeve and select your favorite singer !