Sam Phillips opened the Memphis Recording Service. His early clients in 1950 included blues legends Howlin’ Wolf and B. B. King. They were among the first to record at what later became Sun Studio, ...
Elvis Presley might have seemed as though he was born with the ability to shine, but his first demo left him cursing another ...
All the red carpets have rolled out to celebrate Elvis Presley's milestone birthday, and at The Engeman in Northport, a spirited Heartbreak Hotel tops them all.
“It just took me a long time to get here.” Established in 1952 by Sam Phillips, Sun Records is renowned for discovering music legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewi ...
Music is the most cannibalistic creative endeavor, with musicians not only drawing inspiration from predecessors and contemporaries, but often imitating specific techniques, stealing catchy riffs or ...
The show also highlights the contributions of Marion Keisker (played by Hailey Aviva), who as part of Sam Phillips’ Sun Records studio was the first person to record a Presley performance.
At Cash’s first recording session for Sam Phillips’ Sun Records they had presented themselves as The Tennessee Three, but Phillips suggested billing them as Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two. Prior to ...
It was the moment Gladys and Vernon Presley had been waiting for. She was set to give birth to the couple’s first child in the early morning hours on ...