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, ...
Revisiting the story of Cordell Jackson, the Mississippi-born rockabilly songwriter who started her own record label - Moon ...
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 ...
It’s a Tuesday night at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, and Elvis is in the building.
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 ...
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 ...
ASU coach Kenny Dillingham frequently played the underdog card last season. And it worked. Picked last in the Big 12, the Sun Devils shocked everyone.