March 1994: Beck records a lo-fi cover of Skip James’ classic blues number “Devil Got My Woman” at Sun Studios. The recording later appears as one of six previously unreleased songs on the ...

She covers the Carl Perkins song "Sure To Fall (In Love With You)" for the new compilation Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records, co-produced by Luther Dickinson.

Ironically, Sun’s biggest star, Elvis Presley, would have a hit with a cover of “Hound Dog,” but only after he left Sun for a label more able to handle his exploding career, RCA.

The first Sun records were released in 1952, and two years later Phillips recorded Presley’s debut single, “That’s All Right”; in late 1955, RCA bought out Presley’s contract for $40,000.

The Dawn Of Sun Records: 15 Hours Of Blues In 1950, a red-haired Alabama boy who'd learned about radio and electronics in the U.S. Army opened a recording studio to document the blues and country ...

Barbara Barnes Sims will speak on “Sun Records and the Birth of Rock ‘n' Roll” at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bluebonnet Branch Library, 9220 Bluebonnet Blvd., conference room 2.