History of Sun Studio Establishment Sun Studio was established on January 3, 1950, by Sam Phillips, a pioneer in the rock-and-roll music industry.

Phillips launched the careers of legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. The rock and roll pioneer spoke to Morning Edition in 1993, a decade before his death.

Sam Phillips would have been 100 years old on Thursday. The rock and roll pioneer -- famed as the founder of Sun Studio, an influential producer and the first to record Elvis Presley -- was born ...

Sam Phillips first opened the doors of his Memphis, Tenn., record studio on Jan. 3, 1950. Known first as the Memphis Record Studio, then later re-opened as Sun Studio, the venue has come to hold a ...

Phillips, who died in 2003, discovered Elvis and produced his first records, and was one of the leading catalysts in post-WWII American music. Originally broadcast in 1997.

Phillips launched the careers of legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. The rock and roll pioneer spoke to Morning Edition in 1993, a decade before his death.

Jerry Phillips, the youngest son of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and a pivotal force in Memphis music, is set to release his debut album, “For the Universe.” Los Angeles-based Omnivore ...

An earlier version of this newsletter misidentified the original name of Sam Phillips’s studio. It was the Memphis Recording Service Studio, not the Memphis Recording Studio.

As part of his Summer Takeaway series, Steven Rainey delved into the BBC archives to look back at the legacy of Sun Records founder, Sam Phillips, the man who discovered Elvis.

Opened in 1950 by Sam Phillips, Sun Studio was originally known as Memphis Recording Service. What began as a modest recording space quickly became a musical powerhouse, as it was the birthplace ...