Sun Studio

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historic site recording studio

Sun Studio is a historic Memphis recording studio famed as the birthplace of rock and roll and the early recording site of artists like Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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Sun Studio canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
recording studio ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Birthplace of Rock and Roll ⓘ
architecturalStyle modest commercial brick building ⓘ
associatedWith Sun Records ⓘ
buildingUse active recording studio ⓘ
museum ⓘ
city Memphis ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalImpact helped popularize rock and roll worldwide ⓘ
influenced later recording studios and production styles ⓘ
featuredIn music documentaries ⓘ
rock and roll histories ⓘ
foundedBy Sam Phillips ⓘ
founder Sam Phillips ⓘ
genreFocus blues ⓘ
country music ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
hasExhibit historic photographs and memorabilia ⓘ
vintage recording equipment ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.sunstudio.com/ ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
inception 1950 ⓘ
locatedIn Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
MillionDollarQuartetParticipants Carl Perkins ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
near Beale Street ⓘ
notableFor early rock and roll recordings ⓘ
launching the careers of several major rock and country artists ⓘ
offers guided tours ⓘ
originalName Memphis Recording Service ⓘ
recordedArtist B. B. King ⓘ
surface form: B.B. King

Carl Perkins ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Ike Turner ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Roy Orbison ⓘ
significantEvent Million Dollar Quartet jam session ⓘ
early recordings of Elvis Presley in the mid-1950s ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
streetAddress 706 Union Avenue ⓘ
timePeriod 1950s rock and roll era ⓘ
tourismRegion Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
surface form: Downtown Memphis
touristAttraction true ⓘ

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Memphis, Tennessee, United States → hasLandmark → Sun Studio ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
"I Walk the Line" → recordingLocation → Sun Studio ⓘ
subject surface form: I Walk the Line
Sam Phillips → founded → Sun Studio ⓘ
Sam Phillips → notableWork → Sun Studio ⓘ
Sam Phillips → employer → Sun Studio ⓘ
Memphis Recording Service → laterKnownAs → Sun Studio ⓘ
706 Union Avenue → housed → Sun Studio ⓘ
706 Union Avenue → associatedWithOrganization → Sun Studio ⓘ
Sun Records → hasStudio → Sun Studio ⓘ
Sun Records → associatedPlace → Sun Studio ⓘ
Memphis → knownFor → Sun Studio ⓘ
subject surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
That’s All Right → recordedAt → Sun Studio ⓘ
subject surface form: That's All Right
Matchbox → recordingStudio → Sun Studio ⓘ
Million Dollar Quartet → location → Sun Studio ⓘ
Million Dollar Quartet → recordingStudio → Sun Studio ⓘ
Sun Studio building → name → Sun Studio ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire" → recordingStudio → Sun Studio ⓘ
subject surface form: Great Balls of Fire