Memphis Recording Service

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Memphis Recording Service was the original name of the legendary Memphis studio later known as Sun Studio, where early rock and roll and blues icons like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash first recorded.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf music studio
recording studio
alsoKnownAs Memphis Recording Service and Sun Studio
associatedWith Sun Records
businessModel open to the public for custom recording sessions
city Memphis NERFINISHED
country United States
culturalImpact helped bridge racial divides in American popular music through its recordings
influenced the development of rockabilly
eraOfGreatestActivity 1950s
foundedBy Sam Phillips
founder Sam Phillips
genreFocus blues
country music
rock and roll
heritageStatus historic recording studio
laterKnownAs Sun Studio
locatedIn Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED
notableArtistRecorded B.B. King
Carl Perkins
Elvis Presley
Howlin' Wolf
Ike Turner
Jerry Lee Lewis
Johnny Cash
notableFor early rock and roll recordings
launching the careers of several major rock and roll artists
recording early blues artists
operatedBy Sam Phillips
recordingFormat analog tape recording
significance considered a birthplace of rock and roll
important site in the history of American popular music
state Tennessee

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Memphis Recording Service ("Memphis Recording Service and Sun Studio")
alsoKnownAs
Sun Studio
originalName

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