706 Union Avenue

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706 Union Avenue is the historic Memphis address that housed Sun Studio, the famed recording studio where early rock and roll and legendary artists like Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash were launched.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
street address
alsoKnownAs Original Sun Records studio location
Sun Studio building
architecturalStyle commercial brick building
associatedWithGenre blues
country music
rock and roll
rockabilly
associatedWithOrganization Sun Records
Sun Studio
associatedWithPerson B.B. King
Carl Perkins
Elvis Presley
Howlin' Wolf
Ike Turner
Jerry Lee Lewis
Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Sam Phillips
city Memphis NERFINISHED
country United States
culturalSignificance birthplace of early rock and roll sound
landmark of American popular music history
eraOfProminence 1950s
hasCoordinateSystem geographic coordinates
hasFeature control room
recording studio room
vintage recording equipment
hasFunction recording studio building
tourist attraction
hasSignage Sun Studio neon sign
heritageStatus historic site
housed Sun Studio
locatedIn Downtown Memphis NERFINISHED
Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED
Shelby County, Tennessee NERFINISHED
nearbyStreet Union Avenue NERFINISHED
notableEvent Million Dollar Quartet session
early recordings of Elvis Presley
early recordings of Johnny Cash
offers guided tours
recording sessions
openToPublic yes
partOf Memphis music heritage sites
state Tennessee
streetAddress 706 Union Avenue
touristAttraction music history museum

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Sun Studio
streetAddress

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