Sam Phillips at Sun Records

Music producer Sam Phillips poses next to the historic marker in front of his renowned studio, Sun Records, in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1952, the studio launched the careers of such musical legends as Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Sun Records founder Sam Phillips from Florence, Alabama, at the Sun Records studio
Courtesy of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame

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Sun Records founder Sam Phillips from Florence, Alabama, at the Sun Records studio