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Sun Records is a record label founded in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27, 1952. [1]
Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley (whose recording contract was sold to RCA Victor Records for $35,000 in 1955 to relieve financial difficulties they were going through), Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Buddy McNeil, and Johnny Cash their first recording contracts and helping to launch their careers. Before those days Sun Records had mainly been noted for recording African-American artists, as Phillips loved Rhythm and Blues and wanted to get black music recorded for a white audience. It was Sun record producer and engineer, Jack Clement, who discovered and recorded Jerry Lee Lewis, while owner Sam Phillips was away on a trip to Florida. The original Sun Records logo was designed by John Gale Parker, Jr., a resident of Memphis and high school classmate of Phillips.
History
"Sun Records" labelThe music of many Sun Records musicians helped lay part of the foundation of late 20th century popular music and rock and roll, plus it influenced many younger musicians, particularly the Beatles. In 2001, Paul McCartney appeared on a tribute compilation album titled Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records.
In 1969, Mercury Records label producer Shelby Singleton— noted for producing the Ray Stevens' hit "Ahab The Arab" in 1962, and later Jeannie C. Riley's 1968 hit single "Harper Valley PTA" on his Nashville based Plantation Records label — purchased the Sun label from Phillips. Singleton merged his operations into Sun International Corporation, which re-released and re-packaged compilations of Sun's early artists in the early 1970s. It would later introduce rockabilly tribute singer Jimmy Ellis in 1980 as Orion taking on the persona of Elvis Presley. The company remains in business today as Sun Entertainment Corporation, which currently licenses its brand and classic hit recordings (many of which have appeared in CD boxed sets and other compilations) to independent reissue labels. Sun Entertainment also includes SSS International Records, Plantation Records, Amazon Records, Red Bird Records, Blue Cat Records among other labels the company acquired over the years.[2] Its website sells collectible items as well as compact discs bearing the original 1950s Sun logo.
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ARTISTS
"""Guitar
Red"" Vincent Duling"
"""Harmonica""
Frank Floyd"
"""Howlin'
Wolf"" [Chester
Burnett]"
"""Lost""
John Hunter"
"""Red""
Hadley"
"""Red""
Williams"
"""Sleepy""
John Estes"
"""Sonny""
Wilson"
"""Texas"" Bill
Strength"
[Auburn] Pat Hare
"[Ethermer
Cletus] ""Slim"" Rhodes"
"Albert
""Joiner"" Williams"
Alton &
Jimmy
Andy
Anderson
Anita Wood
Arbee
Stidham
B.B. King
Barbara
Pittman
Betty Kirby
Big Memphis Marainey
Bill Bowden
Bill
Johnson [Johnny Lee Hamilton]
Bill Justus
Bill
Pinkney / Pinky
Bill Yates
"Billy
""The Kid"" Emerson"
Billy [Lee]
Riley
Billy Adams
Billy Love
Blackwood
Brothers, The
Bob Price
Bobbie-Jean
Barton
Bobby &
The Boys - Cliff, Ed & Barbara Thomas
Bobby Bland
(Robert Calvin)
Bobby
Crafford
"Bobby
Sheridan "" Charlie Rich """
Bobby Wood
Boyd
Gilmore, Earl Hooker, Jow Willie Perkins
Brad Suggs
Brother
James Anderson
Buck Turner
Buddy Blake
Buddy
Cunningham, Buddy Blake
Busty
Brooks & His Tones
Carl Mann
Carl McVoy
Carl
Perkins
Carvel Lee
Ausborn
Charles
Thomas Charles Thompson aka Maxwell
Street
Charles
White, Jr.
Charley
Pride
Charlie
Booker
Charlie
Burse
Charlie
Feathers
Charlie
Rich
Chuck
Foster
Chuck Stacy
Cliff Gleaves
Cliff
Thomas [Ed & Barbara]
Clyde
Leoppard & His Snearly Ranch Boys
"Coy
""Hot Shot"" Love"
Curtis
Hoback
D.A. Hunt
Dane Stinit
Danny
Stewart
"David
""Honeyboy"" Edwards"
David
Houston
David
Wilkins
Dean Beard
Dick Penner
Dickey Lee
[Dickey Lipscomb]
Don Hinton
Don Hosea
Don
Reynolds & The Reynolds Quartet
Don Scaife
Doug
Poindexter
Dr. [Isiah]
Ross
Dusty
Brinkley
Earl Hooker
Earl
Peterson
Earl Ray
Ed Kirby
[Prince Gabe]
Eddie Bond
Eddie Bush
Eddie Snow
Edwin Bruce
Edwin Howard
Elmo Lewis
"Elven
Parr & The ""In The Groove Boys"""
Elvis
Presley, Scotty & Bill
Ernie
Barton
Ernie
Chaffin
Five Tinos
Four Dukes
Four
Upsetters
Frank
Ballard
Frank Frost
Freddy
North
Gene Ross
Gene
Simmons
Gene Steele
George
Jackson
George
Klein
Glenn
Honeycutt
Gospel
Tones
Graham
Forbes
Hal Miller
Handy
Jackson & Gay Garth
Harmonica
Frank Floyd
Harold
Dorman
Harold
Jenkins [Conway
Twitty]
Hayden
Thompson
Homer [Ray]
Harris
Houston Boines
Houston Stokes
Howard
Chandler
Howard
Seratt
Hunki Dori
Ike Turner
[and Bonnie Turner]
Ira Jay, II
(Ira Jay Lichterman)
J.R. &
J.W. Brown
Jack
Clement
Jack Earls
and the Jimbos
Jack Frost
Jackie
Brenston
"James
""Billy"" Gayles"
James
Bannister & Dennis Binder
James
Cotton
Jean Chapel
Jean Dee
Jeanne
Newman
Jeb Stuart
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee
Smith
Jerry
McGill & The Topcoats
"Jesse
""Tiny"" Kennedy"
Jimmy
(James Clecy) Haggett
Jimmy
DeBerry
Jimmy
Demopoulos
Jimmy Isle
Jimmy Louis
Jimmy
Pritchett
Jimmy Wages
Jimmy
Williams
Joe &
Jack
Joe Hill
Louis
Joe Hill Louis
& Mose Vinson
Joe Willie
Wilkins
John
Pursley
"Johnny
""Ace"" Cannon"
Johnny Ace
Johnny
Bernero & Thurman Enlow
Johnny
Carroll
Johnny Cash
Johnny
London
Johnny
O'Neil [O'Neil Johnson]
Johnny
Powers [John Pavlik]
"Joseph
Dudley ""Cast"" King"
Junior
Thompson
Ken Cook
Kenneth
Banks
Kenneth
Parchman
L.B. Lawson
L.J. Thomas
[Lafayette
Jerl]
Lance
Roberts
Larry
Brinkley
Lee
Mitchell
Linda Gail
Lewis & Frankie Lewis
Little
Junior's Blue Flames
Little
Milton [James Milton Campbell]
Load Of
Mischief
Lou Sargent
[Luther Steinberg]
Louie
Robertson
Luke
McDaniel
Mack Allen
Smith
Mack Owen
Mack Self
Mack
Vickery
"Macy
""Skip"" Skipper"
Magel
Priesman
Maggie Sue
Wimberly
Malcom
Yelvington
Marion
Conrad
Martin
Willis
Mickey
Giley
Mikki Milan
[Mikki Milan
Wilcox]
Miller
Sisters, The
Miller
Trio, The
Million
Dollar Quartet, The
Milton (Mitt) Addington
Mose Vinson
Narvel
Felts
Nelson Ray
Onie
Wheeler
Onzie Horne
Patsy
Holcomb
Paul Richey
Phineas
Newborn, Jr.
poss. Jimmy
Evans
Ramsey Kearney
Randy &
The Patriots
Randy &
The Radiants
Ray Smith
Rayburn
Anthony
Raymond
Hill
Raymond
Jones
Ripley
Cotton Choppers, The
Roger Fakes
Roland
Janes
Rosco[e]
Gordon
Roy Hall
Roy Orbison
Rudi
Richardson
Rudy
Grayzell
Rufus
Thomas, Jr
Sammy Lewis
& Willie Johnson
Scotty
Moore
"Sherman
""Blues"" Johnson"
Sherry
Crane
Shirley
Sisk
Shy Guy
Douglas
Sid Watson
"Sidney
""Hardrock"" Gunter"
Smokey Joe
[Joe Baugh]
Sonny
[Albert] Burgess
Teddy
Reidel
The
Brewsteraires
The
Climates
The
Confederates
The Day And
Nites
The
Dixieland Drifters
The Evans
Family
The Gospel
Travelers
The Jesters
The Jones
Brothers
The Kirby
Sisters
The
Prisonaires
The
Quintones
The Rhythm
Rockers
The Song
Fellows
The
Southern Jubilee Singers
The Sun
Rays
The
Teenangels
The
Vel-Tones
"Theautry
""Tot"" Randolph"
Thomas
Wayne [Thomas Wayne Perkins]
Tommy Blake
Tommy Ruick
Tony Austin
Tony
Rossini
Tracy
Pendarvis
Vance Yates
Vernon
Taylor
Wade &
Dick [The College Kids]
Wade Cagle
& The Escorts
Wally
Fowler
"Walter
""Mumbles"" Horton"
"Walter
""Tang"" Smith"
Walter
Bradford
Wanda
Ballman
Warren
Smith
Wayne
Powers [Wayne Cogswell]
Will Mercer
"William
""Talking Boy"" Stewart"
Willie Nix
Wink
Martindale
Woodrow
Adams
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