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- Founder: Sam Phillips
- Opened: March 27, 1952
- Annual Revenue: $158,966 (2006)
- Headquarters: Memphis, Tennessee
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Sun Records is a recording company founded by Sam Phillips. Sun helped lay the foundation of late 20th century music inspiring new a new type of music—rock and roll. The Sun Record Company, Memphis Recording Service was designated a National Historic Landmark on July 31, 2003.
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Artists
Sun released work from some of American music's most legendary artists, covering the rockabilly, country and blues genres.- Elvis Presley
- Johnny Cash
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Carl Perkins
- B.B. King
- Roy Orbison
- Howlin' Wolf
- Ike Turner
- Conway Twitty
- Muddy Waters
Logo
The label's logo design—sun rays surrounded by stylized musical notes—has gone on to become a popular a T-Shirt insignia. However, the design was actually based on the logo of another Sun Records, headquartered in New York City and focused on Jewish ethnic music. (The rooster pictured beneath the logo appears to be original.)
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Sun Records Questions
Distance from earth to the sun? 3 AnswersThe earth is between 146 and 152 million kilometers the sun, or between 91 and 94.5 million miles. read more
How do scientist know the internal temperature of the sun? 1 AnswerThe following excerpt taken from www.popularmechanics.co.za website can be your answer. "By analyzing the color of the visible light emitted by the Sun, scient... read more
How is the brightness of the sun measured? 2 AnswersTo measure the brightness (the scientific term is luminosity) of the star, one needs to know its distance. The main technique to measure the distance to a star ... read more
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Sun Records Merchandise
- Amazon.com: Music | DVD | Books
- eBay: Sun Records Merchandise
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watching a programme about sun records; paul mcartney is singing 'that's all right' with elvis's band, i am eating my fist
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new moon broke huge records. props, that is insane. wonder how the rest of the films will play out. midnight sun should become a film, too.
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listening to "Type O Negative - "September Sun" SPV Records" ♫ http://blip.fm/~gp2uk
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Welfare clients' personal records found in government employee's home - Vancouver Sun http://bit.ly/07cMvRZ
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