We start today's show with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. That's the Memphis-based label that launched the careers of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison ...

Contributor Jackie Sheckler Finch visits Sun Studio in Memphis, the “Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and discovers the sounds from the past that created the music genre. On a hot summer day in 1953, a ...

If you’re a music lover, a history buff, or simply someone who appreciates the timeless sound of rock and roll, then Sun ...

If Elvis Presley was the King of Rock & Roll, Sam Phillips was the Grand Duke who brought Presley to lip-curling rule. Phillips, an Alabama-born visionary, founded the famous Sun Records. A ...

One hundred three years ago today, one of the most important and influential producers in American music history was born.

Sam Phillips sold Sun Records in 1969. He died in 2003. I spoke with him in 1997. We started with one of the first records he produced in his Memphis studio. It's one of the very early rock 'n' roll ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today, we continue our archive series - R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll. We start today's show with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. That's the ...

Sam Phillips, you started Sun Records, your studio in Memphis after recording for independent companies, other people's independent companies, like Chess Records. Why did you want to start your own ...

Phillips spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about launching Elvis Presley's career at Sun Records. He also produced early recordings of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. He died in 2003.