Browsing: Sun Records

There’s no question Jerry Phillips has his daddy’s genes. “Do something different or don’t do anything at all.” Debut solo record out now via Omnivore Recordings!

The new ‘Elvis’ film had some heavy shoes to fill, and it succeeded on all fronts.

As a musical genre, it arguably dates back almost a century. But who really invented the music known as rock and roll? Here are the contenders.

There are also inklings of a new genre of music in its infancy, just barely peering over the railing of its crib; “Rock and Roll.”

For starters, he was one of the greatest radio personalities ever. And when Rufus wasn’t on the radio hootin’ and howlin’, he was promotin’, singin’, dancin’, and writing songs…

Any true blues fan is familiar with the Leiber and Stoller hit song “Hound Dog”, but the hidden fights behind the scenes made it one of the most litigated songs of all time! Find the fascinating story here.

34 years ago today, Elvis Presley passed away at merely 42. He was, in effect, the country’s first great rock star. But before that, he was a young man from the Mississippi Delta that just wanted to play blues.