In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was hard-edged blues playing on Beale Street, and hillbilly boogie on the outskirts of town. But at Sam Phillips? Sun Records studio on Union Avenue, there?s something different going on ? a whole lotta shakin?, rockin?, and rollin?. This is where rock ?n? roll was born. Sun Records: the company that launched Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins. The label that brought the world, ?Blue Suede Shoes,? ?Whole Lotta Shakin? Goin? On,? ?Breathless,? ?I Walk the Line,? ?Mystery Train,? ?Good Rockin? Tonight.? The Birth of Rock ?n? Roll: 70 Years of Sun Records is the official history of this legendary label, and looks at its story in a unique way: through the lens of 70 of its most iconic recordings. From the early days with primal blues artists like Howlin? Wolf and B.B. King to long nights in the studio with Elvis...
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