Ua weheʻia ka Sun Studio ma Memphis i Ianuali 3, 1950, ma o ka mea kākau moʻolelo,ʻo Sam Phillips. Ua kapaʻia ke keenaʻo Memphis Recording Service a ua hāʻawi aku i kahi hale me ka inoa Sun Records. Ua loaʻa iā Memphis Recording Service ka inoa o "Birthplace of Rock and Roll" i ka makahiki 1951 i ka wā i haku aiʻo Jackie Brenston a me Hard Turner i ka Rocket 88 , he mele me kahi kuamoʻo kaumaha a me ke kani. Ua hānauʻia ka pōhaku a me ka roll.
ʻO Elvis ma Sun Studio
I ka makahiki 1953, ua heleʻo Elvis Presley , he 18 makahiki, i loko o ka Service Recording Memphis me kahi guitar maʻamau a me ka moeʻuhane. ʻO Nervously, meleʻo ia i kahi mele mele, me kaʻikeʻole iā Sam Phillips. Ua hoʻomauʻo Elvis i ke kauʻana ma kahi o ke kekona, akā, a ma ka makahiki 1954, ua noiʻo Sam Phillips iā ia e hīmeni hou,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Scotty Moore lāuaʻo Bill Black. Ma hope o nā hola o ka hoʻopaʻaʻana aʻaʻohe mea e hōʻike ai, hoʻomakaʻo Elvis e pāʻani a puni me ka mele mele kahiko, "ʻO Lili, Mama." ʻO ke koena, heʻoiaʻiʻo, ka mōʻaukala.
ʻO Rock Rock
Aia kekahi ma mua o ka pōhaku a me ka'ōwili i hoʻopaʻaʻia ma Sun Studio. Ua kākau inoaʻia nā inoa nui ma ka'āina a me ka hīnaʻi likeʻole e like me Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, a me Charlie Rich e nā Records Sun a hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou mau mele ma laila i nā makahiki 1950. ʻO ia ka manawa i weheʻia aiʻo Sam Phillips i kekahi studio nui ma Madison Avenue.
I kēia lā, ua hoʻi maiʻo Sun Studio ma kona wahi hānau ma Union Avenue.
ʻAʻole waleʻo ia he studio hilinaʻi, akā he mea hoʻokipa kūkaʻikaʻi kaulana.
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