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Sun Studio Memphis: What It Is and What Was Recorded There

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A visit to Sun Studio in Memphis

Sun Studio is a small recording studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, opened in 1950 by Sam Phillips as the Memphis Recording Service. Between 1951 and 1956 it recorded early sessions by B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. It is a National Historic Landmark and still … Read more

National Civil Rights Museum and the Lorraine Motel Explained

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Diorama of Rosa Parks in her bus seat at the National Civil Rights Museum in downtown Memphis

The National Civil Rights Museum is a history museum in Downtown Memphis built around the former Lorraine Motel, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. The museum’s exhibits trace the American civil rights movement from slavery through the present, and the motel building itself — including the preserved room and … Read more

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