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Insight: Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee

Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee.

Sun Records of Memphis, Tennessee

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Charlie Gillett tells the story of Sam Phillips's influential Sun record label.

Charlie Gillett tells the story of Sun, the influential Memphis record label set up by Sam Phillips, which featured the likes of Howlin' Wolf, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.

As part of our celebration of rock 'n' roll, another chance to hear a programme, first broadcast in 1976, in which the late Charlie Gillett tells the story of Sun, the influential Memphis record label set up by Sam Phillips, which featured the likes of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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