On May 1, 1956, Johnny Cash debuted a new single and clever dollar bill trick, both of which would come to define his signature sound for decades to come. Cash’s late spring release was a staple of ...

This legendary recording studio is known as the birthplace of rock and roll, and it’s where some of the biggest names in music got their start. From Elvis Presley to Johnny Cash, Sun Studio has ...

It’s an early scene in the 2005 Johnny ... young Cash, played by Joaquin Phoenix, is auditioning for the man who might make him the next Elvis Presley. That man was Sam Phillips, the Sun Records ...

Sun Studio is a must-see for music aficionados. Former owner Sam Phillips helped launch many a music career, including that of Elvis, B.B. King, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. In recent years ...

"Million Dollar Quartet" dramatizes the moment in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis were in Memphis' Sun Records studio together; Sun owner Sam Phillips ...

Though Phillips said, “Well, Johnny Cash doesn’t run this operation, I do, thank you very much,” before hanging up on the young singer, Orbison eventually made his way into Sun with his ...

The unique sound of Sun Studio attracted a roster of talented musicians, including Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Jackie Brenston, who is credited with recording one of the first ...