Sun Studio

Tour the small Memphis studio where Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis cut records in the 1950s.

706 Union Ave · Memphis, TN

About Sun Studio

Sam Phillips opened this small studio at 706 Union Avenue in January 1950 as the Memphis Recording Service, and Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis all recorded here in the 1950s. Guided tours leave from the corner of Union and Marshall and take you into the original studio room, which still books recording sessions. The building is a National Historic Landmark, and tickets are first come, first served with no reservations.

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