Between 1950 and 1960, Sun Records founder Sam Phillips discovered and produced B.B. KING, HOWLIN’ WOLF, IKE TURNER, ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, CARL PERKINS, JERRY LEE LEWIS, CHARLIE RICH, and ROY ORBISON – artists who changed the way popular music was made. With a staff of no more than one or two people, he did this from a small storefront studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Others who made their first recordings at Sun include RUFUS THOMAS, BOBBY BLAND, JUNIOR PARKER, LITTLE MILTON, CONWAY TWITTY, CHARLEY PRIDE, and many more!In 1952, after producing one of the biggest pre-rock ‘n’ roll hits, Jackie Brenston’s ‘Rocket 88′, Sam Phillips launched Sun Records with one local release, and then folded the label for a year. In 1953, he re-launched Sun, scored major hits with R&B, country, and rock ‘n’ roll artists, and created an identifiable Sun Sound along the way. He continued to release singles on Sun until 1968.
Disc 1
01-Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats - Cool Down Mamma
02-Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats - Schoolboy
03-Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats - Y-M And V Blues
04-Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats - Boogie For Me Baby
05-Charlie Burse - Shorty The Barber
06-Joe Hill Louis - Boogie In The Park
07-Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Go
08-Sleepy John Estes - Registration Day Blues
09-Sleepy John Estes - Policy Man
10-Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen
11-Sleepy John Estes - Runnin' Around
12-Doctor Ross & His Jump And Jive Boys - Doctor Ross Boogie
13-Doctor Ross & His Jump And Jive Boys - Country Clown
14-Doctor Ross & His Jump And Jive Boys - Cat Squirrel
15-Doctor Ross & His Jump And Jive Boys - Little Soldier Boy
16-Doctor Ross & His Jump And Jive Boys - Shake 'em On Down
17-Doctor Ross & His Jump And Jive Boys - Down South Blues (Aka Lacey Belle)
18-Doctor Ross & His Jump & Jive Boys - Texas Hop
19-L.B. Lawson & James Scott's Blues Rockers - Can't Love Me And My Money Too
20-L.B. Lawson & James Scott's Blues Rockers - Flypaper Boogie
21-L.B. Lawson & James Scott's Blues Rockers - Got My Call Card
22-L.B. Lawson & James Scott's Blues Rockers - Scott's Boogie
23-William 'Talking Boy' Stewart - They Call Me Talking Boy
24-William 'Talking Boy Stewart' - County Farm Blues
25-William 'Talking Boy' Stewart - Forty-Four Blues
26-William 'Talking Boy' Stewart - Rattlesnakin' Mama
27-Woodrow Adams & The Three B's - Pretty Baby Blues
28-Woodrow Adams & The Three B's - She's Done Come And Gone
29-Woodrow Adams & The Three B's - If You Don't Want Me
30-Woodrow Adams & The Three B's - Last Time
31-Woodrow Adams & The Three B's - Train Time
32-Woodrow Adams & The Three B's - Train Is Comin'
Disc 2
01-Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' At Midnight
02-Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
03-Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Highway Man
04-Howlin' Wolf - My Troubles And Me
05-Howlin' Wolf - Getting Old And Grey
06-Howlin' Wolf - My Baby Walked Off
07-Howlin' Wolf - Everybody's In The Mood
08-Howlin' Wolf - Decoration Day Blues
09-Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird Blues
10-Howlin' Wolf - Well That's Alright
11-Howlin' Wolf - Come Back Home
12-Walter Horton - Little Walter's Instrumental
13-Walter Horton - In The Mood
14-Walter Horton - We All Gotta Go Sometime
15-Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowing
16-Walter Horton - Little Walter's Boogie
17-Little Walker - Off The Wall
18-Jimmy Deberry - Party Line Blues
19-Willie Nix - Midnight Showers Of Rain
20-Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues
21-Willie Nix - Ridin' In The Moonlight
22-Willie Nix - Take A Little Walk With Me
23-Henry Hilldoctor Ross - That Ain't Right
24-Doctor Ross - Deep Down In The Ground
25-James Banister - Ain't Gonna Tell You No Lie
26-Dennis Binder - Love You, Love You Baby
27-Elven Parr & His In The Groove Boys - Baby Child
28-Elven Parr & His In The Groove Boys - I'm A Good Man
29-Elven Parr & His In The Groove Boys - In The Groove Rumba
30-Elven Parr & His In The Groove Boys - Skin And Bones Woman
Disc 3
01-Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
02-Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm - I'm Lonesome Baby
03-Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm - Heartbroken And Worried
04-B.B. King - B. B. Blues
05-B.B. King - She's Dynamite
06-Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Independent Woman
07-Lou Sargent - Ridin' The Boogie
08-Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - My Real Gone Rocket
09-Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Tuckered Out
10-Billy Love - Juiced
11-Rosco Gordon - Booted
12-L.J. Thomas & His Louisiana Playboys - Sam's Drag
13-L.J. Thomas & His Louisiana Playboys - Baby Take A Chance With Me
14-Billy 'Red' Love - Drop Top
15-Billy 'Red' Love - I Ain't No More
16-Rosco Gordon - T Model Boogie
17-Rosco Gordon - I Wade Through Muddy Water
18-Rosco Gordon - Decorate The Counter
19-Rufus Thomas - Decorate The Counter
20-Rufus Thomas - Married Woman
21-Houston Strokes - You'll Be Sorry Someday
22-Houston Strokes - We're All Gonna Do Some Wrong
23-Walter 'Tang' Smith - Hi-Tone Mama
24-Walter 'Tang' Smith - Every Monday Morning Blues
25-Billy Love - Early In The Morning
26-Tiny Kennedy - Early In The Morning, Baby
27-Tiny Kennedy - Strange Kind Of Feeling
28-Tiny Kennedy - Blues Disease
29-Tiny Kennedy - Don't Lay This Job On Me
30-Sherman 'Blues' Johnson & His Clouds Of Joy - Hot Fish
31-Sherman 'Blues' Johnson & His Clouds Of Joy - Pretty Baby Blues
32-Unknown Artist - Got Me A Horse And Wagon
Disc 4
01-Jackie Boy & Little Walter - Selling My Whiskey
02-Johnny London - Drivin Slow
03-Johnny London - Flat Tire
04-Walter Bradford & The Big City Four - Untitled Blues
05-Handy Jackson - Got My Application Baby
06-Handy Jackson - Trouble (Will Bring You Down)
07-Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime
08-Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours (But She Comes To See Me Sometime)
09-Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years
10-Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie
11-Jimmy & Walter - Easy
12-Jimmy Deberry - Before Long
13-Rufus 'Hound Dog' Thomas, Jr. - Bear Cat
14-Rufus 'Hound Dog' Thomas, Jr. - Walkin' In The Rain
15-D.A. Hunt - Greuhound Blues
16-D.A. Hunt - Lonesome Old Jail
17-Onzie Horne Combo - Call Me Anything (But Call Me)
18-Onzie Horne Combo - Baby, No No!
19-Jimmy Deberry - Take A Little Chance
20-Jimmy Deberry - Time Has Made A Change
21-Prisonaires, The - Baby Please
22-Prisonaires, The - Just Walkin' In The Rain
23-Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good
24-Little Junior's Blue Flames - Fussin' And Fightin' Blues
25-Rufus Thomas Jr. - Save That Money
26-Rufus Thomas Jr. - Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)
27-Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train
28-Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love My Baby
29-Doctor Ross - Come Back Baby
30-Doctor Ross - Chicago Breakdown
31-Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie
32-Hot Shot Love - Harmonica Jam
Disc 5
01-Walter Bradford & The Big City Four - Reward For My Baby
02-Walter Bradford & The Big City Four - Love For My Baby
03-Walter Bradford & The Big City Four - Too Blue To Cry
04-L.C. Hubert & The Big City Four - Lucy Done Moved
05-David Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago
06-Albert Williams - Rumble Chillen
07-Albert Williams - Hoo Doo Man (Memphis Al)
08-Joe Hill Louis - When I Am Gone (She Treats Me Mean And Evil)
09-Joe Hill Louis - Dorothy Mae
10-Joe Hill Louis - Keep Your Arms Around Me
11-Joe Hill Louis - I'm A Poor Boy
12-Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours (Sweetest Gal In Town)
13-Joe Hill Louis - Hydramatic Woman
14-Joe Hill Louis - Tiger Man
15-Albert Williams - Shine Boy
16-Mose Vinson - Mistreatin' Boogie
17-Mose Vinson - Worry You Off My Mind
18-Mose Vinson - Reap What You Sow
19-Mose Vinson - 44 Blues
20-Mose Vinson - Come See Me (Aka My Love Has Gone)
21-Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Bad
22-James Cotton - My Baby
23-James Cotton - Straighten Up Baby
24-James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
25-James Cotton - Hold Me In Your Arms
26-Pat Hare - Cheating And Lying Blues (Aka I'm Gonna Murder My Baby)
27-Pat Hare - Bonus Pay
28-Hot Shot Love - Harpin' On It
29-Houston Strokes - Blue And Lonesome
30-Houston Strokes - Baby's Gone And Left Me
31-Kenneth Banks - High
32-Kenneth Banks - Blue Man
Disc 6
01-Raymond Hill - Long Gone Raymond
02-Raymond Hill - My Baby Left Me
03-Raymond Hill - I'm Back Pretty Baby
04-Raymond Hill - Somebody's Been Carryin' Your Rollin' On
05-Bonnie Turner - Love Is A Gamble
06-Bonnie Turner - Old Brother Jack
07-Tot Randolph - Blues Train
08-Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman (Peg Leg Baby)
09-Johnny O'Neal - Dead Letter Blues
10-Johnny O'Neal - Johnny's Dream
11-Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby
12-Little Milton - Somebody Told Me
13-Little Milton - I Love My Baby
14-Houston Boines - Carry My Business On
15-Houston Boines - Standing In The Courthouse Crying
16-Little Milton - If You Love Me
17-Little Milton - Alone And Blue
18-Little Milton - She's My Queen
19-Little Milton - Re-Beep
20-Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby
21-Little Milton - Rode That Train (Lookin' For My Baby)
22-Little Milton - Homesick For My Baby
23-Earl Hooker - Steel Guitar Rag
24-Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar
25-Earl Hooker - The Drive
26-Earl Hooker - Move On Down The Line
27-Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck
28-Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down
29-Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
30-Willie Johnsonsammy Lewis - Gonna Leave You Baby
31-Willie Johnsonsammy Lewis - I Feel So Worried
32-Willie Johnsonsammy Lewis - I Feel So Worried
33-Willie Johnsonsammy Lewis - So Long Baby Goodbye
Disc 7
01-Billy Love - Gee I Wish
02-Billy Love - The News Is All Around Town
03-Billy Love - Hey Now
04-Billy Love - Way After Midnight
05-Billy Love - Hart's Bread Boogie
06-Little Junior's Blue Flames - Sittin' At The Bar
07-Little Junior's Blue Flames - Sittin' At The Window
08-Little Junior's Blue Flames - Sittin' Drinkin' And Thinkin'
09-Raymond Hill - The Snuggle
10-Raymond Hill - Bourbon Street Jump
11-Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Shim Sham Shimmy
12-Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - When It Rains It Pours
13-Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Move Baby Move
14-Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Red Hot
15-Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Satisfied
16-Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Something For Nothing
17-Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Little Fine Healthy Thing
18-Charlie Booker - Baby I'm Coming Home
19-Charlie Booker - Walked All Night
20-Eddie Snow - Don't Dog Me Around
21-Eddie Snow - Mean Mean Woman
22-Eddie Snow - Stay With Me Baby
23-Eddie Snow - Who's Been Drinking My Wine
24-Eddie Snow - Sorry Little Baby
25-Eddie Snow - Got To Put You Down
26-Eddie Snow - Bring Your Love Back Home
27-Eddie Snow - Ain't That Right
28-Rosco Gordon - That's What You Do To Me
29-Rosco Gordon - I Found A New Love
30-Rosco Gordon - I'm Gonna Shake It
31-Rosco Gordon - Let's Get High
32-Guitar Red - Go Ahead On
33-Guitar Red - Baby Please Don't Go
Disc 8
01-Prisonaires, The - Just Walking In The Rain
02-Prisonaires, The - A Prisoner's Prayer
03-Prisonaires, The - Don't Say Tomorrow
04-Prisonaires, The - There Is Love In You
05-Five Tinos, The - Gonna Have To Let You Be
06-Five Tinos, The - Don't Do That
07-Five Tinos, The - Sitting By My Window
08-Rosco Gordon - New Orleans
09-Rosco Gordon - Shoobie Oobie
10-Ed Kirby - Mean Old Grin
11-Ed Kirby - Blue Nights
12-Big Lucky Carter - Gonna Break That Lock
13-Hunky Dory - I Want My Baby Back
14-Hunky Dory - Baby Don't Leave Me
15-Hunky Dory - I Wonder Why
16-Hunky Dory - This Misery
17-Brewsteraires, The - Where Shall I Be (When That First Trumpet Sounds)
18-Brewsteraires, The - (The Lord Gave Me) Wings For My Soul
19-Southern Jubilee Singers - There's A Man In Jerusalem
20-Southern Jubilee Singers - Forgive Me Lord
21-Southern Jubilee Singers - He Never Left Me Alone
22-Southern Jubilee Singers - Blessed Be The Name
23-Prisonaires, The - Softly And Tenderly
24-Prisonaires, The - My God Is Real
25-Jones Brothers, The - Amazing Grace
26-Jones Brothers, The - Gospel Train
27-Jones Brothers, The - Look To Jesus
28-Jones Brothers, The - Every Night
29-Brother R. Russel & The Jones Brothers Quartet - I'm Sealed
30-Jones Brothers Quartet - Every Night
31-Hunky Dory - A Lady Called Mother
32-Hunky Dory - Workin' On Building
Disc 9
01-Handy Jackson - (Have You Ever Had) Trouble
02-Billy Love - You're Gonna Cry
03-Sleepy John Estes - Runnin' Around
04-Elven Parr & His In The Groove Boys - Skin And Bones Woman
05-Walter Horton - Little Walter's Boogie
06-Henry Hill & Doctor Ross - That Ain't Right
07-Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours (But She Comes To See Me Sometime)
08-David Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago
09-Little Walker - Off The Wall
10-Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down
11-Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman
12-Johnny O'Neal - Dead Letter Blues
13-Johnny O'Neal - Johnny's Dream
14-Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie
15-Billy Love - Way After Midnight
16-Billy Love - Gee I Wish
17-Billy Love - The News Is All Around Town
18-Little Milton - Rode That Trainlookin' For My Baby
19-Willie Johnson Combo & Sammy Lewis - I Feel So Worried
20-Willie Johnson Combo & Sammy Lewis - So Long Baby Goodbye
21-Doctor Ross - Left Job Boogie
22-Charlie Booker - Walked All Night
23-Charlie Booker - Baby I'm Coming Home
24-Ike Turner & Tommy Hodge - (I Know) You Don't Love Me
25-Ike Turner & Tommy Hodge - Down & Out (Aka How Long Will It Last)
26-Ike Turner & Tommy Hodge - You Ain't The One
27-Ike Turner & Tommy Hodge - Matchbox (Aka I'm Gonna Forget About You)
28-Pat Hare - Cheating And Lying Blues
Disc 10
01-Unknown Gospel Group - John The Revelator
02-Sam Phillips - Tree Of Life (Advertising Spot)
03-Sam Phillips - I Am Bound For Canaan Land
04-Lost John Hunter & The Blind Bats - Play The Game Baby
05-J.C. Cole - Ida Mae
06-J.C. Cole - South Side Blues
07-J.C. Cole - Move Me No More
08-J.C. Cole - No Right Blues (Deep Blue Sea Blues)
09-Willie Carr - Outside Friend
10-Four Cruisers, The - Beale St. Shuffle
11-Joseph Dobbin & The Four Cruisers - On Account Of You
12-Joseph Dobbin & The Four Cruisers - Juicehead
13-Joseph Dobbin & The Four Cruisers - Vo Baby
14-Shy Guy Douglas - Detroit Arrow Blues
15-Shy Guy Douglas - Work With Her Boy
16-Shy Guy Douglas - Hip Shakin' Mama (Shy Guy's Back In Town)
17-Shy Guy Douglas - Oh Baby
18-Evangelist Gospel Singers Of Alabama - Lord Stop The War
19-Evangelist Gospel Singers Of Alabama - Leaning On The Lord
20-Evangelist Gospel Singers Of Alabama - Walk In The Light
21-Evangelist Gospel Singers Of Alabama - Never Grow Old
22-Spiritual Stars - I'll Search Heaven
23-Spiritual Stars - Good Religion
