Radio Engineer Sam Phillips opened up Sun Studio in January 1950 as the "Memphis Recording Service" to record blues greats in the South who had no where else to record. The Howlin' Wolf, Bobby Blue Bland, Rufus Thomas, Junior Parker, Joe Hill Louis, and Little Milton are some of the many greats who came to Sam's studio. Sam Phillips later retired from the business and the studio laid empty for almost 25 years, until 1985 when Carl, Johnny, Jerry Lee and Roy Orbison came back and cut a Grammy winning record "The Class of '55". The record got people excited about Sun again and almost a year later U2 recorded and filmed most of "Rattle and Hum" there. Today Sun Studio operates as an Attraction and a 24 track Recording Studio, catering to artists such as, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, Matchbox 20, Beck, Maroon 5, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Def Leppard, and John Fogerty. Sun Studio was designated a National Historic Landmark, the only studio ever to hold that status.

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