Sixty-one years ago today, Sam Phillips brought an acetate by a young truck driver to a Memphis radio station. With that, everything changed - for Phillips, for the singer, for music. And for Sun Records, the label that had championed blues singers. Revisit Sun's early years... before rock and roll ruined everything.
| She's Dynamite B.B. King - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Cool Down Mama Lost John Hunter & the Blind Bats - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Decorate the Counter Rosco Gordon - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Registration Day Blues 'Sleepy' John Estes - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Mistreatin' Boogie Mose Vinson - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Boogie in the Park Joe Hill Louis - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Juiced Billy Love - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Come Back Home Howling Wolf - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Mystery Train Little Junior's Blue Flames - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Sam's Drag L.J. Thomas - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Tiger Man Rufus Thomas - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Hoo Doo Man Albert Williams - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Walter's Instrumental Walter Horton - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Baby's Gone and Left Me Houston Stokes - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Cotton Crop Blues James Cotton - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Red Hot Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
| Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Sun Records: The Blues Years 1950-1956 - Sun |
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