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Now you can hear the Dave Edwards Show on Gold Star Oldies USA " That Seventies Sound" Tuesday Morning 9:00 AM and every Tuesday. Repeat Tuesday Evening 8:00 PM

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The history of Sam Phillips before Memphis Recording Services

What Sam Phillips Did Before Memphis Recording Service

⭐ Early Radio Career (1940s)

Before he ever cut a record or opened a studio, Sam Phillips worked in radio broadcasting and engineering, which shaped his entire approach to sound and recording.

Key points from his pre‑studio years:

He originally hoped to study law, but financial hardship during the Great Depression forced him into the workforce early.
He entered radio in Alabama, taking his first disc‑jockey job in Muscle Shoals.
By 1945, he had moved to Memphis and was working at WREC, one of the city’s major stations.
At WREC, he gained experience as both an announcer and radio engineer, developing the technical skills and ear for sound that later defined Sun Records.

This period is crucial: Phillips learned microphone technique, signal flow, acoustics, and how to

work with live performers—skills he later used to capture the raw, emotional sound of early blues and rock ’n’ roll.

🎙️ Transition Toward Recording

While still at WREC, Phillips began to see the limitations of mainstream radio, which rarely showcased the Black blues and R&B artists he admired. This frustration pushed him toward creating a space where anyone with talent could be recorded.

By 1950, he left WREC and opened the Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue—initially recording artists for labels like Modern and Chess before founding Sun Records in 1952.

Before purchasing (and founding) the Memphis Recording Service, Sam Phillips was:

A radio announcer
A radio engineer
A DJ in Muscle Shoals
A staff member at WREC Memphis
A young man deeply influenced by Southern blues and gospel

Those radio years were the foundation for everything he later built—Sun Records, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the birth of rock ’n’ roll.

Mamas and Papas Collectible Album is 60's years old

Albums in May Turned 60's years Old

May 4, 1966 / Release Date

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Tamla / Label

Motown Sound
Pop Soul / Genre

Henry Cosby, William Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier / Producer

Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby, Clarence Paul, Luvel Broadnax, Stevie Wonder,

Small Faces May 11th Happy Birthday First Album

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Eight Days a Week (Ron Smith)
On This Day in Black Music History (Jay Warner)
Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000 (Frank Hoffman)

Birthdays Singers and Song Writers

1935 - Sylvia Robinson

Singer Sylvia Robinson who had the 1973 US No.3 & UK No. 14 single 'Pillow Talk' and as Mickey & Sylvia the 1957 US No.11 single 'Love Is Strange'. She later became known for her work as founder and CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records. Robinson died on 29 September 2011.

Early Beatles News

2002 - John Lennon

A 16ft by 6ft mosaic designed by John Lennon went on display at The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool. The mosaic had been built into Lennon's swimming pool at his Kenwood home in Surrey where he lived between 1964 and 1968.

2007 - John Lennon

A piano used by John Lennon on the night he died was put up for sale for $375,000 (£189,000) on The Moments in Time memorabilia website. The upright grand piano was part of the Record Plant Recording Studios in New York where the former Beatle recorded his 1971 Imagine album. Lennon was said to be so fond of the instrument that he had it moved to whichever studio he was working in and had used the piano hours before being shot on 8 December 1980.