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Sun Records is a Blues and Country act. Their sound grew out of Howlin' Wolf, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Little Milton. Those roots explain a lot about how Sun Records arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 17 connections around Sun Records, reaching back through Howlin' Wolf and forward to Elvis Presley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee on February 1, 1952. Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. Prior to that, Sun had concentrated mainly on African-American musicians because Phillips loved rhythm and blues and wanted to bring it to a white audience.
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Sun Records grew out of Howlin' Wolf, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Little Milton, went on to shape Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis. 17 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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