Tim Sampson Communications Director for the Soulsville Foundation talks about the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, the genesis of “Soulsville”, the astounding Stax Music Academy, and Soulsville Charter School. Tiffany Harmon shares the story of Rock & Roll birthplace at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. A visit with Boo Mitchell at legendary Royal Studios, followed by a visit at Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Albert King, Rufus and Carla Thomas, and Booker T. & the M.G.s came to cut their records at Stax.
Over a 16 year period Stax placed 167 hit songs in the Top 100 on the pop charts, and 243 hits in the top 100 R&B charts.
It was Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats’ “Rocket 88” Sun Records recording in 1951 that goes down in history as the first Rock & Roll single.
A litany of legends came to Sun Studio to record and make music history—cats like Howlin’ Wolf, James Cotton, B.B. King and Johnny Cash.
Sun Studio is the place where Elvis recorded his first single “That’s All Right” in 1954. And Sun is still recording music, in the same location today, in the same studio, using lots of the original tube-technology equipment.
“If music was a religion then Memphis would be Jerusalem and Sun Studio its most holy shrine.”
A 60-year run at Royal Studios in Memphis--recording hits with 1960s vacuum-tube technology
Boo Mitchell carries on the legacy of his father, Willie Mitchell, as a producer of chart-topping hits.
One of Boo Mitchell’s proudest achievements was taking home the “Record of the Year” Grammy in 2016—the first time in the history of the Grammy Awards that a Memphis-made record garnered the award.
Memphis Music Hall of Fame showcases the birthplace of Rock & Roll, Soul, and Blues
A visit at the Memphis Music Hall of Fame Museum with Executive Director John Doyle in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The museum showcases the story of Memphis Music and its century long legacy as a multicultural birthplace of American Music.
