The Latest Breaking News from Sun Records

How Did Vernon Taylor Die? Sun Records Icon Passes Away Just One Day After His Brother

Vernon Taylor, a rockabilly pioneer and Sun Records artist, has died at 88 after a battle with dementia. His contributions to early rock and roll remain influential and celebrated.

International Business Times UK · Jul 23

Paul Simon bemoans Elvis for 'wasting his great talent'

Grammy-winning musician Paul Simon has revealed what he regrets about Elvis Presley's music career.

AAP · May 24

Paul Simon bemoans Elvis Presley for 'wasting his great talent'

Paul Simon has revealed what he regrets about Elvis Presley's music career.

BANG Premier · May 23

Ian Hunter: an absolutely epic interview

He’s older than rock’n’roll itself, and back with an all-star cast on his new album on Sun Records. Here he talks to about working with Jeff Beck and Taylor Hawkins, punk rock, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, and sex and drugs in the 70s

Louder · Jun 6, 2023

Sam Phillips, who introduced the world to Elvis and Johnny Cash, would be 100 today

Phillips launched the careers of legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. The rock and roll pioneer spoke to Morning Edition in 1993, a decade before his death.

WEKU · Jan 5, 2023

Well noted: A selection of some music-themed gifts this year

The Associated Press is recommending for music lovers gifts including vinyl box sets by Neil Young, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, Paul McCartney and heavy metal icon Iron Maiden

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2022

Jerry Lee Lewis' teenage bride speaks out: 'I was the adult and Jerry was the child'

When Myra Williams looks back on her life — her marriage to her second cousin, singer Jerry Lee Lewis, in 1957 when she was just 13 years old, their good and bad times together, the two children they had, the permanent damage that their relationship inflicted on Lewis' career and…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 30, 2022

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, known as 'The Killer,' dies

American rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, who was torn between his Bible-thumping upbringing and his desire to make hell-raising rock 'n' roll with hits such as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," has died at the age of 87.

Reuters · Oct 28, 2022