Sun Studio

Sun Studio is a museum Midtown Memphis located in United States.

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  • Phone

    (901) 521-0664

  • Website

    sunstudio.com

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  • Type

    Museum

Address

706 Union Ave (at Marshall Ave) Memphis , TN 38103 United States

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Yaeka Katsuta

Do the tour ! I recommend starting at Sun Studio before heading to any of the other music spots. Lays a solid foundation for everything else you will learn.

Erin Klingberg

Amazing place! Well worth the visit. Lana, the tour guide was fantastic and delivered the tour with so much information and humour! Chance to take a photo with Elvis 's mic in the recording studio !

Ben Floyd

A must go when in Memphis - I had no idea how many huge artists came from Memphis. Many of them recorded at Sun. The tour guides are awesome & super passionate.

Debby Cook

We had a great tour . It was informative and entertaining - Zach, our guide, was terrific. Loved the music that was incorporated in the tour . This was our favorite tour in Memphis. Highly recommend.

Bernd Brenner

Sun Studios offers a very short tour of their studios, but it is certainly worth it. You also have the ability to take amazing photos in the legendary studio with original equipment from the past.

Steve Rhodes

It's probably been said in other tips but do the tour . Our guide was enthusiastic and funny and really seemed to be enjoying what he does. Always good to see and adds an extra dimension.

Sam Svita

So much rich history. I loved this place. Some of the best American music of all time was recorded here. Touch elvis' mic and the killers piano.

Michelle L

So cool to see where Elvis spent time recording. They have a microphone he used that you can get your picture with. Still an active recording studio . So much history !

Duffy Laudick

Great history of the place given on the tour . Well worth the money and time. If you visit Graceland , there is a free shuttle from there to Sun Records and Rock n; Soul and back.

Honey Moore

Fabulous chocolate shake & enthusiastic guide . Touching & taking pictures with one of the 5 original microphones that Elvis , Cash or ANY of the founders of rock-n-roll makes this tour invaluable.

Allison Kasic

Grab a drink and hang out at the counter before your tour . The staff is amazing and fun to talk to (most of them are in bands or produce or do other cool stuff).

Ron Goodwyne

If you see nothing g else in Memphis, see this. The sense of wonder & excitement being right where so many musical legends have recorded or even got their start. Tour guides are fun & knowledgeable .

Heather Leigh

Awesome tour , made more awesome by the guide, Jason. He really makes the tour ; you can tell how passionate he is. (If you buy the tickets at the Memphis Visitors Center, they're a dollar cheaper.)

Phoebe

Good tour of soul and rock and roll history. If you like the million dollar quartet, this is a good place for you.

Brandi Bruce

Worth the stop! They do tours during the day. So much history and the tour guide was amazing!

Zach Hedrick

Wow! A MUST do in Memphis. So much history in one building. Truly the birthplace of Rock music as we know today.

Kelz Horn

Great little tour ! enthusiastic tour guide ! learned a lot new things! Not too expensive . Not too long of a tour , only takes about 45 minutes to an hour.

Diane Wilson

Excellent place to visit while in Memphis. Incredible feeling to know you stood in the same place Elvis did.

Doug Leavy

This is like a holy shrine to those part of the music industry, or the history of rock n roll .

Steve "Gigs" ????

Yes Memphis, that's THE Stanley Cup. I was proud to be able to bring it here in April of 2004. Drop a few beats and the puck!

Erin Shea

Bring a baby with you...kids under 5 can't take the tour but they'll give you a company ticket for the baby and the adult that has to wait with the baby. So baby=free ticket!

Memphis Travel

Cash and the King made it popular, but did you know the first rock 'n' roll song was recorded at Sun by Jackie Breston and the Delta Cats in 1951? "Rocket 88" had Ike Turner on the keyboards.

Mallori Battiest

I honestly think I liked this more than Graceland . Just hearing the AMAZING history that has come through those doors is well worth the tour !

Paula Freire

Tour here is the best thing you can do in the city . If you like rock n' roll , this is the place!

Sys E

Great enthusiastic young tour guides , cool gift shop & a soda counter. Good value for $12pp (although the tour could be a little longer).

Brkgny

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Lindsey Koehler

This place is awesome. The tour was done so well and standing in a room where so many legends once recorded was really powerful.

Justin Hanenberg

Its worth the 10-12 bucks to see it. The guides are fun and knowledgeable . Its not a big place but has a lot of cool stories.

Elvis Hidalgo

The tour is definitely worth it! To understand the history of music that took place in the studio is pretty amazing!

Tash Concepcion

Usually hate tours , but this one was really, really good. The tour guide was so enthusiastic and knowledgeable .

Kerry Crawford

Sun Studio is one Memphis' coolest, most fun museums . It's only $12 per person, tours last less than an hour, and all of the guides are local musicians .

The Criterion Collection

Two Japanese tourists took a short , shuffling tour through the history of this legendary recording studio in Mystery Train , Jim Jarmusch's paean to the spirit of Memphis. Read more

Matt Brady

Great tour with a lot of music . Definitely would recommend it.

Pat Tasker

Very cool to be in the room where it happened! #MillionDollarQuartet #Elvis very first ever recorded singing. And then hear it played!

HISTORY

This Studio opened on January 3rd, 1950 & was originally called the Memphis Recording Service. Elvis Presley recorded his first song here.

Gerardo Valerdi

Super cool for those music snobs and everyone, really.

Mark Matke

Truly awesome. Put it on your bucket list. I will remember it forever

Stephan Schmidt

Take the tour , those guys are really funny. And they sell Dr Pepper in Bottles!

Andrew Healan

wanted to make the experience more authentic but the tour guide refused to let me do cocaine off a prostitute's breast even if I provided my own cocaine.

Emily Roeser

Short but fun. Jake was a great and enthusiastic guide . He really knew his stuff.

Michael Kurey

Definitely stop by for a visit!

Jeremy Fisher

Great tour . Liked it a lot more than Stax

Paul Conlan

Wonderful experience...the tou was good too..

Clinton Pittman

Sign up for the tour online so you don't arrive to find the next sold out. But it's probably only an hour wait if you do.

Jean-Paul Godmaire

A piece of history that any music fan needs to experience

Victoria Braithwaite

Awesome place with lots of history. Great tour guides .

Brian aussierockman1

Sam Phillips spent much of his time here creating music that changed the world forever.

Courtney Pinkston

Tours are $12 for adults and it's definitely worth the money...one of Memphis' best landmarks !

Luci Smethurst

Take the tour and soak in the atmosphere!

Liz Croft

X marks the spot where Elvis started. Touch the microphone. Awesome.

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