Sam Phillips the first investors in Holiday Inn, a motel chain that was about to expand to a nationwide franchise; he became involved with the chain shortly after selling Elvis Presley's contract to RCA, for $35,000, which he multiplied many times over the years with Holiday Inn. He also created two subsidiary recording labels, Phillips International Records and Holiday Inn Records. He owned the Sun Studio Café in Memphis. One location was in the Mall of Memphis. Phillips and his family founded Big River Broadcasting Corporation, which owns and operates several radio stations in the Florence, Alabama, area, including WQLT-FM, WSBM, and
The Stables Recording Studio The Stables Recording Studio The Stables Recording Studio was the original name of the recording studio now known as Red Moon Studios, located in Australia's Macedon Ranges. It was originally owned by Evermore front man Jon Hume) and was designed and built for the recording of Evermore's albums but has since been used by many other artists. Artists such as Lisa Mitchell, Amy Meredith, Alpine, Karise Eden, Clubfeet, Shannon Noll, Celia Pavey, Matt Corby, Lakyn Heperi, Adam Martin, Snakadaktal, Tina Arena, Delta Goodrem, Little Sea, Kaity Dunstan & Sticky Fingers have also written and recorded there. In 2017, the studio