Sam Phillips an impromptu session featuring the four musicians. Phillips challenged the four to achieve gold record sales, offering a free Cadillac to the first, which Carl Perkins won. The contest is commemorated in a song by the Drive-By Truckers. By the mid-1960s, Phillips rarely recorded. He built a satellite studio and opened radio stations, but the studio declined, and he sold Sun Records to Shelby Singleton in 1969. In 1977 Sam's sons, Knox and Jerry, were working with John Prine at the Phillips Recording Studio when Sam Phillips joined them to oversee recordings that were eventually included on the album "Pink
Studio One (recording studio) included a diverse range of recordings by Journey, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe South, Atlanta Rhythm Section, .38 Special and Outlaws. Singer Ronnie Hammond also started his career at the studio, originally employed as an assistant audio engineer. Atlanta Rhythm Section was formed from session musicians used at Studio One and utilised the facilities extensively for rehearsals. Buddy Buie continued to run Studio One until 1986 when he sold it to Georgia State University. In The Know (1980) - Jake Sandborn Brace Yourself (1982) - Road Dogs Studio One (recording studio) Studio One was a recording studio located in Doraville, Georgia, a