Sun Studio In 1957, Bill Justis recorded his Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" for Sam Phillips and worked as a musical director at Sun Records. In 1969, Sam Phillips sold the label to Shelby Singleton, and there was no recording-related or label-related activity again in the building until the September 1985 "Class of '55" recording sessions with Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash, produced by Chips Moman. In 1987, the original building housing the Sun Records label and Memphis Recording Service was reopened by Gary Hardy as "Sun Studio," a recording label and tourist attraction that has
Quonset Hut Studio at the Hut and artists from different genres including Tammy Wynette, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Byrds, Elvis Costello, Gene Vincent and Simon & Garfunkel recorded music there. The legendary studio operated from 1955 through 1982 when it was converted into office space. In 2006, philanthropist Mike Curb bought the structure and had it restored. Today it serves as a recording classroom for Belmont University. Quonset Hut Studio Quonset Hut Studio was a music recording studio, originally known as Bradley's Film & Recording Studios, and which later was called Columbia Studio B. It was the first major label recording studio