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Sun Studio, 706 Union Avenue

Union Avenue, Memphis

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Markers identify buildings or documented location references. They do not mark an exact recording room, stage position or camera angle.

Sun Studio, 706 Union Avenue — Map source

The small corner studio with its sign above the door — Sun Studio, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, 2006. David Jones · CC BY 2.0. Existing local rendition. Venue illustration; not a photograph of the historic music event.

Music happened here

Elvis at Sun Studio

That’s All Right is recorded

5 July 1954

Elvis Presley recorded That’s All Right with Scotty Moore and Bill Black at Memphis Recording Service, now Sun Studio, on 5 July 1954.

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Reading the place today

Sun Studio’s official visitor information describes guided tours. Check the operator’s current booking arrangements before travelling. The recording-room connection is the reason to visit; no separate WHBQ building is identified by this research.