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Sun Records

Sun Records explores the untold story of the genesis of rock 'n' roll amid the turbulent early days of the civil rights struggle in Memphis. Young musicians such as Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis, guided by Sam Phillips, merged the sounds of hillbilly country with 1950s R&B developed by performers such as Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Fats Domino, and Ike Turner, and forever altered the course of music. The series depicts the often abrupt and rapid meteoric rise to prominence of the young musicians in the face of sweeping political change and societal instability.

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Drama