Sun Records

2017 • CMT
4.8
35 reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (8)

1 706 Union
2/23/17
Sam Phillips moves his family to Memphis to open a recording studio to look for his first hit musical act, but instead rekindles a steamy affair. Young Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash struggle at home.
2 Outta The Groove
3/2/17
Sam records B.B. King, but his new label struggles. Elvis is inspired by African-American music, but is chastised by his family and girlfriend for crossing racial lines. We meet cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart.
3 Record Man Blues
3/9/17
Sam can't find the follow-up hit to Ike Turner's "Rocket 88." Colonel Tom Parker's conniving ways are exposed. Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart have their eye on the same girl.
4 Never Better
3/16/17
Sam's worsening anxiety attacks lead to a radical new medical procedure. Elvis tries to win Trixie back. Overseas, Johnny Cash makes a decision that will affect his girlfriend back home.
5 Rising Sun
3/23/17
Sam finds another hit with Johnny Bragg and The Prisonaires. Becky makes a surprising announcement. Elvis enlists Sam to help him record a song for his mother. Johnny takes his relationship with Vivian to the next phase.
6 Who They Were Meant To Be
3/30/17
Sam and Marion take Elvis on the road to promote "Blue Moon,". Colonel Tom Parker pays a heavy price for his gambling, while Jerry Lee tries to stay on the straight and narrow in his new married life.
7 No Favors Here
4/6/17
Elvis gets his first taste of fame when he starts playing live shows. Colonel Tom Parker scams his way out of debt and eyes an opportunity with Elvis. Johnny returns from overseas to begin his life with Vivian.
8 Finishing School
4/13/17
Colonel Tom Parker presses to take over Elvis' career, but Sam struggles with the decision to let his star go. Jerry Lee's philandering catches up with him, and Johnny starts his own band.

About this show

Sun Records tells the untold story of the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Guided by Sam Phillips, musicians like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis changed the course of music forever by combining the styles of country and 1950's R&B.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
35 reviews
Jessie Cade
May 19, 2018
This. Was the best thing to ever happen to me next to The Outsiders. I'd give this every star there ever was
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jim platt
April 18, 2017
For adults this is a must watch if you like rock and roll music Also steamy personal lives of the artists and their counter parts I love it
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matthew sweeney
July 28, 2019
I feel like this is an amazing TV show. and I also feel like it is one of the only depictions of Jerry Lee Lewis in a TV show or movie that is correct other than in Walk the Line.
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