American Masters #1505; Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
- Series
- American Masters #1505
- Contributing Organization
- Thirteen WNET (New York, New York)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/75-15p8d24p
- Public Broadcasting Service Program NOLA
- AMMS 001505
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- Description
- Description
- Historians may never agree about where and when rock `n' roll was born. But all historians do agree that an entrepreneur in the world of music named Sam Phillips began a revolution and spawned a legacy when he created Sun Records -- the place where Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and so many others got their start. If the story of Sun Records was merely the story of the discovery and emergence of a single performer - Elvis - it would be astonishing enough. But it is not. It defines some of the most appealing roots of American popular taste, and it all happened in Memphis. The work of many original Sun artists are reprised in this two-hour American Masters premiere by such performers as Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Live and Third Eye Blind. The film also includes a moving rendition of "Lonely Weekends" with Jerry Lee Lewis and Matchbox Twenty and an emotional reunion of old Mississippi Delta musicians. This documentary explores the history of the revolutionary Sun Records label on the 50th anniversary of its founding. The film features rare footage of Sun superstars Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins, as well as tribute performances of Sun signature songs by musical icons Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and Mark Knopfler.
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Identifier: wnet_aacip_4950 (WNET Archive)
Format: Digital Betacam
Generation: Master
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- Citations
- Chicago: “American Masters #1505; Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records,” Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 25, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-15p8d24p.
- MLA: “American Masters #1505; Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records.” Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 25, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-15p8d24p>.
- APA: American Masters #1505; Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records. Boston, MA: Thirteen WNET, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-75-15p8d24p