Mystery Train: The Unpredictable 70-Year Saga of Sun Records

There are whole worlds and many diverse roads, both taken and not taken, in the Sun story.


Bob Johnson, who coined
“Million Dollar Quartet” (left), with Sam Phillips, Elvis, and UPI’s Memphis bureau chief, Leo Soroka. (Photo: Courtesy The Phillips Archive)

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