My second time to tour this historic studio. Sun Studios claims that it is THE birthplace of rock and roll. There may be some that disagree, but it is not hyperbole. If youve never been and you are even slightly interested in the subject matter, this is a MUST SEE! The staff here was super friendly and made you feel like you were family.I lucked out and got Zach as my tour guide. There were maybe ten others on our tour. Zach was funny, informative and had some great stories. Everyone on my tour seemed to be having a great time. All pandemic protocols in place. Priced right. Great folks. Incredible history.

I went to Sun Records with average expectations and, Ive got to say, the tour overwhelming exceeded them. Having worked at Universal Studios Florida as a Jaws boat skipper (back in the day) I know that the right person can make or break your experience when youre visiting a tourist attraction. Our tour guide, Graham Winchester, exhibited an honest-to-God passion for everything he showed us and talked about during the tour. You could tell he was invested in the stories and the importance of Sun Records as an integral piece of rock n roll history. My only concern was in regards to capacity. I feel that they were more people on each tour than there should have been while operating in the midst of COVID-19. It was very hard to maintain social distance effectively in such small areas. Aside from that, I highly recommend making the time for this if youre ever in Memphis.

Such a wonderful experience full of history and amazing stories. The studio itself and Sams booth are relatively untouched since the 1950s, and an original mic used by the likes of Elvis and Johnny Cash is there for photo ops. Our tour guide, Drew, was great and exceedingly entertaining.

This was a long overdue bucket list item for me being a lifelong fan of the early Sun artists. It was incredible to stand in the same spot where so many pioneers of rock n roll stood while they made history. The tour guides were extremely knowledgeable and you can tell everyone who works there is passionate about the music and the history of Sun. It’s a must see while in Memphis.

One of the great locations in music that has to be visited even if just once. Lots of history happened there. So much to see and the tour was very informative. The place is small and yet so impacting on music. The only issue I had was that it always seem like the kinda place that once you see it once, there isn’t much reason to go back.

Gave lots of information, it was actually pretty interesting. I didnt think Id like it as much as I did. They also give a free pass to those who are going to St. Jude. So, if youre going to St. Jude, like I am, Id recommend it. Also, the tour guide was very nice!

Great tour from Lydia today, well worth the trip for a little bit of history up close and personal. The environment is small, so groups are limited (which is a good thing). I enjoyed the background on artists beyond Elvis and you realize what a treasure this place really is.

Was definitely the highlight of my trip to Tennessee (although the whole trip was fantastic). The tour guide (Graham) was great! Knew the history and was great to talk to. The whole staff was very nice. Definitely will be back here as soon as I can! Could not recommend this place more!

A must see while in Memphis. So much history! Tour guide was awesome!

Good history here, ask for Jeff for your tour guide. Very knowledgeable about the history with a good sense of humor. Thank you Jeff

Our tour guide Graham was very awesome and also very informative and funny. It was amazing to stand where all the famous musicians of the 50s got started including other artists such as Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins. Its like I could just feel the history

It gets 3 stars just because it is a highly sought out tourist attraction with interesting pieces of history. However the building is extremely stuffy and not as well lit as it shouldve been. The tour guide while he was knowledgeable wasnt exactly making the visit there as fulfilling as it couldve been. The experience was very lackluster.

Went to Sun Studio on 09/09 with family while visiting from Texas. I loved the little tour and the guide, I didn’t catch the tour guides name but he was awesome. It was nice and I enjoyed it. There weren’t many people and we didn’t have to wait for the tour. I would definitely recommend visiting the studio.

Where it all happened. If youre into Elvis or Johnny Cash, among the other talented musicians that graced these halls... you MUST come here.

If you happen to be an Elvis fan (which Im not), this has to be on your checklist. If you are a music fan in general, this is $15 well-spent. Its a guided tour (and, should Graham be your guide, you should enjoy this thoroughly), so justified the cost of admission.

This was one of the most amazing tours we took on our visit to Memphis. Graham was very knowledgeable about the history of the place. Its definitely worth it especially for music fans!

Cool vibes. A great history of Sun Records. Some interesting facts you might not know.

Fantastic tour! Rich with history and memorabilia. Our tour guide Graham did a great job. Very knowledgeable and even played the piano for us!

What a great place. A definite must see. Great tour guide Gary. So much musical history and stories. Really loved it.

Let me say that this is a MUST when in Memphis. I missed out about 5 years ago when I should have come here. I made up for it this time. So much history here. So much that shot out of this tiny studio that launched a musical revolution. I knew who came through her, but I didnt realize the stories behind those. I stood in the same spot Elvis Presley stood at when he recorded his first hit. I held a lead mic that all those that recorded there used. I stood behind a piano that The Killer put a cigarette out on the keys. I heard original recordings. I heard music pumped through that tiny recording studio. Just so much to learn and see and feel in this tiny studio that started it all. And Tiffany our tour guide was awesome. Again, this is a MUST stop.

Absolutely worth the tour visit. Was the highlight of our trip to Memphis, even more than Graceland, because of the story they tell about the history of the studio.

Very interesting! Tour isnt super long, but lots of information! I didnt realize so many music stars started at Sun! Be sure to ask to go upstairs!

Fantastic tour if you only take one tour this is The One , host was awesome place is full of history as well as feeling of magic.

Graham is a wonderful tour guide. Truly passionate and informative. I got chills listening to the amazing stories from this tine place and how it truly is the birthplace of rock and roll!! My advice- call ahead and ask when Graham is giving the next tour. He deserves a raise for sure. We did Graceland, too and I was disappointed. But I was pleasantly surprised by this experience. Dont think, just go.

If like the history of music this is a place to go. Rock and roll got its start here. Very interesting tour. Learned a lot about who recorded here and how long it was open. Learned how Elvis got discovered.

Really awesome tour with a guide. It costs 13 dollars per ticket and there is a nice little waiting room/souvenir shop. The tour is about 30-45 minutes. I thought it was an awesome experience to see all the history of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. The tour guide was really great too!

Anyone thats a fan of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash or the million dollar quartet must go here! Must stop and take the tour.

Talk about a step back in time, this tour was so amazing to actually walk on the same floors as Elvis was a dream come true, and our tour guide Graham Winchester was very knowledgeable very talented, and very friendly if you happened to visit sun studios I would ask for Graham!! Thanks Graham for the best tour!!

Very cool place. I am not much of a 50s and 60s history/music buff, but we enjoyed the tour and learning about it all. Elvis was just a small part of this place so it was nice to hear about everyone else that was a part of that history. It was worth stopping by.

Amazing history our tour guide was very knowledgeable. Such an incredible place to visit.

The birthplace of Rock n Roll. So interesting. Great tour guide, Graham

Went here with my girlfriend and loved all the info! I really wish I could remember our bearded long hair tour guide who’s a musician’s name. He was funny and knew SOOO much info. Fun tour and reasonable price. So glad we got to do this

I was thoroughly impressed with this tour. So much Rock and Roll history in one little place! A very reasonable $14 ticket to do this.Our tour guide was fun and informative, I think her name was Lana (sorry if incorrect!). She had really corny one liners throughout the tour that were actually endearing. Thanks for the great tour!The story of Sun Studio is fascinating to listen to and backed up with a ton of vintage equipment, letters, 45s, pictures, and show memorabilia. If you are a guitar, blues, or rock and roll aficionado, this is a must do! There are between 12 and 20 vintage guitars on site.The story of Sun Studio is entwined with the early career of Elvis Presley. This history is fun to hear about but I wish there was more on some of the lesser known stars from the 50s and 60s. Howlin Wolf, BB King, and Roy Orbison could use a few more mentions. I also think a listening area would be a great edition to tour.This tour was still good enough to go back to next year when Im in town. The tours begin every half hour from 1030 to 530 most days, if I remember correctly. This makes it easy to fit into your day and its just five minutes from downtown.Thanks for the great time! It reminded me of bass playing days when I fell in love with Rock and Roll (back in the 80s). See you next year!

What a great experience! Visiting The Studio, where it all began! Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more, had their first recordings in this very studio. And when you take the Tour, you can really feel the Spirit! It was just fabulous!

I am a music guy. I learned a lot on the tour and the tour guide was really good. Treating us like it was HIS ONLY tour. Covid kept it from a perfect score, distancing, vibe, etc.

Be sure to schedule your tour ahead of time. It is very small place but fun music history.

Step back a bit in time - either w/paid tour, or free browsing in the cool retro receptionist area/gift shop...some nice memorabilia, too!

We didnt take the tour but loved going thru the merchandise. Yes we bought some glasses. Thank you to the personnel. They were so friendly.

Great music. Great history. Great swag. Make sure to take the guided tour.

This place is so rich in music history. If you go, a tour is a must. The tour guide is knowledgeable and fun. We felt honored just to be in the same room where Elvis and Johnny cash got their start. This is a memorable experience

Fascinating place! Our guide Lydia was great, spoke loudly and clearly, knowledgable and great enthusiasm!

Our tour guide was fantastic! The whole experience was great because it was very interactive! Great exhibits

Everyone should know the story and see the nostalgia of sun studios. The birth place of rock n roll. Awesome story to be heard and experienced.

Don’t miss the tour of sun Studios when you’re in Memphis. It’s only $10 takes about an hour and is fantastic. They have free parking right behind the building although the driveway is narrow and takes a little navigating to get into.

What a fun place. Have to give a shout out to our tour guide, Lana. She was fabulous and made our tour memorable. I would highly recommend this place as a must see if you are visiting Memphis.Not only is the tour excellent but the souvenirs are very reasonable in price. Two thumbs up.

A must visit in Memphis! The birthplace of rock and roll. See the original studio where Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, U2 and hundreds more laid down tracks

Another peice of Memphis heritage. come see where Rock and roll was born. So much history in such a small place is amazing. Our guide was great, very knowledgeable and yet entertaining at the same time. Seeing where it all happened was great.

Maybe one of the most underrated historical monuments in all of American. An entire culture was conceptualized all in this little building.

Cool place dark and dirty but cozy....

Very interesting tour of the studio where Elvis originally began his recording career. They have maintained the historic quality of the studio and even have the actual recording booth with the original equipment right down to the acoustic tiles used during Elviss recordings. They have original music by Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and others. You really learn a lot about Elvis and his early days. They have even rescued the original DJ booth where the singers were interviewed and their albums played on the radio. The tours begin on the half hour and last about 45 minutes and tickets cost $16.00. The only negatives are that the tours are packed and it can get extremely warm in the building. There are also 2 sets of steps that have to be navigated. Another interesting fact is that Sun Studios is still an actual recording studio and you can rent the space for 5 hours at $1000.00.

Very fun tour. It was like stepping back into the 50s

Very cool place. I didnt have time to take the tour. But it looked neat. The inside has a small refreshment area and lots of things in the gift shop.Also a major bonus is there is a small parking lot behind the studio, which is great because parking downtown is crazy. Its a little bit of a walk from Beale street so I suggest car or other transportation.

Such a fun stop! A cozy cafe & legendary studio - full of iconic momentous from Americas cultural history. Definitely worth a stop when in Memphis.

The guy that did our tour was so nice and knowledgeable. Enjoyable no doubt.

Simply AMAZING!!! The Staff/Tour Guides TRULY LOVE their jobs and it was the BEST Guided Tour/History Lesson I ever had!!!

One word. Amazing!I would highly recommend visiting Sun Studio anytime you are in Memphis Tennessee! Out of all of the places that I visited when I was there Sun Studio was my absolute favorite. The staff is wonderful and the music history that they have in that building is unbelievable! 5 stars!!!!

Amazing place with fascinating history. My tour with Geoff was excellent.

Excellent tour ️

Papa really enjoyed this place. So did my bride and my son. Lots of music history here. The tour guide was knowledgeable. Make reservations.

It could be more invited to go and look inside. We didnt think it was worth it to pay to see the whole place

Amazing time. Graham was awesome tour guide.

Historic!! So worth it if youre in Memphis

Such a cool vibe....where it all started. So worth the visit!!!

If you want to see where Rock N Roll started, this is the place to go. They also have some good root beer and soda! They offer guided tours, which are not expensive and I recommend doing the tour as you get to see all the exhibits as well as see some original records and machines Sam Phillips used to bring some of the most important music stars in history.You can also buy some records here, but they are a little pricey.

It was so interesting to see a place that played such a big part of early rock and roll and blues.

Totally amazing make sure your tour guide is Graham

Very neat place. Took the tour and it was awesome. The guide was great and told the stories and added the music also. Elvis, Johnny Cash and many others got their starts from Sun records. They had complete orginal studio and office there. Building was all orginal. Lots of instruments that was used by the musicians. Would recommend this highly.

Sun studios is in the top three things that you must do when you go to Memphis. If you want to understand what Memphis is all about and get the real experience. This is more than just a must do. This is Mecca for the genre it displays! It is a critical key that brings the history of Memphis all together.

Great place to learn history about rockabilly and early outlaw Country music.

You can feel the history of some of Americas music there

The visit is wonderful. The guide provides the right amount of information, and makes it in a fun and approachable manner. Visit includes the actual studio where music figures like Elvis, Jerry Lee, Perkins, etc. recorded some of their famous tunes. On the minus side, the group was very large, which sometimes doesnt allow to move around and take pictures with the sufficient amount of time or space.

Awesome experience! The tour guide was very knowledgeable! Highly recommend

Lydia did an amazing job with the tour! Vast knowledge of the history and an amazing experience!

I loved this place, the tour was really cool and you can actually touch the mic used! As always the earlier the better. I accidentally went during Elvis week and met a lot of men dressed like Elvis. Tell them they look like Elvis and they will act surprised, like they didn’t spend hours trying to

The Tour Guides are some of the best story tellers around!

Cool place on corner of busy street. Love the history of this place..and of course the memory of Elvis and others who got their start here with Sam Phillips and Sun Records. Great photo op. Better if the tour buses didnt stop right smack in front of the studio! Geez!

Mark was an excellent tour guide, he was very enthralling and knew the history of Sun Records extremely well, highly recommend

Interesting history and great talented tour guide!

The tour guide Lahna was awesome full of energy and knowledge of the era that shaped and made sun studios famous! If your a fan of the fabulous 50s and 60s Rock and Roll this tour is awesome!!

Super interesting! Our tour guides were awesome.

An absolute privilege to be able to experience the home of so many rock n roll greats.

Awesome tour of Rock n Roll history. The studio is still the same as it was nearly 70 years ago. Step back into musical history and enjoy.

Super awesome place to tour and look around! History on every wall and in every corner. Tours given every 30 mins. $14 per person. One hour tour is very informative and lots of fun to do. Tour ends in the actual studio section of the building and at the end youre able to hold and take pictures with the vocal mic stand used in the heyday that Sam Phillips bequeathed after his death. Milkshakes and sodas offered in lobby as well as tons of records and assorted merchandise. Highly recommend!

I have been to Sun Studio 3 times over the years, and with each visit I have taken the guided tour, with each tour being different from the last- the tour guides are all absolutely fantastic and you can tell that they have a genuine interest in the history of Sun, rather than just learning a script and repeating the same things over and over. They’re all super knowledgeable and were able to answer questions from the group without hesitation - the level of information they supply on the tour is outstanding.Sun Studios is an absolute must visit for any music lover - it’s so humbling to know that such a huge number of influential musicians have worked there, and that it’s still a working recording studio to this day. If you’re ever in Memphis make sure you pay a visit!

Fantastic tour. To actually touch a microphone that so many legends used was spectacular.

Ive wanted to see this place for years and Im glad i finally took the tour. The most real collection of music history anywhere. This little place and its people are responsible for providing the world with many genres of music for over 75years. Our tour guide was great at telling the story of Sun Studio and the people who made it and the people it helped to make. The gift shop has lots of souvenirs at decent prices, tour was kind of high at $14 but overall I had a good day.

A very interesting place. We enjoyed the tour. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and cordial, also had a good voice. The tour was a little quick for reading all the plaques. The parking is in the back of the building, driveway next to the building on the right. Nice gift shop with; records, t-shirts, shot glasses, etc.

The birthplace of Rock & Roll. Parking is a little confusing. The tour begins upstairs. Upstairs is smaller than anticipated & everyone is crammed together, but it does have a lot of original and interesting items. Downstairs opens up in the actual recording studio. Our tour guide was fun, entertaining & full of information about all the singers. I highly recommend taking the tour if youre ever in the Memphis area.

Great tour of an iconic piece of American music history. Our guide Jeff was very entertaining and knowledgeable.

Sun Studio was outstanding. An interesting tour of a well maintained landmark of American history. The tour guides are passionate and well prepared. I highly recommend it.While your in the area, stop in and visit Edge Motor Museum down the street. A beautiful museum, filled with outstanding examples of American Muscle cars with exhibits helping to understand their place in modern history. A great bookend to the Sun Museum.

Great tour. Awesome

My wife and I visited back in April, and it was so cool to be in a historic place where rock music got its start. It was raining the day we went, so it was packed so we couldnt get in for the full tour, but it was awesome to see anyways.

Great tour of an iconic location, tour guides were awesome! Really cool to get your picture with the microphone Elvis used. Tour this location before heading to Graceland. Still an active recording studio.

I really enjoyed seeing where the original rock and roll stars were born. There was a lot of original equipment, and the ceiling and walls in the studio still had the original acoustics. The gift shop had items that had the original sun label. Having a large Colletion of 78s, 45s it was a real treat for me to see some of the original equipment

The staff were friendly, the place itself is not interesting.

Thanks for the great tour Graham. Like a walk back in time.

Thanks the tour guide beauty original from Brazil. I love it!

Great tour. Lots of info and so much musical history in this building. Loved the tour and if you go hopefully your tour guide is Graham Winchester because he was great!

Legendary studio where you see hear taste touch smell and feel where real rock and roll was born. Required visit for anybody that is heard of Elvis, Johnny Cash, BB King Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Ike Turner, and on and on and on and on...Tour guides are punny as well.

If you love music then this is a must visit if you are in Memphis. In my opinion this is worth a visit over Graceland even. The importance of this place in the history of music is unrivaled and without we wouldnt have music as we know it. The birthplace of Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and many more Sun Studio brought us the music we know today.Get there early or buy your tour ahead of time online as they do sell out. Also, for the musicians out there its still a functional studio at night, meaning you can stand in the same spot and use the same microphone as Elvis if you wish.