Just heard a neat segment on NPR's "Lost & Found Sound" segment on All Things Considered. It was about Sam Phillips and his Memphis Recording Studio. Interviews of him and several other people. Really worth a listen. Even played a bit of the first time Elvis recorded, at MRS, just a kid in 1952. Mention of BB King, Joe Cotton and others.

here's a little more from their website at http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=09/17/1999&PrgID=2 or, if you prefer, click here :

LOST & FOUND SOUND: "WE RECORD ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME" -- The year long series, Lost and Found Sound, presents the story of Sam Phillips, the man who founded and ran the Memphis Recording Service. Phillips was a rural boy with the dream of capturing songs of poor Southern people on records. He started in radio. Then, in the late 1940's, he opened a studio in Memphis. The sound he captured has helped shape rock and roll and American music ever since. We hear from Phillips, his family, friends, music experts and some of his recording talent, as they recall the years when Phillips came to realize his dream.

LOST AND FOUND SOUND PART TWO -- Lost and Found Sound continues, with more memories of Sam Phillips, and Sun Studios.