01 / OVERVIEW
About this catalogue entry
Sun is included in this music label directory with a US territory association. The source classifies its type as Original Production.
Source note: US label founded in 1952
Also known as
Sun Records
02 / MUSICAL DIRECTION
Genres & artists
Associated release artists
Barbara PittmanBaxter, Baxter & BaxterBergen WhiteBettye LaVetteBig Walter HortonBill BlackBill JustisBilly AdamsBilly Lee RileyBilly “The Kid” EmersonCarl MannCarl PerkinsCharlie DouglasCharlie FeathersCharlie RichChris IsaakDane StinitDanny WillisDave DudleyDavid Allan CoeDoug PoindexterDuane BettsEarl PetersonElaine MaiElvis PresleyHowlin’ WolfIan HunterJack ClementJames CottonJeannie C. RileyJenni Muldaur & Teddy ThompsonJerry Lee LewisJim OwenJimmie Dale GilmoreJimmy BuffettJimmy DeBerryJimmy WebbJimmy “Orion” EllisJohnny AdamsJohnny CashJohnny Cash & The Tennessee TwoJohnny SoulJunior ParkerKaren CarlanLinda MartellLittle Junior’s Blue FlamesLittle MiltonMaggie Sue WimberlyMelissa EtheridgeMerle HaggardMike QuinnPatsy ClineRalph StanleyRay HarrisRay SmithRayburn AnthonyRodney Lay And The Wild WestRosco GordonRoy OrbisonRufus ThomasRuthie FosterSammy LewisSandy BrooksScotty MooresillygirlcarmenSlim RhodesSonny BurgessSorcha RichardsonSouleThe Clinch Mountain BoysThe Dixie CupsThe FlatlandersThe GentrysThe JestersThe Little Green MenThe Million Dollar QuartetThe PrisonairesThe RosesThe Starlite WranglersThe SteelDrivers
Showing 80 of 88 credited artists. Explore the sourced release pages below for more credits.
Release credits do not imply a current signing or an exclusive artist roster.
SOURCED RELEASE RELATIONSHIPS
Selected releases
234 sourced releases in this catalogue. This is a partial collection, sorted by title; it is not a complete discography or a latest-release feed.
- Chapel of Love (Sun Records 70th / Mono / Remastered 2022) →
Release date: 2022-05-20
- Chicken Hearted / I Like Love →
Release date: 2014-12-09
- Chicken‐Hearted / I Like Love →
Release date: 1957-12
- Classics →
Release date: 1995
- Classics →
Release date: 2021-08-01
- Cold →
Release date: 2025-09-27
- Collectors Edition →
Release date: 1974
- Color Me Country →
Release date: 2022-06-17
- Come On Little Mama / Where'd You Stay Last Nite →
Release date: 1956
- Country →
Release date: 1996
- Country Girl →
Release date: 2021-08-01
- Crazy Arms / End of the Road →
Release date: 1956-12-01
- Cry! Cry! Cry! →
Release date: 2019-10-18
- Dance Album Of Carl Perkins →
Release date: 2015-11-27
- Dance Album Of Carl Perkins →
Release date: 2015
- Dance Album of Carl Perkins →
Release date: 1981
- Dance Album of Carl Perkins →
Release date: 1985
- Dance Album of… Carl Perkins →
Release date: 2021-04-02
- Dancing to the Beat: Sun Records in Nashville →
Release date: 2022-09-16
- Daydreams Come True →
Release date: 1955-12
- Defiance, Part 1 →
Release date: 2023-04-21
- Defiance, Part 1 →
Release date: 2023-04-21
- Defiance, Part 2: Fiction →
Release date: 2024-04-20
- Defiance, Part 2: Fiction →
Release date: 2024-04-20
MUSICBRAINZ SOURCE RELATIONSHIPS
Recording contracts
12 sourced relationships. These source records may be historical and do not confirm a current roster or contract.
- Bill Justis →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Billy Lee Riley →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Carl Mann →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Charlie Rich →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Elvis Presley →
Start: 1954 · End: 1955 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗Credit wording recorded by the source: “Sun Records”
- Frank Ballard →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Gene Simmons →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Hayden Thompson →
Dates not specified · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Jack Clement →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Onie Wheeler →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Ray Smith →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Roy Orbison →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
03 / DEMO SUBMISSIONS
Send a demo
Not verified for demo submissions.
Being listed in this directory does not mean this entry is actively accepting unsolicited material.