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This Day in Rock History - Jan. 1st

Happy New Year!

1950: 26-year old Sam Phillips opens his Memphis Recording Service at the corner of Union and Marshall.  His slogan: “We Record Anything – Anywhere – Anytime.”

Three years later, a young truck driver named Elvis Presley will pay $3.98 to make a demo he claims is for his mother (but really is for himself). The world will never be the same again.