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My Place: Sun Records Blues

Vermont Public | By Joel Najman
Published July 24, 2015 at 1:42 PM EDT

Sam Phillips' Sun Records was one of the most influential record companies in the 1950s during the formative years of the emerging rock & roll era.  Famous for releasing Elvis Presley's first commercial singles, Sun Records also recorded some of the finest southern blues of the 1950s and these records are sampled this week on My Place.  Memorable recordings by Rufus Thomas, James Cotton and Little Junior Parker are among the selections featured.
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Joel Najman
Joel has been a part of Vermont's radio scene since 1964. He began his career at WIPS in Ticonderoga, New York. In 1965, he moved to WFAD in Middlebury, Vermont, where he attended Middlebury College. Over the years, Joel worked at radio stations WJOY, WQCR, WDOT, WDEV and WVAA where he served at various times as Morning Announcer, Program Director and News Director.
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