March 3, 2024 Record of the Day

In 1955, Sun Records founder Sam Phillips launched America’s first all-female radio station, WHER, in Memphis. The slogan used then could not be used today. Being the news department was all female, the quip was “and now the news from a broad.” Among the most collectible records on Sam’s Sun label is “Lonesome Old Jail.” An original copy on 78 rpm can sell for $5,000.00 but the 45 rpm single with “Greyhound Blues” on the flip side is now worth up to $20,000.00.

 

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