In 1965, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs recorded their hit song "Wooly Bully" at the studio.

[1][2] By the end of the 1960s, Sam Phillips mostly retired from the recording business,[3] and his sons Knox and Jerry worked in the studio, which hosted sessions by The Yardbirds, Willie Nelson, Amazing Rhythm Aces, Alex Chilton, Bobby Doyle, John Prine, and The Cramps.

[4] The studio, still an analog-based facility utilizing much of its original equipment from the 1960s, is still owned and operated by the Sam Phillips family.

The Sam Phillips Recording Service of Nashville was opened in 1961 in the top floor of the Cumberland Building, a former Masonic Lodge at 315 Seventh Avenue North, next to the WSM radio studio.

[6] In 1962, producer Billy Sherrill was hired to manage the studio at the start of his career.