Pop Tunes
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"Where the King Shopped!"
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62 years old
MEMPHIS, Tennessee
United States
Last Login:7/17/2008
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| General | Pop Tunes is a record retail store. We also carry DVD's (movies, music and adult titles). We buy and sell used CD's and DVD's. We can special order just about anything so if we don't have what you are looking for instock, rest assured that we can get it as long as it is still in print!! Just ask us to special order it for you! Other things we carry in the store include, but are not limited to, cd wallets/books, portable cd players, body jewelry, all kinds of incense, sunglasses, t-shirts, beanies, hats, posters, stickers, guitar strings, and all other sorts of nick nacks!!
| | Music | | | Movies | High Fidelity, Empire Records, Clerks, Office Space, Friday, Hustle & Flow...
| | Books | Billboard Magaine, Source, XXL, High Times, King, Rides, Rolling Stone, Spin, Revolver, etc....
| | Heroes | Cat's Music
Tower Records (RIP)
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Hometown: | Memphis | | Body type: | 0' 0" | | Zodiac Sign: | Capricorn | | Occupation: | Record Retail Store | | Income: | $250,000 and Higher |
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Photographed at Poplar Tunes Record Shop Memphis, TN. (Circa 1958)
Pictured with Elvis is Dewey Phillips (center), legendary Memphis DJ for WHBQ. Dewey was the first DJ to play Elvis on the air. Joe Cuoghi, co-founder of Poplar Tunes, is shown on the right.
When you visit Poplar Tunes (308 Poplar Avenue) in Memphis, Tennessee, you've stepped into a part of music history! This little record shop in downtown Memphis has played a part in the development of Rhythm & Blues and the subsequent explosion of Rock & Roll.
John Novarese and Joe Cuoghi opened Poplar Tunes in 1946. Years later, as they opened more retail stores in the Memphis area, those newer stores were called "Pop Tunes". However, the downtown store on Poplar Avenue kept the name of Poplar Tunes.
It was here in the early 50's that a young Elvis Presley would come by after school from his home in nearby Lauderdale Courts to listen to the latest R&B and Gospel records. Just a few years later, Poplar Tunes was the first store to EVER sell an Elvis Presley 45 RPM (recorded just a few blocks away at Sun Studios). As an adult, Elvis continued to shop for his music at Poplar Tunes. Since Elvis' untimely death in 1977, thousands of Elvis fans have made Poplar Tunes a "must see" destination point as they visit Elvis sites throughout Memphis.
The Poplar Tunes building was the business office at one time for Hi Records. This was the record label home for such important Memphis artists as Bill Black, Willie Mitchell, Ann Peebles, and Al Green.
Come visit a part of Memphis music history!
LOCATIONS
Pop Tunes
(Downtown)
308 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: (901)525-6348
Pop Tunes
(Whitehaven)
4622 Faronia Drive
Memphis, TN 38116
Phone: (901)346-7172
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