Bill Justis

Emerging from Birmingham and raised in Memphis, he honed his craft at Christian Brothers College and Tulane University, mastering trumpet and saxophone while playing with local jazz and dance ensembles. After joining Sun Records under Sam Phillips, he arranged tracks for icons such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and helped launch Charlie Rich’s career, while his own 1957 instrumental… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources