From left, Elvis Presley, bass player Bill Black, guitarist Scotty Moore and Sun Records and Memphis Recording studio head Sam Phillips pose during a recording session in Memphis, Tenn., in 1954.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. --Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock guitarist whose sharp, graceful style helped Elvis Presley shape his revolutionary sound and inspired a generation of musicians that included ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — At Sun Studio, the song “That’s Alright” gave birth to Rock ‘n Roll on July 5, 1954 and launched the music careers of Elvis Presley, along with Bill Black on string bass ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock guitarist whose sharp, graceful style helped Elvis Presley shape his revolutionary sound and inspired a generation of musicians that included ...

Elvis Presley performs on tour in the summer of 1957, with Scotty Moore on guitar, left, and Bill Black on the standup bass. Moore died at home in Nashville on Tuesday.

He was 84. Memphis, Tenn.'s Commercial Appeal reports that Moore passed away on Tuesday (June 28) at his home in Nashville. He had been in poor health recently.

Scotty Moore died Tuesday at the age of 84, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. Moore was the lead guitarist for Elvis Presley on the Sun Studios recordings that launched Presley’s career.

Moore is 82 now and lives in Nashville. He was 22 then, and he worked as a hatter at Memphis' University Park Cleaners. He didn't want to make hats for the rest of his life.

Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock guitarist whose sharp, graceful style helped Elvis Presley shape his revolutionary sound and inspired a generation of musicians that included Keith Richards, Jimmy ...

MEMPHIS — Scotty Moore, one of the foundational figures in rock and roll, a profoundly influential guitarist, and the man who helped Elvis Presley become The King, died Tuesday.

(Presley died in 1977). Starting in the late 1950s, Moore worked on various projects. In 1959, singer Thomas Wayne had a Top 5 hit, "Tragedy," on Moore's Fernwood record label.

NEW YORK — Scotty Moore, a guitarist whose terse, bluesy licks on Elvis Presley’s early hits virtually created the rockabilly guitar style and established the guitar as a lead instrument in ...