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Feb 13, 1986 · Sam Phillips remembers his first impressions of Elvis, shepherding the souls of rock legend and eventually cashing out.
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Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee , where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley , Roy Orbison , Jerry Lee Lewis , Carl Perkins , Johnny Cash , and Howlin' Wolf .
Aug 15, 2016 · According to Peter Guralnick's 2015 book Sam Phillips: The Man who Invented Rock'n'Roll, this pit stop was the most influential event in the boy's life. When he arrived in the middle of the...
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Nov 4, 2015 · This is an excerpt from Peter Guralnick's new book, Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll, which is available November 10th. Reprint courtesy of Little, Brown, and Company.
With the death of producer Sam Phillips, the music industry has lost one of its greatest pioneers. In an interview given towards the end of his life, he looked back on his work with greats like Elvis Presley, Howlin' Wolf, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash, most of whom were unknowns before they signed to his Sun ...
The sound of Sun Records was the epitome of rock and roll’s origins. Owner Sam Phillips not only recorded the varied streams of ethnic music throughout the South, from blues to country, but was convinced he could bring them together in one irresistible pop package.
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Jun 9, 2022 · Sam Phillips was the founder of Sun Records in Memphis. His star signing was an unknown local truck driving lad named Elvis Presley. Sam also launched the career of BB King, Ike Turner,...
