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Apr 16, 2020 · Knox Phillips, the son of renowned music producer Sam Phillips and an enthusiastic ambassador of Memphis music who worked on records by Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson and John Prine during more...
- Growing Up Phillips
- Memphis Godfather
- Preserving The Legacy
The oldest of Sam and Becky Phillips' two boys, Knox was born in Memphis in 1945. His father had recently arrived in town from his native Alabama, via Nashville, to take a job at WREC as a disc jockey and engineer. Sam worked at the radio station to support his family while chasing his own musical aspirations recording black blues artists in his fl...
While running the Phillips Recording Studio in the '70s, Knox welcomed a crew of cutting-edge artists and producers like Jim Dickinson, Alex Chilton and Tav Falco's Panther Burns, making the Madison Avenue facility a kind of ground zero for a new wave of Memphis music. "Knox was a great facilitator. The ‘70s in Memphis couldn’t have happened withou...
Throughout the '80s and '90s, Knox continued to record and produce, but also expanded his efforts in placing songs in film and television projects, often working with his close friend, TV composer Mike Post. In 1996, however, Knox was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in his tear duct gland that quickly metastasized to his neck. It was an experi...
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Apr 16, 2020 · APRIL 15, MEMPHIS, TN – Knox Phillips, son of Sun Studio founder and Memphis legend Sam Phillips, is dead at 74. TRIBUTES. from Robert Gordon. Knox Phillips’ heart was bigger than his hair, and he had some tall, wide notable hair. If you’ve enjoyed Memphis music from the 1960s on, you’ve felt his influence—though probably you never realized it.
Apr 16, 2020 · MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Knox Phillips, the son of renowned music producer Sam Phillips and an enthusiastic ambassador of Memphis music who worked on records by Jerry Lee Lewis, Willie Nelson and John Prine during more than 50 years in the industry, has died. He was 74.
Apr 17, 2020 · Memphis Music Hall of Fame member Knox Phillips died Wednesday (April 15) at age 74 after battling cancer for many years. He was a studio owner, engineer and producer who was a tireless booster of Memphis music. Knox also organized the diverse music makers in his hometown and was a co-founder of the city’s chapter of The Recording Academy in ...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Knox Phillips, son of the founder of Sun Studio and the man who discovered Elvis Presley, died Wednesday at his home in Eads. He was 74 years old.
Apr 16, 2020 · Knox, a renowned producer, publisher, Memphis Music Hall of Famer and the son of legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, is remembered for his tireless dedication and devotion to the music that made Memphis, as well as the thriving musical community he helped build through his work at Sun Studio.
