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Samuel Cornelius Phillips ( January 5 , 1923 – July 30 , 2003 ), better known as Sam Phillips, was an American record producer who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s.
Feb 13, 1986 · Sam Phillips: The Rolling Stone Interview. Sun Studios founder remembers his first impressions of Elvis, shepherding the souls of rock legend and eventually cashing out. By Elizabeth Kaye....
Aug 15, 2016 · Sam Phillips' beginnings were about as unglamorous as those of the many artists he worked with. Born in a small Florence, Alabama farm house in 1923, Phillips was a son of a tenant farmer.
HALL OF FAME ESSAY. By Michael Hill. 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.
Sam Phillips Official Website: New Album, Human Contact is Never Easy, out November 21.
Jan 5, 2023 · Record producer Sam Phillips is best known as the founder of legendary Memphis label Sun Records and a key architect of rock and roll. He discovered Elvis, made the earliest recordings of...
Jul 30, 2003 · January 5, 1923. Died. July 30, 2003. Birthplace. Florence, Alabama. One of the most important non-performers in American music, producer Samuel Cornelius Phillips founded Sun Records and introduced the world to Johnny Cash, Howlin’ Wolf, B. B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, and many others.
