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   Sam Phillips. Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) [1] 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.

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     SAM PHILLIPS The Man who Invented Rock & Roll (PART 1)

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3. www.npr.org › 2023/01/05 › 1147052846Sam Phillips, producer who launched Elvis, Johnny Cash and ...

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   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. Pop Culture Happy Hour. In 'Elvis,' an icon remains an...

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4. sunrecords.com › artists › sam-phillipsSam Phillips | Sun Records

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   Sam Phillips was an American record producer who discovered Elvis Presley and other rock and roll stars at his Memphis studio, Sun Records. Learn about his life, career, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.

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6. samphillips.comSam Phillips

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   Sam Phillips Official Website: New Album, Human Contact is Never Easy, out November 21.

7. www.popularmechanics.com › sam-phillips-sun-studioHow Sam Phillips Invented the Sound of Rock and Roll

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   Aug 15, 2016 · Learn how Sam Phillips, a former radio engineer and disc jockey, created the sound of rock and roll in his garage-turned-studio in Memphis. Discover his vision, his challenges, and his legacy with stories and interviews.

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8. www.rollingstone.com › music › music-newsSam Phillips: The Rolling Stone Interview

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   Feb 13, 1986 · Sam Phillips, the visionary producer who discovered Elvis Presley and created rockabilly, tells his story to Rolling Stone in 1986. He recounts his first impressions of Elvis, his dealings with the bluesmen, his investments and his independence.

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   Who is Sam Phillips?

   • 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 several 20th-century music greats and helped bring the genre to prominence.

   Sam Phillips, producer who launched Elvis, Johnny Cash and others

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   What did Sam Phillips do for a living?

   • Sam Phillips helped turn poor boys, sharecroppers' sons, and ex-servicemen into legends, icons, and superstars. "He was always trying to invent sound," says Sam's son, Jerry Phillips, "He felt the studio was his laboratory." Sam Phillips' beginnings were about as unglamorous as those of the many artists he worked with.

   How Sam Phillips Invented the Sound of Rock and Roll - Popular Mechanics

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   When did Sam Phillips start a record label?

   • In February 1952, Phillips founded his own record label, Sun Records, and changed his studio name to match. It was only a year later that an then-unknown Mississippi teen walked through Sun Studio's doors. Elvis Presley, barely eighteen years old, wanted to pay four dollars to a record a song or two for his mother. Sam Phillips put him on a record.

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   When did Sam Phillips sell Sun Records?

   • Sam Phillips sold Sun Records in 1969. We're going to listen to Terry's 1997 interview with him. Let's begin with one of the first records Phillips produced in his Memphis studio, the 1951 recording many critics consider the first rock 'n' roll record, "Rocket 88," featuring singer Jackie Brenston with Ike Turner at the piano.

   Celebrating the centennial of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips

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10. www.npr.org › 2023/01/27 › 1152012067Celebrating the centennial of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips

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    Jan 27, 2023 · This month marks the centennial of the birth of legendary record producer Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis and produced his first records, which many consider Elvis' best. Phillips also...