Sam Phillips
Producer
'Million Dollar Quartet' one year old -- and still rock solid...December afternoon in 1956 when Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley all happened to show up at producer Sam Phillips' Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee? Sure, we have the iconic photo that shows the four guys... In this article: Bill Clinton, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Blue Suede Shoes, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, and Sam Phillips |
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PR Newswire | November 04, 2009
ELVIS 75: GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT Commemorates 75th Birthday of Elvis Presley on January 8, 2010
...Service of Sun Records as a gift for his mother in 1953 ("My Happiness"), to a sampling of Sun Records sides produced by Sam Phillips in 1954-55 ("That's All Right," "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," "Good Rockin' Tonight," and more), through 21...
In this article: Elvis Presley, RCA, Rockin', Junkie XL, Graceland, World Cup, Blue Suede Shoes, and Blue Moon of Kentucky
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | October 25, 2009
Shelby Singleton
...rights to the famed Sun Records name and thousands of master recordings made by the label's visionary founder, Sam Phillips. In the 1950s Phillips had discovered Presley, Lewis, Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and dozens of other rockabilly,...
In this article: Shelby Singleton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, Johnny Cash, Mercury Records, Harper Valley PTA, Remington Rand, and Peyton Place
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SPIN.com - News | October 19, 2009
Leonard Cohen Launches U.S. Tour
Click here for a review! Leonard Cohen / Photo by Ian Witlen There's a pivotal scene in Walk the Line when Sun records founder Sam Phillips dares Johnny Cash to sing one song that people would always remember, one that "would let God...
In this article: Leonard Cohen, Johnny Cash, God, U.S., Dance Me to the End of Love, First We Take Manhattan, Everybody Knows, Suzanne, and Nina Simone
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 15, 2009
Sun Records owner had an ear for what the public wanted to hear
...about small-town prejudice. Singleton's biggest coup was the purchase of Sun Records from its founder, Sam Phillips, in 1969. Phillips had pioneered rock'n'roll and rockabilly music with his recordings of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry...
In this article: Shelby Singleton, Sun Records, Mercury, Harper Valley PTA, Louisiana, Jeannie C. Riley, Sun, and Brook Benton
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L.A. Times - Music News | October 12, 2009
John Lennon re-imagining himself, then gone
...interviewed soul singer Al Green and stayed up until almost dawn one night interviewing one of my heroes, Sun Records founder Sam Phillips. I was exhausted on a flight home and happy to find a row with three vacant seats, which allowed...
In this article: John Lennon, Elvis Presley, New York City, Memphis, Let It Be, and Los Angeles
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San Jose Mercury News | October 09, 2009
Singleton, music mogul, dies at 77
...bought rights to the Sun Records name and thousands of master recordings made by the label's visionary Advertisement founder, Sam Phillips, who had discovered Cash, Lewis, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and dozens of other...
In this article: Shelby Singleton, Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jeannie C. Riley, Sun Records, Acetate, Sun, Roger Miller, and Elvis Presley
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L.A. Times - Music News | October 09, 2009
Shelby Singleton dies at 77; maverick country music mogul
...Singleton bought rights to the Sun Records name and thousands of master recordings made by the label's visionary founder, Sam Phillips, who had discovered Elvis Presley, Lewis, Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins and dozens of other...
In this article: Shelby Singleton, Jerry Kennedy, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun Records, Jeannie C. Riley, Roger Miller, Ray Stevens, Johnny Cash, and Acetate
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 06, 2009
Sharecropper, drummer and exponent of the Delta blues
...them dinner jackets and secured bookings at college fraternities, where they acquired a reputation for showmanship. An audition with Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records in Memphis, resulted in the Frank Frost album Hey Boss Man! (1962).
In this article: Frank Frost, Delta blues, Mississippi, St Louis, Big Jack Johnson, and Sonny Boy Williamson
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washingtonpost.com | September 01, 2009
'Million Dollar Quartet' Co-Directed by Eric Schaeffer Headed for Broadway
"Quartet" centers on one night, Dec. 4, 1956, when the four singers came together in the storefront studio of Sun Records in Memphis. Sam Phillips, the music producer and Sun Records founder, is credited with discovering Cash and Presley as...
In this article: Broadway, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Blue Suede Shoes, Heartbreak Hotel, and Chicago
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L.A. Times - Music News | August 02, 2009
Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash on 'Sun Gospel' CD
It has long been assumed that Sun Records founder Sam Phillips didn't like gospel music because he discouraged his greatest discoveries, including Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, from recording spiritual music for his Memphis label in the...
In this article: Johnny Cash, Sun, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family Records, The Prisonaires, and Get Rhythm
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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. He is most notably attributed with the discovery of Elvis Presley, and is associated with several other noteworthy rhythm and blues and rock and roll stars of the period.
Phillips was a native of Florence, Alabama and a graduate of Coffee High School.
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