PHILLIPS, 80, SHINED HIS SUN ON EARLY ROCK.Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer Sam Phillips For other persons of the same name, see Sam Phillips (disambiguation). Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – June 30, 2003), better known as Sam Phillips , the studio owner and record producer who discovered Elvis Presley, remained a down-to-earth guy up to the time he died last week. The son of a cotton farmer, Phillips inadvertently launched the rock era in 1953 when his storefront recording studio in Memphis attracted a 19-year-old truck driver who wanted to make a record for his mom's birthday. The next year, Presley came back and cut a fast, echo-laden cover of the blues tune ``That's All Right.'' That 78 rpm single and the four others Presley recorded for Phillips' Sun label made history. Phillips, who was 80 when he died Wednesday in Memphis, went on to produce early rock classics from Carl Perkins
 The introduction of this article is too short. , Johnny Cash Noun 1. Johnny Cash - United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)John Cash, Cash , Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis Noun 1. Jerry Lee Lewis - United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) Lewis and others. Here are some recommended Phillips productions: ``The Sun Story,'' Various - How Phillips put the rock in rockabilly. Exhibits include ``Devil Doll,'' ``Mystery Train,'' ``Red Hot,'' ``Ubangi Stomp'' and ``Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. .'' ``The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete '50s Masters,'' Elvis Presley - All the great ones - ``Baby, Let's Play House,'' ``Mystery Train,'' ``Heartbreak Hotel,'' ``Hound Dog,'' etc. - plus a well-made booklet with label reproductions of the original Sun vinyl. ``Sun Records: 25 Blues Classics,'' Various - Tough, dusty-throated shouters from Little Milton, Junior Parker, James Cotton, Earl Hooker and more. Best track: Joe Hill Louis' ``We All Gotta Go Sometime.'' ``Sun Records: 25 Red-Hot Rockabilly Classics,'' Various - Stratospheric strat·o·spher·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the stratosphere. 2. Extremely or unreasonably high: "money borrowed at today's stratospheric rates of interest" genre-defining moments from Perkins, Billy Lee Riley Billy Lee Riley (b. October 5, 1933) is a Rockabilly musician. Born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, the son of a sharecropper, Riley learned to play guitar from black farm workers. , Orbison and Lewis. ``Sun Records: 50th Anniversary Box,'' Various - Issued last year, this anthology collects Sun's biggest hits, including ``Great Balls of Fire,'' ``Blue Suede Shoes'' and ``I Walk the Line.'' ``Howlin' at the Sun,'' Howlin' Wolf - Some of the greatest early-1950s urban blues. Rawest performance: ``How Many More Years.'' Fred Shuster, (818) 713-3676 fred.shuster(at)dailynews.com |
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