Samuel Cornelius Phillips

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Samuel Cornelius Phillips was an influential American record producer and founder of Sun Records, best known for discovering and recording early rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf audio engineer ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
radio broadcaster ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sam Phillips ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Trustees Award ⓘ
induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
basedIn Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
birthDate 1923-01-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Florence, Alabama, United States ⓘ
linked to: Florence, Alabama
burialPlace Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath respiratory failure ⓘ
child Jerry Phillips ⓘ
Knox Phillips ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2003-07-30 ⓘ
founded Sun Records ⓘ
Sun Studio ⓘ
WHER radio station ⓘ
genreWorkedIn country music ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
Country Music Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced development of rock and roll ⓘ
popularization of rockabilly ⓘ
knownFor Sun Records sound ⓘ
discovering Elvis Presley ⓘ
recording early rock and roll artists ⓘ
name Samuel Cornelius Phillips ⓘ
linked to: Samuel C. Phillips
occupation businessperson ⓘ
radio station owner ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
sound engineer ⓘ
operated Memphis Recording Service ⓘ
recordedArtist B.B. King ⓘ
linked to: B. B. King

Carl Perkins ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
Ike Turner ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Roy Orbison ⓘ
Rufus Thomas ⓘ
significantEvent recorded Elvis Presley's first commercial single "That's All Right" in 1954 ⓘ
spouse Rebecca "Becky" Burns Phillips ⓘ

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