Sam Phillips

Sam Phillips (born the January 5th 1923 and dead the July 30th 2003) was a producer and American discoverer of Musique .

Biography

Sam Phillips is the junior by a family cash eight brothers and sisters. It grew in a farm with Florence, Alabama. With the college it has already the fabric of a leader of troop. Its qualities impress the director of the local station WLAY, which offers a station with responsibility to him.

Its beginnings in the industry of music start as a producer of several stations radios such as: WLAY, WLAC, WREC.

At WREC, it produces a show entitled of the Songs off the West where it develops its competences of Sound engineer.

In October 1949, it rents a room with the 706 Union Which occurred , with Memphis in the Tennessee, which it converts into studio of recording and which it names Sun Records. Officially open in 1950, the recording company has as a currency " We Record Anything-Anywhere-Anytime " ( We Record Anything Any time - Anywhere - ).

According to some Historian S of the Rock' roll, the first disc of Rock is entitled Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston and its Cats Delta, and it was naturally recorded at Sun Records in 1951.

Between 1950 and 1954, Philips produces discs of Rhythm and Blues with artists as varied as James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, Rosco Jordan or legends of the Blues, Howlin' Wolf or in becoming such B.B. King.

But Philips seeks white artists who sing like blacks. Also, when he discovers Elvis Presley at the time when that Ci records That' S alright Mama , a legend was born and the musical world and its industry will be some changed forever.

Extremely success of Elvis Presley, Sun Records will produce young artists such Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison or Carl Perkins and will thus sit its notoriety.

In June 1955, Philips yields the contract of Elvis Presley to RCA for the sum, important at the time, of 35.000 dollars.

The December 4th 1956, whereas Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins are in studio for enregister, unloads Elvis Presley and they begin an improvisation that Philips will not fail to put on tapes, but the disc will leave only many years later under the name of The Million Dollar Four-bit byte .

In 1969, Sam Phillips sells Sun Records with Shelby Singleton.

In 1986, Sam Phillips is introduced with the Rock' roll Hall off Famed and in 2001 its name will appear in the Country Music Hall off Famed.

He dies at the 80 years age in 2003.

See too

External bonds

a biography of Sam Phillips

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