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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Sam Phillips fullName Samuel Cornelius Phillips