There are 6 article(s) tagged Sam Phillips:

• October 2022

  • Jerry Lee Lewis dead at 87

    One of the original wild men of rock-and-roll, who simultaneously conquered the country and R&B charts in 1957, is no more, per The Associated Press. 

    By Chris Herrington October 28, 2022

  • Jerry Lee Lewis joins Country Music Hall of Fame

    Sam Phillips at Sun Records turned Lewis into a rockabilly star, with hits like “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” but he also had several hits on the Billboard Country Music Chart.

    By The Associated Press October 17, 2022

• September 2022

  • Booker T. Jones plays ‘Green Onions’ and Robert Plant pays tribute as latest Memphis Music Hall of Fame class honored

    Booker T. Jones and Priscilla Presley were among eight new inductees to the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.

    By Alicia Davidson September 16, 2022

• April 2020

  • Friends, family remember Knox Phillips as more than a music man

    Following the heritage set by his father, Sam Phillips, music man Knox Phillips carried on the family legacy, his love for Memphis and its music. Knox Phillips died Wednesday night.

    By Jared Boyd April 16, 2020

• March 2020

  • Select-O-Hits: In tune with Memphis music for 60 years

    “There wouldn’t have been a Select-O-Hits had Jerry Lee not married his 13-year-old first cousin,” Johnny Phillips said of the family-run business that has transitioned from vinyl to cassettes to CD's to digital production. “Who would’ve thought that?”

    By Jared Boyd March 30, 2020

• June 2019

  • Nelson: Sam Phillips was a small-town boy with big-city ambition

    It’s called the music business for a reason, and from the beginning, Sam Phillips’ never-ceasing struggle was to make records he loved while keeping his shoestring operation financially solvent.

    By Michael Nelson June 18, 2019