This is to be, in my opinion, the best documentary on SAM PHILLIPS. This is a A&E Biography Channel UK Documentary of the man who changed the world of music.

Sam 'The Man Who Invented Rock n' Roll' Phillips, was born on 5th January 1923 in Florence, Alabama, the youngest of eight and the seventh surviving child of a family that lived in a remote rural colony called the Lovelace Community.

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Not the best packaging. but the contents can't be beat. No idea why this compilation doesn't get more love and attention here. Pretty much a must-own for anyone who cares about rock n roll, or 20th century American music. Reply Notify me 1 Helpful. Marketplace 22 For Sale from €. 0.

These tracks are a hand-picked selection of Sam Phillips productions that illustrate Phillips' unique (sounds and sense) approach to recording and his cosmic genius. A celebration of the period (1950 - 1961) in which Sam played a revolutionary role in the music business, this collection includes big hits, near misses and never-was tracks that encompass blues, country, gospel, R&B;, and the birth of rock & roll. For a limited time only. Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll was curated by Peter Guralnick (Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley) and accompanies his landmark Sam Phillips biography of the same title. These tracks are a hand-picked selection of Sam Phillips productions that illustrate Phillips' unique (sounds and sense) approach to recording and his cosmic genius.

Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American record producer who played an important role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf. He launched Presley's career in 1954. Phillips sold Sun in 1969 to Shelby Singleton.

Five hundred forty-one pages into Peter Guralnick’s 763-page biography of Sam Phillips, the impresario enshrined in the subtitle as the man who invented rock ’n’ roll, we get the moment when many people probably saw Phillips for the first time. It was the night of May 15, 1986, a few months after he had been inducted into the charter class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for having produced the first recordings by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, among others, more than 30 years earlier

Billy Riley Flyin’ Saucers Rock & Roll. 22. Howlin’ Wolf Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy). 23. Rufus Thomas Tiger Man. 24. Sonny Burgess Red-Headed Woman. 25. Jerry Lee Lewis End of the Road. 26. Charlie Rich Who Will the Next Fool Be? 27. Elvis Presley Mystery Train. 28. John Prine How Lucky. DISC 2. 01. Little Junior’s Blue Flames Feelin’ Good. 02. Jerry Lee Lewis You’re the Only Star in My Blue Heaven. 03. Carl Perkins Turn Around.

Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll tells the familiar rags-to-riches story of a 20th century record man. He was a small-town radio DJ who let his passion for music drive him in and out of the music business. On the surface, it feels like a story you've read before. However, what's different about Phillips's story is he was one of the first to see the power in the relationship between radio and records. The compilation, as he states in the liner notes, "is not a Greatest Hits package. It's a soundtrack to the book that is a must-read for rock music fans and historians alike.