Legendary Producer Sam Phillips Dies. Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, who decided that a then-unknown Elvis Presley deserved a recording contract when he heard him sing songs for his mother, has ...

"Sam loved all of the fans of his artists, but he was particularly partial, I feel, to the Elvis fans," she says, adding that Phillips, who died in 2003, was "a first class man; in everything that ...

Peter Guralnick, biographer of impresario Sam Phillips, said the man who discovered Elvis, Johnny Cash and Howlin’ Wolf believed American music had the power to give voice to all Americans ...

Elvis Presley's songs were very popular, but his producer Sam Phillips felt he wasn't as talented as this other classic rock star on the same label. Here's what he said. by Matthew Trzcinski ...

Elvis Presley’s producer Sam Phillips made a light-hearted joke that Elvis couldn’t make worthwhile music. Elvis responded in a way that may have changed the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

It has long been assumed that Sun Records founder Sam Phillips didn’t like gospel music because he discouraged his greatest discoveries, including Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash, from recording ...

Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to play legendary producer Sam Phillips in a biopic. According to Deadline Hollywood, the film will be based on Peter Guralnick's acclaimed 2015 ...

Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan talk music on 'Dad Rock,' a podcast from USA TODAY ...

Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped usher in the rock ‘n’ roll revolution, died Wednesday in Memphis. He was 80. Phillips died at St. Francis Hospital, spokeswoman Gwendolyn ...

Leonardo DiCaprio to play Elvis music producer Sam Phillips in new biopic. The actor will produce the still-untitled project alongside Mick Jagger. Jacob Stolworthy. Saturday 22 October 2016 09:56 ...

In his latest book, “Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll,” veteran music journalist Peter Guralnick spends a good portion of 600-plus pages backing up the claim made for the ...