It’s fitting that Johnny Cash’s life became a major Hollywood movie. The country music superstar found success after enduring tragedy (which became a major inspiration in his life), addiction, and ...

Sun Records founder Sam Phillips speaks at an event in New York City in August 2002, a year before his death. (Getty Images) The man who brought the world Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and B ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. This month marks the centennial of the birth of legendary record producer Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis and produced his first records, ...

If Elvis Presley was the King of Rock & Roll, Sam Phillips was the Grand Duke who brought Presley to lip-curling rule. Phillips, an Alabama-born visionary, founded the famous Sun Records. A ...

The man who discovered Elvis Presley grew up on a tenant farm outside Florence, Ala., in the depths of the Depression. Working side-by-side with poor blacks and whites in the cottonfields, he learned ...

Sam Phillips would have been 100 years old on Thursday. The rock and roll pioneer -- famed as the founder of Sun Studio, an influential producer and the first to record Elvis Presley -- was born on ...

Chris Douridas interviews singer/songwriter Sam Phillips. Chris Douridas interviews singer/songwriter Sam Phillips. A free weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive ...

Nashville's Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum has re-opened after flooding at the adjacent Municipal Auditorium closed the venue for the month of January. The reopening coincides with what would have ...

Jerry Phillips, the youngest son of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and a pivotal force in Memphis music, is set to release his debut album, “For the Universe.” Los Angeles-based Omnivore Recordings ...

Phillips launched the careers of legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. The rock and roll pioneer spoke to Morning... Sam Phillips, who introduced the world to Elvis and ...

Record producer Sam Phillips is best known as the founder of legendary Memphis label Sun Records and a key architect of rock and roll. He discovered Elvis, made the earliest recordings of several 20th ...

Updated January 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM ET The man who brought the world Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and B.B. King — among others — would be turning 100 today. Record producer Sam Phillips is ...