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 ...

Singer and songwriter Sam Phillips likes to say you can't write songs until you've live long enough and her life story is better than anything you'd see on TV. For her third release on Nonesuch, Don't ...

When action film director John McTiernan needed to cast an enigmatic villain for his 1995 sequel, "Die Hard With a Vengeance," he chose singer Sam Phillips based solely on one of her album covers.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Today, we continue our archive series - R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll. We start today's show with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. That's the ...

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 ...

In 2020, fans mourned after learning that New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Famer Johnny Storm Stoltz died at the age of 81. Born in 1939 in Kelowna, British Columbia into a large musical family, ...

SAM PHILLIPS: My interest in Black music started at a very early age. I worked with Black people in the fields. My daddy was a farmer, and he grew cotton. And of course, cotton had to be picked and ...

We start today's show with Sam Phillips, the founder of Sun Records. That's the Memphis-based label that launched the careers of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison ...