Then walked in Elvis Presley. Phillips recorded it. That night he told Becky that their lives were about to change. The next day, Phillips gave the record to his friend disc jockey Dewey Phillips no relation , who played it over and over again and had Presley on his radio show as a guest.
A cultural revolution was in the making. Phillips released five Presley singles over the next year. At the time, it was the highest price ever paid for a pop artist. Presley stayed friends with Phillips. In late , fresh off his performance on The Ed Sullivan Show , he stopped by the Sun studio where an impromptu jam session with Perkins, Cash, and Lewis took place. Phillips regretted bailing on black music. For his contributions to American music, Phillips was in the first class of inductees elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in In , he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Phillips died in in Memphis. The Sun label has come to stand for excellence because Sam Phillips, in his cosmic genius, encouraged nothing less than pure, unmediated originality. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in. He named it Sun Records as a sign of his perpetual optimism: a new day and a new beginning.
Sam rented a small space at Union Avenue for his own all-purpose studio. The label was launched amid a growing number of independent labels. In a short while Sun gained the reputation throughout Memphis as a label that treated local artists with respect and honesty. Sam provided a non-critical, spontaneous environment that invited creativity and vision. As a businessman, Phillips was patient and willing to listen to almost anyone who came in off the street to record.
Memphis was a happy home to a diverse musical scene: gospel, blues, hillbilly, country, boogie, and western swing.
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