Sam Phillips

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businessperson human music executive record producer

Sam Phillips was an influential American record producer and music executive best known for discovering and recording early rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → human → music executive → record producer →
awardReceived	induction into the Blues Hall of Fame → induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame → induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame →
birthDate	1923-01-05 →
birthPlace	Florence, Alabama, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2003-07-30 →
discovered	B.B. King → Carl Perkins → Elvis Presley → Howlin' Wolf → Jerry Lee Lewis → Johnny Cash →
employer	Sun Records → Sun Studio →
familyName	Phillips →
founded	Sun Records → Sun Studio →
fullName	Samuel Cornelius Phillips →
genre	country music → rhythm and blues → rock and roll → rockabilly →
givenName	Samuel →
influenced	development of rock and roll → popularization of rockabilly music →
knownFor	discovering Elvis Presley → founding Sun Records in Memphis → pioneering early rock and roll →
memberOf	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame →
notableWork	Sun Records → Sun Studio →
occupation	music executive → radio engineer → record producer →
placeOfDeath	Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED →
recorded	B.B. King → Carl Perkins → Elvis Presley → Howlin' Wolf → Jerry Lee Lewis → Johnny Cash → Roy Orbison →
workLocation	Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Memphis Recording Service → Sun Records → Sun Studio →	foundedBy
Memphis Recording Service → Sun Records → Sun Studio →	founder
Jerry Lee Lewis →	associatedAct
706 Union Avenue →	associatedWithPerson
Grammy Trustees Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Memphis Recording Service →	operatedBy
I Walk the Line →	producer