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30/07/2003 Sam Phillips the founder of Sun Records and studio dies

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Biography examines life of Sun Records' Sam Phillips

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george klein & sam phillips

Samuel Cornelius Phillips was an American record producer who played an important role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s. Phillips died of respiratory failure at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, only one day before the original Sun Studio was designated a National Historic Landmark.
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