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, ...

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 ...

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 ...