From: "Dik de Heer" Date: Sat Jan 5, 2002 2:28 am - UPDATED 6 JANUARY 2004 Subject: Born To Be With You : Sam Phillips SAM PHILLIPS (By Shaun Mather) Born Samuel Cornelius Phillips, 5 January 1923, Florence, Alabama Died 30 July 2003, Memphis, TN When the great Now Dig This magazine ran a three-part interview with Sun Records founder/owner/producer Sam Phillips about ten years ago, they called him "The Most Important Man In The World". Why? Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Conway Twitty, Carl Perkins, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Billy Emerson, Rosco Gordon, Rufus Thomas, James Cotton, Carl Mann, Billy Lee Riley, Charlie Feathers, Little Milton, Warren Smith, Ray Smith, Prisonnaires, Jackie Brenston............ Mystery Train, Howlin' At Midnight, Great Balls Of Fire, Folsom Prison Blues, Lonely Weekends, Blue Suede Shoes, Mona Lisa, Ooby Dooby, Just Walkin' In The Rain, Red Hot, Bear Cat, Matchbox, I Walk The Line, Blue Moon Of Kentucky, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On........... Now Dig This sold him short, don't you think? Recommended reading: Colin Escott and Martin Hawkins, Good Rockin' Tonight : Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll. New York City : St. Martin's Press, 1991. RAB HOF page: http://www.rockabillyhall.com/SamPhillips.html