Elvis Presley was reportedly a big fan of Dean ... Marion Keisker, who worked as the office manager at Sam Phillips’ Sun ...

Phillips (at right) in the studio with Elvis Presley, Bill Black, and Scotty Moore, on the brink of international fame. Courtesy of the Sam Phillips Family Phillips was on a kind of mission ...

Indeed, in 1956 a writer for The Wall Street Journal noted that “Elvis today is a business.” For better or worse, Presley was marketable. In 1953 he met Sun Studios founder Sam Phillips ...

And Sam Phillips saying ‘don’t get so damn close ... how impactful it must’ve been to have one encounter with Elvis Presley. There’s no doubt that you would remember it forever.

For music historian Preston Lauterbach, Elvis Presley stands out as an artist ... recording impresarios who emerged in the 1950s, like Sam Phillips, whose Sun Records distributed Elvis, B.B ...

Alan Davis Share Before he met Elvis Presley, Sun Records founder/producer Sam Phillips bluntly described the kind of talent he was looking for. The infamous quote long attributed to him ...

His 1946 song “That’s All Right,” an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever ... “Last Train to Memphis.” Sam Phillips, the studio’s legendary ...

Sam Phillips, Joe Esposito and The Crickets lend authority to a doc that includes early footage and snippets of Elvis interviews, although none of his music. Glen Campbell and Kenny Rogers recall ...

plus items belonging to those present for Elvis' Opry debut, including Sun Records chief Sam Phillips and performers Hank Snow and Monroe. Also, recollections and pieces from Presley's band's lead ...