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The first full biography of 'the father of rock 'n' roll'.
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Music producer Sam Phillips and his landmark studio, Sun Records, hold a unique place in the history of rock 'n' roll - by many accounts, before Phillips recorded 'Rocket 88' by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats in 1951, rock 'n' roll as we know it didn't even exist. Phillips is simultaneously hailed as the man who discovered Elvis Presley and derided as the man who sold the same artist to RCA for a paltry $35,000. The list of musical legends that passed through the doors of Sun Records is simply astounding, including BB King, Ike Turner, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and more. SUN KING strips away the glossy veneer of legend around the Phillips story - which, like his signature sound, was much the result of his own careful crafting - to reveal a man who, from a very young age, heard a musical sound that no one else heard. Complete with a full Sun Records discography, 'Sun King' is an indispensable document in the history of rock music.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I recently visited Sun Studios in Memphis, and found the visit to be excellant and well informed. The guide was just fabulous and to see the birth of rock n roll just great.
This book fills in some blank spaces and is well worth the read.
It gives you a different aspect of Sam Phillips in places, but assures you that he was in fact the SUN KING of Rock n Roll
This book fills in some blank spaces and is well worth the read.
It gives you a different aspect of Sam Phillips in places, but assures you that he was in fact the SUN KING of Rock n Roll
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A must-have for any fan of rock'n'roll and how it all began.This book covers every aspect of "Sam the Man's" contribution & I cannot recommend it highly enough-just buy it!
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Though this is an excellent read it would have been doubly interesting if there'd been at least some info about all Sun's failures so this book is not as complete as the 70s one.
So Jimmy Isle and Wanda Ballman are just 2 of the artists who made records for Sun yet time passed them by.I always reckoned that Jimmy Isle's Diamond Ring could have been a big one-Sun paddled in the waters of high school pop for this and many which followed like Tracey Pendarvis-and after all no less than Adam Faith covered the song on his first album
So Jimmy Isle and Wanda Ballman are just 2 of the artists who made records for Sun yet time passed them by.I always reckoned that Jimmy Isle's Diamond Ring could have been a big one-Sun paddled in the waters of high school pop for this and many which followed like Tracey Pendarvis-and after all no less than Adam Faith covered the song on his first album
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