HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAM PHILLIPS

 Sam Phillips (1923-2005) was a disk jockey, radio station owner, and the man who forever changed American popular music through his founding of Memphis-based Sun Records and Sun recording studio, which brought to the forefront such artists as Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Howlin' Wolf.

Here's just sone of the great music Sun gave us:

"Rocket 88" - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats (considered the first rock and roll record; written and featuring a 19-year-old Ike Turner; and is the Bette Page in the clip?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfnh1oVTk0

"Call Me Anything, But Call Me" - Big Memphis Ma Rainey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGPbSXPTMqE&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=17

"Straighten Up Baby" - James Cotton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vnoOv_EeUs&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=45

"Beggin' My Baby" - Little Milton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wX12aT0Cr8&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=35

"That's All Right" - Elvis Presley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejweh3Wjrk&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=65

"Drinkin' Wine Spodee-O-Dee" - Malcolm Yelverton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzmC9f2CwYs&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=66

"Let That Juke Box Keep on Playing" - Carl Perkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfQniRGGRBU&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=85

"So Doggone Lonesome" - Johnny Cash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVnBB_Utkek&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=101

"Blue Suede Shoes" - Carl Perkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o2pVYkNnBo&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=104

"Ooby Dooby" - Roy Orbinson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a45z_DLE5YE&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=118

"Crazy Arms" - Jerry Lee Lewis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ricp8I7nquE&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=151

Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll" - Billy Lee Riley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIe1lW5MwXI&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=153

"My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" - Sunny Burgess

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7XGrPx8etQ&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=202

"Fool, Fool, Fool" - Dickie Lee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MivA_C2to2o&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWReizP5t33K4lUdBOPOTDG&index=225

"I've Got a Woman" - Howlin' Wolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9n5X1FxwJo&list=PLr6GeNhq5MoInxg3l2S2p3_2ZSNCy8sm4&index=16

"School Days" - Charlie Rich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB-54tWBNRI&list=PLaWrmLFwYEFWWYca7A21znhYPuBil_Sga&index=10

The Million Dollar Quarter - an impromptu jam session with Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash -- Wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAbbQl2pr5s