MUSICIAN

Sam Phillips

1923 - 2003

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Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003) was an American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced recordings by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and Howlin' Wolf. Phillips played a major role in the development of rock and roll during the 1950s, launching the career of Presley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Phillips has received more than 1,979,034 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Phillips is the 771st most popular musician (up from 806th in 2019), the 3,866th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,037th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Sam Phillips ranks 771 out of 3,175. Before him are Chrissie Hynde, Giorgio Gaber, Bob Seger, Auguste Franchomme, Charly García, and José José. After him are Mika, Mick Box, Earl Hines, Klaus Tennstedt, Carl Palmer, and Paul van Dyk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Sam Phillips ranks 183. Before him are Madeleine Lebeau, Jorge María Mejía, Fatmawati, Jozef Lenárt, Raoul Bott, and Anita Björk. After him are René Favaloro, Octavio Lepage, Václav Ježek, Sam Francis, Simeon ten Holt, and Norberto Méndez. Among people deceased in 2003, Sam Phillips ranks 146. Before him are Tadao Horie, Nello Pagani, Henryk Jabłoński, Giorgio Gaber, Marc-Vivien Foé, and Ahmadou Kourouma. After him are João César Monteiro, Hope Lange, Milton George Henschel, Wilfred Thesiger, Hume Cronyn, and Fadwa Tuqan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Phillips ranks 3,866 out of 20,380. Before him are Genie (1957), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Florence Harding (1860), Peter Steele (1962), Wayne Rainey (1960), and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757). After him are Ronnie Spector (1943), Jim Gray (1944), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Timothy Dexter (1747), Michael McKean (1947), and David Lewis (1941).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Sam Phillips ranks 242. Before him are Pink Anderson (1900), Ira Gershwin (1896), Jimmy Smith (1925), Dave Grohl (1969), Chrissie Hynde (1951), and Bob Seger (1945). After him are Earl Hines (1903), Billy Sheehan (1953), Gary Burton (1943), Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Scott Walker (1943), and Stewart Copeland (1952).

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