Sam Phillips 19-year-old Ike Turner, who also wrote the song. The recording was released in 1951 by Chess Records, of Chicago. From 1950 to 1954 Phillips recorded music by James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, Rosco Gordon, Little Milton, Bobby Blue Bland, the Prisonaires and others. Sun Records produced more rock-and-roll records than any other record label of its time during its 16-year run, producing 226 singles. Phillips and Elvis Presley opened a new form of music. Phillips said of Presley: "Elvis cut a ballad, which was just excellent. I could tell you, both Elvis and Roy Orbison could tear a ballad to pieces.
Sam Phillips (model) Sam Phillips (model) Samantha "Sam" Phillips (born February 25, 1966) is an American actress, talk-show host, reality TV host, radio DJ, producer, and model. She had an early role in the 1988 action-horror film "Phantasm II". Currently she is the host of a radio show called "The Single Life". Phillips has appeared on numerous television shows, including CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn", FX Network, "The Howard Stern Show", "The Joan Rivers Show", "Jenny Jones", "The Maury Povich Show", "Hard Copy", "Inside Edition", "Extra", "Entertainment Tonight", "Undateable" (VH1), "The Doctors" (CBS), "Red Eye" (Fox News Channel), "Strictly Sex