Phillips, who also championed for integration in the 1950s, died in 2003. Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll: Guralnick, Peter: 9780316042741: : Books Books Biographies & Memoirs Arts & Literature Buy new: 26.58 List Price: 32.00 Details Save: 5. Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock n Roll: How One Man Discovered Howlin Wolf, Ike Turner, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. In addition to his string of hits on the Sun label, Phillips also oversaw the legendary and impromptu Million Dollar Quartet session in December 1956, when Presley, Cash, Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis performed together. Phillips founded the Memphis-based Sun Records in 1952, setting up the famed Sun Studio, where Presley laid down his earliest recordings, including first single “That’s All Right,” considered one of the earliest rock n’ roll releases. Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock n Roll. According to Deadline, Jagger will hold a similar role in helping to foster the Phillips story to the silver screen as the Rolling Stones singer played on the HBO music drama Vinyl. From the author of the critically acclaimed Elvis. Mick Jagger will also serve as a producer on the Paramount Pictures film, based on the Peter Guralnick’s book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll. SAM PHILLIPS - SAM PHILLIPS: THE MAN WHO INVENTED ROCK AND ROLL - BOOK. Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to produce and star in an upcoming, still-untitled biopic about Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, the rock pioneer who produced landmark records by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and many more.
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