Fighting with Fire

Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003), better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s. He was a producer, label owner, and talent scout throughout the 1940s and 1950s. He most notably founded Sun Studios and Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Through Sun, Phillips discovered such recording talent as Howlin' Wolf, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. The height of his success culminated in his launching of Elvis Presley's career in 1954. He is also associated with several other noteworthy rhythm and blues and rock and roll stars of the period. Phillips sold Sun in 196… more »

Year:: 1994
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He wants to keep in contact
He wants to buy the things he doesn't understand
He wants all the credit
He wants the rights to the soul of every man

I'm not above him but I want to go
Down below the surface where he lives

Fighting with fire
Money's the only thing he has

He wants to get down to business
It's a long way down
But he'll go the extra mile
I wonder when all this started
Who left him empty hearted when he was a child

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Written by: LESLIE PHILLIPS

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