Sam Phillips, who introduced the world to Elvis and Johnny Cash, would be 100 today

Phillips launched the careers of legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis. The rock and roll pioneer spoke to Morning Edition in 1993, a decade before his death.

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