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Reaction Essay: Sam Phillips Watching the Sam Phillips video opened my eyes to things I never knew. The history of music is something I am extremely interested in. Learning how African Americans started every aspect of the music industry and it was taken from them is somewhat upsetting to me. Sam Phillips was extremely lucky, he was at the right place at the right time. Sam Phillips started out in the south with a radio station, WREC. He also recorded live concerts at the Peabody. He began recording African Americans, he believed that this was going to be next big thing. Teenagers everywhere wanted more and Sam Phillips was eager to deliver. He was known for being a workaholic and for a good reason; he was not going to rest till

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