Elvis and Dewey Phillips were forever connected as the singer’s career took off. When Elvis began his movie career, Phillips went out to Hollywood to visit the rock ‘n’ roller on the set of ...

On this day (July 8) in 1954, Dewey Phillips, a DJ at Memphis radio station WHBQ played Elvis P resley’s music on the radio for the first time. The song, “That’s All Right,” captivated ...

WHBQ-AM 560 disc jockey "Daddy-O" Dewey Phillips was the first man in America to spin an Elvis disk, while WDIA-AM 1070 — with such deejays as B.B. King and Rufus Thomas — made history by ...

Prior to the moment that Dewey Phillips — a local radio DJ in Memphis, Tenn. — played Presley's first ever song, "That's All Right," most people in America had never heard the name Elvis Presley.

There, in 1954, fellow DJ Dewey Phillips was playing Elvis Presley's very first record, "That's All Right," while Martindale tried calling Presley's mother to see if they could get the King to ...

WHBQ-AM 560 disc jockey "Daddy-O" Dewey Phillips was the first man in America to spin an Elvis disk, while WDIA-AM 1070 — with such deejays as B.B. King and Rufus Thomas — made history by ...

WHBQ-AM 560 disc jockey "Daddy-O" Dewey Phillips was the first man in America to spin an Elvis disk, while WDIA-AM 1070 — with such deejays as B.B. King and Rufus Thomas — made history by ...