Bill Phillips

b. William Clarence Phillips, 28 January 1936, Canton, NEW YORK, USA. Phillips was raised in an region steeped in nation music and discovered guitar and started singing before departing senior high school to are an upholsterer. In 1955, he became a member of theOld Southern Jamboree on WMIL Miami and sang at regional clubs, before shifting to Nashville in 1957. He became a member of Cedarwood Publishing like a songwriter and quickly gained interest when he penned Webb Pierce’s 1958 Top 10 country strike ‘Falling BACK AGAIN TO You’. This achievement saw Phillips authorized to Columbia Information and in 1959 and 1960, he authorized his 1st two Best 30 strikes with ‘Sawmill’ and ‘Georgia City Blues’, both with Mel Tillis, and he made an appearance within the Grand Ole Opry. He became a member of Decca Information in 1963 and by 1971, experienced authorized 12 more strikes, the biggest becoming ‘Place It Off Until Tomorrow’ (1966) which, with Dolly Parton (the track’s co-writer) on tranquility vocal, reached #6 6. Other Best 10s included ‘The Firm You Hold’ (1966), ‘The Phrases I’m Gonna NEED TO Eat’ and ‘Small Guy Sad’ (1969), the last mentioned having previously been a 1961 pop strike for Johnny Burnette. Through the 70s, he signed up five more minimal hits, when documenting in the United Performers or Soundwaves label. From the first 70s, he begun to work as area of the Kitty Wells – Johnny Wright Present, although continuing to produce a few recordings being a single musician. In 1995, he experienced a heart stroke and Wells, Wright and various other country music close friends performed a charity present to raise cash for him.