William Clarence "Bill" Phillips
Bill Phillips (January 28, 1936 – August 23, 2010) was an American country music singer. He was born in Canton, North Carolina, and his professional music career started with the Old Southern Jamboree on WMIL in Miami in 1955. He moved to Nashville in 1957 and worked with Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells until the late 1970s. His biggest recording was entitled "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" which peaked on the country charts at No. 6 on April 2, 1966. The Decca recording featured uncredited harmony vocals by the song's composer, a very young and then little known Dolly Parton. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 28, 1936, Died August 23, 2010
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1958 - 1969
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | NA 10526 | 12/15/1958 | Crazy arms-1 | Webb Pierce | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10527 | 12/15/1958 | Pick me up on your way down | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10528 | 12/15/1958 | Life to go | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10529 | 12/15/1958 | My shoes keep walking back to you-1 | Webb Pierce | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11813 | 11/30/1961 | Sweet baby-1 | Johnnie and Jack | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11814 | 11/30/1961 | The moon is high and so am I | Johnnie and Jack | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11815 | 11/30/1961 | 36-22-36 -2 | Johnnie and Jack | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11816 | 11/30/1961 | What do you think of her now-3 | Johnnie and Jack | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11978 | 3/27/1962 | Poison love-1 | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11979 | 3/27/1962 | Bye bye love | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11980 | 3/27/1962 | Slow poison | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11981 | 3/27/1962 | Foolin' around | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11982 | 3/28/1962 | Waterloo-1 | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11983 | 3/28/1962 | A little bitty tear | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11984 | 3/28/1962 | I overlooked an orchid-1,2 | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11985 | 3/28/1962 | You'll never get a better chance | Jack Anglin ; Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12350 | 1/31/1963 | Let's walk away strangers | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12351 | 1/31/1963 | Lonely, lonely boy | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12352 | 1/31/1963 | Living to be together | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12703 | 10/22/1963 | Wheeling dealing Daddy | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12704 | 10/22/1963 | I can't stand it (as long as she can) | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12705 | 10/22/1963 | Stop me | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12706 | 10/22/1963 | Stepping out | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13078 | 9/2/1964 | I'd be better off without you | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13079 | 9/2/1964 | This kiss must last forever | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13080 | 9/2/1964 | I guess you made a fool out of me | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13081 | 9/2/1964 | Wanted | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13641 | 6/22/1965 | Everything turns out for the best | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13642 | 6/22/1965 | Put it off until tomorrow | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13643 | 6/22/1965 | Friends tell friends | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13644 | 6/22/1965 | It happens everytime | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14049 | 5/3/1966 | Count me out | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14050 | 5/3/1966 | I'm living in two worlds | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14051 | 5/3/1966 | Falling back to you | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14052 | 5/3/1966 | The last word in lonesome is me | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14119 | 6/22/1966 | Love's dead end | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14120 | 6/22/1966 | The company you keep | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14121 | 6/22/1966 | The lies just can't be true | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14122 | 6/22/1966 | The words I'm gonna have to eat | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14217 | 8/31/1966 | Lonely street | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14225 | 8/31/1966 | The lies just can't be true (Bill Phillips) | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14390 | 12/6/1966 | There goes my everything | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14391 | 12/6/1966 | For lovin' me | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14392 | 12/6/1966 | Take me | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14393 | 12/6/1966 | I love you drops | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14397 | 12/7/1966 | City lights | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14398 | 12/7/1966 | I learn something every day | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14399 | 12/7/1966 | Apartment No.9 | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14400 | 12/7/1966 | I didn't forget | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14790 | 8/30/1967 | She's an angel | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14791 | 8/30/1967 | I've got a wonderful future behind me | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14792 | 8/30/1967 | I talked about you too | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 14793 | 8/30/1967 | Oh, what it did to me | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15077 | 3/25/1968 | You've still got a place in my heart | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15078 | 3/25/1968 | Honey | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15079 | 3/25/1968 | Another place.another time | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15117 | 4/16/1968 | That's when I see the blues | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15118 | 4/16/1968 | Rainbows are back in style | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15119 | 4/16/1968 | I only regret | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15120 | 4/16/1968 | I'm thankul | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15651 | 7/2/1969 | She's hungry again | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips ; Bobby Wright | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15652 | 7/2/1969 | Little boy sad | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips ; Bobby Wright | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15653 | 7/2/1969 | Same old story, same old lie | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips ; Bobby Wright | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15654 | 7/2/1969 | You can't love me when I'm gone | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips ; Bobby Wright | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15862 | 12/16/1969 | Tall oak tree | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15863 | 12/16/1969 | Big rock candy mountain | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15864 | 12/16/1969 | What am I living for | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 15865 | 12/16/1969 | Spanish eyes | William Clarence "Bill" Phillips | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Phillips, William Clarence "Bill"," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207918.
Phillips, William Clarence "Bill". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207918.
"Phillips, William Clarence "Bill"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Phillips, Bill (Vocalist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93073510
Wikidata: Bill Phillips - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4910490
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/18895987
MusicBrainz: Bill Phillips - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/35f92549-b5b7-4dcf-9d03-fb304fcb2a43
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