Sam Phillips looks at his plaque in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Oct. 4, 2001, in Nashville, Tenn. Phillips died at the age of 80 on July 30, 2003; a ceremony to designate the Sun studio -- now one of Memphis' most popular tourist attractions -- as a national historic landmark had been scheduled to take place just one day after his death. The designation is a first for a recording studio.
Author: CBS News Staff
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