| Birth: | May 13, 1926
Crump
Hardin County
Tennessee, USA | | Death: | Sep. 28, 1968
Memphis
Shelby County
Tennessee, USA | 
Radio personality. Starting as a clerk spinning records at W.T. Grant’s Department Store in downtown Memphis, he took his passion for music across the street to the Chisca Hotel and the studios of WHBQ Radio. He soon earned the spot hosting the radio station’s rhythm and blues program "Red, Hot & Blue" as "Daddy-O-Dewey." What started as a 15 minute filler for the station grew into a weeknight program airing from 9 p.m. till midnight. He is best remembered for being the first disc jockey to play an Elvis Presley record over the airwaves. It was the summer of 1954 and the acetate that Sam Phillips brought Dewey to spin was “That’s All Right Mama.” (bio by: Kim Inboden)
Search Amazon for Dewey Phillips | | | Burial:
Crump Cemetery
Crump
Hardin County
Tennessee, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Kim Inboden
Record added: Aug 25, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11609811 |
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