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Bill Phillips (singer)

Bill Phillips (January 28, 1936 – August 23, 2010) was an American country music singer.

Bill Phillips

(1936-01-28)January 28, 1936

Canton, North Carolina

August 23, 2010(2010-08-23) (aged 74)

Country

Singer

Guitar

1958–1987

Decca

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.

A"Little Boy Sad" peaked at No. 17 on the Country Tracks chart in Canada.

RPM

Eng, Steve (1998). "Bill Phillips". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 413.

The Top Country Singles by Joel Whitburn, 1994.

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