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2448:Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Movie on Record
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2187:John F. Kennedy: As We Remember Him
1611:"Sun Records (TV Series 2017–2018)"
1362:"Lost and Found Sound: The Stories"
889:Bertrand, Michael T. (April 2014).
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2088:The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows
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2178:That Was the Week That Was
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1017:"Obituary: Sam Phillips"
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2623:On the Pulse of Morning
1767:Awards for Sam Phillips
1048:. Popular Culture Ink.
949:"Sam Phillips Obituary"
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2850:An Inconvenient Truth
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1844:The Everly Brothers
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628:Holiday Inn Records
509:Red, Hot & Blue
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1934:Kris Kristofferson
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1389:The New York Times
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919:"Charles Phillips"
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