Bill Phillips (singer) explained

Bill Phillips
Birth Date:January 28, 1936
Origin:Canton, North Carolina
Instrument:Guitar
Genre:Country
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:1958–1987
Label:Decca

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.

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumUS CountryLabel
1966Put It Off Until Tomorrow11Decca
1967Bill Phillips Style43
1968Country Action
1970Little Boy Sad
1980When Can We Do This AgainSoundwaves

Singles

YearSingleUS CountryAlbum
1958"Lying Lips"singles only
1959"Foolish Me"
"Sawmill" (w/ Mel Tillis)27
1960"Georgia Town Blues" (w/ Mel Tillis)24
"All Night Long"
"How Could You"
1961"Walk with Me Baby"
"Love Never Dies"
1962"Yankee Trader"
1963"Lying to Be Together"Put It Off Until Tomorrow
1964"I Can Stand It (As Long as She Can)"22
"Stop Me"26
1965"I Guess You Made a Fool Out of Me"
"Wanted"single only
"It Happens Everywhere"Put It Off Until Tomorrow
1966"Put It Off Until Tomorrow"6
"The Company You Keep"8Bill Phillips Style
1967"The Words I'm Gonna Have to Eat"10
"I Learn Something New Everyday"39Country Action
"Love's Dead End"25
1968"I Talked About You Too"
"I'm Thankful"Little Boy Sad
1969"I Only Regret"54
"Little Boy Sad"A10
1970"She's Hungry Again"43singles only
"Same Old Story, Same Old Lie"46
1971"Big Rock Candy Mountain"56Little Boy Sad
1972"I Am, I Said"66singles only
"(I Know) We'll Make It"
1973"Nothing's Too Good for My Woman"
"It's Only Over Now and Then"91
"Teach Your Children"
1974"I've Loved You All Over the World"
1975"Four Roses"
1978"Divorce Suit (You Were Named Co-Respondent)"90When Can We Do This Again
"I Love My Neighbor"single only
1979"You're Gonna Make a Cheater Out of Me"89When Can We Do This Again
"At the Moonlite"85
"Memory Bound"
1981"Dance the Night Away"singles only
1987"One by One"

References