Bill Phillips (January 28, 1936 – August 23, 2010) was an American

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singer. He was born in

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, and his professional music career started with the Old Southern Jamboree on WMIL in Miami in 1955. He moved to

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in 1957 and worked with

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and

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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

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recording featured uncredited harmony vocals by the song's composer, a very young and then little known

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Discography

Albums

Singles

*^A"Little Boy Sad" peaked at No. 17 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

References

*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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