It's an age old story:

Singer/songwriter creates a gigantic classic hit and everybody else gets rich

Phil Philips

(Phillip Baptiste)

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"Sea of Love"

copyright 1957 by

by Baptiste/Khoury

 

Come with me

My love

 To the Sea

The sea of love

I want to tell you

How much I love you

 
Chorus
Do you remember
When we met
That's the day

I knew you were my pet

I want to tell you

how much I love you

 

Come with me

To the Sea

of love
 
Repeat Chorus
 
 
 

Phil Philips knows that story well, but this easy going Louisiana native never let it get in his way of enjoying life.

Read the whole story from the article written by Joel Scarborough in a 1985 issue of "Louisiana Life" magazine.
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Recent e-mail:

Thijs Ruiter [ruiter1@quicknet.nl]

Hi,

 My name is Thijs, I am 62 years old, and I love the music from the ' 50 and ' 60.  It was 1959 that I hear the song "sea of love" from Phil .For 45 years I have this single, but I have buy for a year ago this song on 78rpm. have a Seeburg 100A jukebox, and I turn this record every time, and I enjoy like 1959.

For a couple of weeks ago, I'm buzy to make biography/discography's from all the artist where I have 78rpm records. I'm searchin on Internet for this, and I hope to find also a portret of all my favorits. I have found two portrets from Phil Phillips, but both are from many years later. FRIENDLY I will ask you iff you can help me on a good portret of Phil Phillips. Phil's  "Sea of Love" is a song that is always on my mind.

I hope you can help me. With friendly regards from the Netherlands, THIJS

 

Thijs is pictured below with Guess who:

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Update information is appreciated.

Email to:

Joel@artist-murals.com