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    Today's Top Tune

    Sam Phillips - Little Plastic Life

    Singer and songwriter Sam Phillips likes to say you can't write songs until you've live long enough and her life story is better than anything you'd see on TV...

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    By Ariana Morgenstern • May 20, 2008 • 1 min read

    Singer and songwriter Sam Phillips likes to say you can't write songs until you've live long enough and her life story is better than anything you'd see on TV. For her third release on Nonesuch, Don't Do Anything, Phillips stays true to her quirky nature in an upbeat way, here's "Little Plastic Life" as today's top tune.

    Photo: Autumn de Wilde

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      Ariana Morgenstern

      Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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