In 1958, Phillips began composing television and film scores. One of his first scores was for Columbia's 1964 movie, "Ride the Wild Surf".
He also founded Colpix Records and produced hits for Nina Simone, The Skyliners and Shelley Fabares. Stu produced "Johnny Angel" for Fabaares, who played the teen-age daughter on The Donna Reed Show.
According to Joel Whitburn's 'Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits' "Johnny Angel" was released March 17, 1962 and was a #1 hit from April 7 - 20, 1962 staying on the charts for 13 weeks.
There was also a follow-up hit to "Johnny Angel" called "Johnny Loves Me" which also made the Top 40 (#21) in July of '62.
In the mid-1960s, he worked for Capitol Records and created, produced and arranged for the Hollyridge Strings
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Phillips continued scoring films and television series including music for the films "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (1970), "The Seven Minutes" (1971) and the television series "The Monkees "and " Get Christie Love!".
In 1974, he began working at Universal Studios scoring television series; Glen Larson made extensive use of his compositions. During this time, he scored music for the television series "The Six Million Dollar Man", "McCloud", and "Battlestar Galactica". Of course we all know Stu's work from Knight Rider. He did the music from...
Knight Of The Phoenix (Pilot Score)
Not A Drop To Drink
Trust Doesn't Rust
Forget Me Not
Inside Out
