For other people named Carl Perkins, see Carl Perkins (disambiguation).
Carl Perkins
Perkins in 1977
Background information
Birth name
Carl Lee Perkins
Born
(1932-04-09)April 9, 1932 Tiptonville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died
January 19, 1998(1998-01-19) (aged 65) Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Rockabilly
rock and roll
country
Occupation(s)
Guitarist
singer
songwriter
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
Years active
1946–1997
Labels
Sun
London
Columbia
Mercury
Musical artist
Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)[1][2] was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. Among his best-known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Honey Don't", "Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".
According to fellow musician Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed."[3] Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Ricky Nelson, and Eric Clapton, which further established his prominent place in the history of popular music. Paul McCartney said "If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles."[4]
Nicknamed the "King of Rockabilly", Perkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
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announcer. At night, he played with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant. Perkins and Grant were known as the Tennessee Two. Cash worked...
Quartet and the album Class of '55, which also included Johnny Cash, CarlPerkins, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley. Music critic Robert Christgau said of...
Luther Perkins, who had died several months earlier. On the album, Cash is heard paying tribute to Perkins (who was not related to CarlPerkins, who appears...
instruments and vocal harmonies. Initially popularized by artists such as CarlPerkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette, Jerry Lee Lewis, and others, the rockabilly...
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written and first recorded by American singer, songwriter and guitarist CarlPerkins in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly records, incorporating...
in the 1950s, as well as having played with CarlPerkins (no relation to Luther Perkins) and the "Perkins Brothers Band". In 1961, the group released...
Columbia, the concert ended with a near riot as Perkins began his first song as the closing act. Perkins is quoted as saying, "It was dangerous. Lot of...
Carter Cash (his wife) and the Carter Family, The Statler Brothers, CarlPerkins, and The Tennessee Three, with Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor...
and "Roll Hot Rod Roll" by Oscar McLollie and "Blue Suede Shoes" by CarlPerkins, both from 1955. The latter was further popularized in a version by Elvis...
included Chuck Berry ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Rock and Roll Music"), CarlPerkins ("Matchbox", "Honey Don't"), Larry Williams ("Slow Down", "Dizzy Miss...
which also features both CarlPerkins and Bob Dylan. The title song, "The Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsy", written by Perkins, was nominated for a Golden...
Perkins is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon corruption of the kin of Pierre (from Pierre kin to Pierrekin to Perkins), introduced into England by...
country, and rockabilly artists, including Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, CarlPerkins, Roy Orbison, Charlie Feathers, Ray Harris, Warren Smith, Charlie Rich...
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