Carl Perkins

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Birth Name: Carl Lee Perkins

Born: 9 April 1932 Died: 19 January 1998

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 1"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Valda Crider

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Gone, but not forgotten (2178 items)
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500 Greatest Songs of all time - Updated! (262 items)
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Performers (174 items)
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The Immortals (100 items)
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Description: Carl Lee Perkins was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who recorded 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 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." Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and E ... (more)