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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.
Jun 13, 2024 · Carl Perkins (born April 9, 1932, Tiptonville, Tennessee, U.S.—died January 19, 1998, Jackson, Tennessee) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose song “Blue Suede Shoes” was a touchstone of the rockabilly musical movement of the 1950s.
Jan 20, 1998 · Carl Perkins, the pioneering rockabilly singer, songwriter and guitarist who wrote ''Blue Suede Shoes,'' died yesterday in Jackson, Tenn., where he lived. He was 65. He died of...
Perkins, a “triple threat” artist who excelled as a lead guitarist, a good singer, and a prolific and creative songwriter, ascended from sharecropping poverty to international acclaim.
May 15, 2015 · Some songs are straight-up classics, others break entirely new ground, a handful even make their way into the wider public consciousness. But it’s debatable whether any song has left as deep an impression on popular culture as Carl Perkins’s Blue Suede Shoes.
Jan 20, 1998 · Rockabilly legend Carl Perkins died Monday morning from complications brought on by three strokes he suffered late last year. Perkins, hailed as one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll, originally...
Carl Perkins performs some of his greatest hits as part of a ten hour live country/blues/rock extravaganza, recorded in front of 70,000 people at the giant Pontiac Silverdome.
Jan 20, 1998 · DIED: Carl Perkins, the guy who sang “Blue Suede Shoes” before Elvis did, in his Jackson, Tennessee home at the age of 65. Perkins was part of Sun Records’ “Million...
An innovative singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Perkins was dubbed “King of Rockabilly”, a music genre he helped create and the spark that ignited rock ‘n’ roll. Pop icons from Jimi Hendricks to Bono have cited Perkins as having a major influence on their music, and rightly so.
Jan 19, 1998 · One of the most renowned rockabilly artists of the 1950s, and an innovative guitarist who greatly influenced the next generation of rock & roll acts. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1940s - 1990s. Born. April 9, 1932 in Tiptonville, TN. Died. January 19, 1998 in Jackson, TN.
