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Carl Perkins

Rock music
Jazz
Country music
Alongside Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins was one of the key stars crafted at legendary producer Sam Phillips's Sun Studio in the late 1950s - "the birth place of rock'n'roll". Raised in a poor family of share croppers in North Tennessee, he was taught guitar as a 10-year-old by an older black cotton picker and grew up listening to gospel, blues and country music on local radio stations. A successful audition with Phillips led to him penning the 1955 classic Blue Suede Shoes, a US Number 2 hit for Perkins, which became one of the most famous rock song...
Songs
Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Suede ShoesCarl Perkins

Dance Album

2:16

Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Suede ShoesJerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins

Keeps Rockin'

2:18

Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Suede ShoesElvis Presley and Carl Perkins

Elvis Presley

2:18

I Walk the Line
I Walk the LineJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins

Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!

2:41

Boppin' the Blues
Boppin' the BluesCarl Perkins

Dance Album

2:49

Matchbox
MatchboxCarl Perkins

Dance Album

2:07

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