If we’re to use the “squeaky wheel gets the grease” adage as an example for this story, Carl Perkins would be the “convicted, little, old skinny-arm” wheel, and a shiny new record deal courtesy of Sam ...

In the vast realm of rockabilly music, there stands a towering figure who forever left his indelible mark on the genre. Carl Perkins, the legendary pioneer from Jackson, Tennessee, was an instrumental ...

As far as rock ‘n’ roll standards go, “Blue Suede Shoes” is a shoo-in. So much so that Paul McCartney‘s music publishing company, MPL Communications, has owned the rights to it, along with a number of ...

One of the defining songs of early rock and roll arrived in 1956, when Carl Perkins released his now-legendary hit "Blue Suede Shoes." The rockabilly anthem helped shape the sound of the emerging ...

In the 1956 song “Dixie Fried,” Carl Perkins sings about a razor-toting rebel rouser named Dan who storms a honky-tonk on the edge of town. Flashing a quart of moonshine and slashing through the crowd ...

On this day (September 23) in 2020, longtime Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins drummer W.S. “Fluke” Holland died at his home in Jackson, Tennessee at the age of 85. Holland, the original drummer in Cash’s ...

(TPH) Seventy years ago, Carl Perkins' single, "Blue Suede Shoes," struck down on a staid music landscape like a bolt of lightning. It shocked and electrified the world with its infectious blend of ...

"Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly" by Jeff Apter, Citadel, 240 pages Carl Perkins was not the best-looking singer in The Million Dollar Quartet, he ultimately did not sell as many records as the ...

The Memphis landmark where Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Howlin’ Wolf recorded turns 75 on Friday. By Lindsay Zoladz The independent company Primary Wave Music acquired recordings by ...

One of the defining songs of early rock and roll arrived in 1956, when Carl Perkins released his now-legendary hit "Blue Suede Shoes." The rockabilly anthem helped shape the sound of the emerging ...

Carl Perkins was not the best-looking singer in The Million Dollar Quartet, he ultimately did not sell as many records as the other three — Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis — and he’s ...