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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...
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Blue Suede ShoesCarl Perkins
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MatchboxCarl Perkins
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There You GoJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Lewis
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Boppin' the BluesCarl Perkins
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Honey Don'tJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Lewis
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Put Your Cat Clothes OnCarl Perkins
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Blue Suede ShoesCarl Perkins

Perkins & Vincent

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MatchboxCarl Perkins

Blue Suede Shoes (A Rockabilly Session With Carl Perkins And Friends)

2:07

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There You GoJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Lewis

Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous

2:12

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Boppin' the BluesCarl Perkins

Boppin' The Blues

2:49

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Honey Don'tJerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Lewis

Rock 'n' Roll Party

2:50

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Put Your Cat Clothes OnCarl Perkins

Blue Suede Shoes (A Rockabilly Session With Carl Perkins And Friends)

2:50

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